To do some of DDs schoolwork for her?

[NotJustStories]

She's 10. Finding this whole thing really difficult.

Her work online has just been clogging up and she's well behind. We keep getting reminders sent out.

She's stressed. Crying everyday.

AIBU to do the stuff online that is not identifying, no handwriting etc.. Just to ease the load a little and help her get back on track.

The teacher says she needs to do the items.

It's around 60 activities (we didn't realise they were being uploaded for weeks!)

Either that or I'm going to tell teacher she's not doing the backlog and will start fresh on monday

Do this. It'll be better for your daughter, good for the teacher to know, and not waste pointless time of you doing primary school class work.

For those children who don’t like reading, do you still read to them?

I know when DS was at Primary School they encouraged you to still listen to them read and also read to them right up to Y6.

And the local college brought in a new scheme the other year where the tutor would read a book to the tutor group in their tutor session.

If they don’t want to listen to you, what about audio books?

I don’t think you should do it for her but I think the teacher is unreasonable to keep saying it ha to be done.

I’m a teacher and I’d rather my pupils and their families have a relaxed few months where they spend quality time together, remain calm and keep on top of their reading than stress about doing work 💁🏻‍♀️ I’d rather take the strain whenever we go back than the children and their parents.

Honestly fuck it. We are trying to survive a pandemia. If school work doesn't get done so bloody what? The NLA thing that matters is to be alive and make it to the other side.
Leave it be. Let your kids play and relax. There will be a new year and not all will be lost.
You set the time if you say kids we are going to do the best we can and no more.
Too much screen time? So what? Eating more rubbish than usual so what?
We are experiencing the worse of times let's not make it worse.
We have a 14 year old year 9. He does some work but that's it.
We want a calm house that we can all feel safe. This isn't a joke and school work is the last thing anybody should be anxious about.
Let's try to be happy and if some rules are broken so what?
Be kind and gentle with yourself and the kids will do the same. ❤️❤️❤️

I would do it for her to ease the pressure from the teacher and help her feel back on top of things. But, keep a note of what the activities are and cover them with her slowly at your own pace, maybe come back to them in the summer, so she doesn’t actually miss out on the learning.

WeAllHaveWings
Thanks for the info. Yes, I have plonked the thesaurus in front of dd and shown her to look up synonyms online. As for reading, dd has just started an hour a week with a private tutor. Really just to break up the tedium but I am hoping to continue as she seems great. The first 2 lessons were maths and a this week she will incorporate a bit of English as dd is more reluctant to do the latter. She said she will try to find ways to encourage dd to want to read. She’s very experienced so I’m hoping whatever she tries will work.