Are you ‘homeschooling’?

[CalamariDreams]

Just pondering over the return to primary schools and wondered how many are actually still doing regular homelearning with their primary kids?

E.g a few hours a day of worksheets, online, some sort of learning?

YABU = Yes, still home learning
YANBU = Not currently/haven’t ever

Had a quick look at Oak Academy there. Looks absolutely great but wouldn’t know where to start with it

Yes, every week day without fail. We start paid work at 6am so we can stop and help DCs (6 and 8) with school work 9-11.30.

In the afternoon DS does the phonics lesson on YouTube and reads to DH. DD sits next to me in my study when I'm working and does one of the easier school activities such as art.

Yes. One Y6 child. Little support from school. I find resources and plan lessons and activities over the weekend and evenings, as I’m WFH full time. Fortunately I can break off for a few minutes here and there to keep him on track.

Yes. About 3 hours But that includes a break. 3 children under 7. One doesn't learn well at all from paper/books but does great with game format so we just play lots of maths and English games etc. Middle one memorises things almost straight away so is about a year ahead and working with her is easy. Youngest just takes it easy at a nice ups slow pace.

Yes, we do around 6-7 hours a day with a lunch and 2 play breaks in between. My lo’s are doing work set by me which covers the key elements of the curriculum (they work through their weeks worth of school designated workers on a Monday morning).

We’re probably doing a bit more now than when we first started as we settled into a routine. We’re all really enjoying it tbh.

They are Y2 and Y5.

I am having to home school my 5yr old in between gaps with work calls. His school have a list of acivities, reading, maths, singing, sports, multiple websites for reading, maths, writing, 3d and 2d shapes, trigraph and digraph, measurements, estimates, reimagined rainbow drawings, drawings of hilmt tree of life you name it etc etc... its full on and I dont have the time to go back over what he needs to know

Yep, my DC are all key stage 2 so imo they require a level of education. I teach them from 9-3 like a normal school day with one morning break and an hour for lunch. We cover all of the subjects. Not saying I’m anywhere near as good as their teachers but I’m also a teacher (albeit further education rather than primary) so I try my best.

9-10am start, 20 mins break, 1hr lunch, finish 3-3:30pm - every single day (except hols) and I'm F shattered !! lol
6yr old btw
oh, and don't have access to a printer 😫

Yes, we are really lucky that both primary and secondary are setting home learning that DC can get on with fairly independently.
13 year old is quite self-motivated, starts around 9 or 9.30, usually finished by lunch time.
8 year old spends more time faffing around initially but tends to get a couple of things done each morning.
Both read, play outside, watch TV in the afternoon.
Teachers have been amazing at responding to messages from Dc and giving feedback. Dc can access everything themselves, though DH and I support DC2 as much as we can when not working.
I feel we are getting on well, very thankful that we have great teachers and the tech to make this work easily.

My DS is year R. We are lucky his school has been really helpful. We try to do around 9-12. That includes joe wicks, breaks and learning. Then a dog walk in the afternoon and tv. He was ill last week so we missed that and some days we just haven't done it. I'm lucky I've been furloughed so i haven't found it too stressful.

Yes DS is 6 and we’re sent home learning for Maths and English the Friday before + ideas for Science, Geography, Art and Music. I do English, Phonics & one other subject in between meetings so have to start at 8am and give it to him in small bursts followed by a break. Hubby covers the afternoon with Maths and a story. I do a mixture of the school set stuff and tv/you tube based learning for when I’m in meetings We both work full time so muddling along as best we can really....

No. Not doing a thing. I'm a SAHM but DS has Asd and big anxiety. Timetables, rewards, incentives etc. don't help. So not worth the grief as he is only year 7. Just enjoying an extra long summer holiday!!

I have dd year 8 who works hard but dd year 4 does barely any work. I don’t care. They’ll all catch up. I’m prioritising mental health over work. Whatever works for each family as we all cope in different ways.

Yes but keeping them motivated is hard work. They start of with Bitesize daily which takes 40 minutes (they watch each others as well). Then they swap between maths (online), reading, English (workbooks I bought), hand writing, and anything else they ask about.

I feel guilty I'm not doing enough as I'm trying to split myself between 2 of them with one laptop for the online resources. DH still going to work each day. But on the other hand, they have time to properly play.

My husband and I are both still working, and have a toddler. We always achieve an hour a day. I aim for two.

I wouldn't call what we're doing homeschooling. But my girls do maths worksheets once a day, they have to write in their journals, read for at least 30 minutes and complete at least one of the school assigned tasks.

It's nowhere near good enough but it's how much we settled on after trial and error. None of us are stressed by it and they are still actively engaged with learning even if it's not as much as their schools would like to see. Probably amounts to 2/3 hours at most. Less if they're switched on to the school task.

@TwoKidsStillStanding Well done! I mean this this sincerely (sometimes come across otherwise on here!) I have ds1 in reception and an 18mo. My dh is furloughed though so i'm lucky to have an extra pair of hands!

Yep. My youngest is foundation, so she whizzes through tasks. My oldest is KS2 so it takes a bit longer for her to complete most of her work. but we are usually done (including 1-2hr "lunch break") by about 2-3pm. They do fun stuff in the afternoon - crafts, baking, dancing, something of their choosing, but they only get to do it if they do their work nicely.

Nope. Not doing anything.

We don't do much. The school is teaching DD (year 5) fairly effectively with online lessons. We help with the occasional question and printing or scanning.

DS2 is yr 6, his school have been fantastic and they've been setting 3-4 hours a day and ideas for more if desired. Just the perfect amount to keep DS going without being too overwhelming. We're fortunate that I'm not working so I can help him if needed

I wouldn't say a few hours a day but we do maths, reading, a bit of writing and then I support them with tasks on their online learning platform. Probably takes about 2 hours a day per child. I am a supply teacher if that makes a difference.

Reception age child, I am trying to make sure we do her new phonics sound everyday, but sometimes we miss a day or 2 and have to catch up. Read together most days and try to do a bit of maths a few times a week. Even if it's just getting her to write her numbers up to 20 so she doesn't get completely out of the habit. Our school isn't a big fan of worksheets for the little ones, but my DD actually enjoys them (in moderation of course) so I print her out a few each week.

Yes, we do 9-1 Monday to Friday.

Yes. We start at 9am and finish around 4.30pm. Lots and lots of breaks which is why it drags on so long.

Basically it goes Mathseeds a level (around 20 mins). Then something school has set. Spellings. Then after lunch English with Miss Emms at national oak then a diary entry which is writing and drawing. All in all it’s probably 3-4 hours a day.