What percentage of secondary school dc do you think are doing their home learning?

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Ds and dd (year 10 and 8) keep telling me they’re doing loads more home learning than their friends. Bearing in mind they’re not doing more than 2-3 hours a day (sometimes less) I take that with a pinch of salt. It’s made me wonder though how many secondary school dc are actually doing their home learning.

My yr 7 DS has five lessons a day following the timetable, all set up on google classroom with the teacher on a google hangout running the class 50% of the time. All happens in real time, gets to see his classmates on the hangout, it really is as near to normal school without actually being there as it could be. The teachers are working incredibly hard with lots of feedback.

DD is year 11 so there's no work being set, she's got some bridging work for her A'Level subjects but if you're looking at how much year 11 work she's done since they announced the exams were cancelled that would be absolutely zero. She's done lots of art, both traditional and graphic design, some is bridging work, the rest is just as a hobby.

Year 11s going onto college courses, apprenticeships etc. have effectively left school, they've only got about a month left anyway.

Year 7 here who has struggled since the start to do her work. They've had full lessons provided in google classrooms but no live or recorded lessons at all. This week we've had two Loom videos but that's it. They're 50/50 on asking for work to be sent in or just a 'done' button to be pressed but DD1 is really really struggling without school input.

My Yr 8 at state secondary has work set for every lesson every day - the only lessons that don't get work set are PSHE, PE (has challenges instead). Some teachers set work for the week or a couple of weeks, others set lessons daily on SMHW. DD starts at her usual time and works through her timetable as normal.

Not everyone is doing it - they've extended some of the deadlines - but she's had this afternoon off for instance, because three of the subjects with extended deadlines she's already completed! They have to turn work in, it frequently gets commented on and the teachers say they will chase if they don't get any work in.

School also gives out certificates to pupils who have done good work at home, publicises good work in the weekly email newsletter and on Twitter, etc. Not doing video lessons, but have posted booklets out to children or provided online links. It's been pretty good and DD is motivated to do it, I think she enjoys the peace and quiet at home rather than the classroom! Also, the teachers respond to queries quite quickly.

I do think the majority are doing some work at home. The amount may vary though! I think her school have done a good job so far.

Based on my household, I'd say 50% are enthusiastic and working hard, in touch with teachers and classmates. The other 50% couldn't care less.

Y8 DS has 3 timetabled lessons daily where the teachers are available for questions and work is set on teams and VLE for the week for each subject. He is completing 90% of it and usually puts in around 3-4 hours a day. He's not getting any feedback individually at all though which I think is demotivating him a bit. I am checking in on him and the work is generally of a reasonable standard and some is quite good but the hardest task is getting him out of bed in the morning. He's on his own 1-2 days a week and seems to be completing the work on these days. I send him and his y5 brother out for 30 mins exercise on their bikes most days.
Y5 has about 3 hours work a day which is not enforced but his teacher feeds back on every single piece I send her. I have to closely supervise and help him though.

ineedaholiday it is but we have a policy of wellbeing coming first so no one is 'punished' for not doing work. Some of our pupils don't have sufficient technology or wifi so we don't discriminate between the haves and have nots. I do worry about Year 10 but it is out of my control. I phone parents but it isn't always successful.

Dd year 9 is haivng a full live online timetable that is costing 7k a term and STILL some of her year just aren't bothering to check in for lessons!