Aibu to ask if your school have phoned you during lockdown?

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Ours haven’t - I’m not bothered at all by it but another parent (friend) is absolutely stark raving mad about it! Have you been called? Did you give a toss?

Not calls but children are getting full day online learning. They sent out several emails, did two q&a youtube sessions, did a video of what the reception and classrooms looked like before the junior years (that can) went back. Private school. Can't fault them.

Y1 here and no calls. We get a text once a week to remind us to do the Friday maths test, and the odd one here and there to say a bit of work has been set.

We did have a text asking whether we were planning on sending DD back, either yes or no. No info about their plans or anything, and purely speculative at the time. I replied no as I wasn't sure, and haven't heard anything since! I don't mind really, but a follow up letter or email would've been nice. A friend (also Y1) didn't reply and got a phone call instead.

No nothing, ages 8 and 11. The 11 year old got 1 email. 8 year old sent an update to teacher, no response.

Nothing here. Work is set daily on the Seesaw app. I emailed the teacher once and they replied quickly but no calls/messages asking how DD is etc

We had one call just after the government announced schools were opening to DD year group trying to put us off sending her in. Nothing before that. And one after we weren't put off by them and sent her in to confirm a new class arrangement when more year groups were being allowed in. Nothing else.

Yes, primary here. Must have had 4-5 calls, and they’re contactable through email.

Nothing from secondary and primary did ask if my daughter wanted a call but she is only 6 and was too shy to do it.

Primary zilch no emails no phone calls
Secondary no phone calls ( although has one scheduled for next few weeks) but daily emails and they know when work has been submitted

Nope. There's weekly work set online but nothing handed in, nor feedback and no personal contact. Bit rubbish I'm afraid, when nearly half the class are back in so being taught in full with all the associated feedback etc. Feel like the children at home have been sidelined

Infants weekly call plus daily plan, highlighted work to be sent in, marked that day with feedback, seasaw videos from the teacher daily and even the awards have carried on!

Juniors - nothing from the juniors bar the two bits we were asked to submit and had an email back. Not surprised my son splits his time with here and a specialist unit (1/3 unit and 2/3 juniors) and the unit know him and have set work. His class teacher couldn’t even think of one personal comment last parents evening in February. In fact she confused him with two other children. Oh and the unit call and email. They are the only ones who get why h can’t help with homeschool - his literacy levels are not high enough.

I’m pissed off but not surprised By the juniors. A school should be in contact with every child (surely this is safeguarding? Parent job or lack off does not equal safety) and should be setting work either a daily email or a weekly timetable. Work should be able to be completed offline not relying on print outs. No excuses as far I’m concerned. Perhaps the government should be looking at where the budgets are spent - business managers for schools etc

My dds in yr 1 and 4 have had regular emails to their class about work. I have replied with photos of selected work completed and had personal replies back.
I've had regular communication so I'm happy. It doesn't have to be a phone call.

my 6 year old’s teacher calls every week to
speak to me and my son and sends work through pretty much every day. she also sends little video clips every week of her singing and signing a different song. i haven’t heard from any of my 12 year old’s teachers at all. barely any work set either. normally just one or two worksheets a week that aren’t even marked when he submits them.

Y2 here, we’ve had a weekly call from the class teacher since easter

The call is to DD but teacher asks to be on speakerphone so that parents can hear what is said

My school has given every child a call every week since the Easter holidays, either from their own teacher or TA. Some have had phone calls with the ELSA and SENCO too.

While it’s been right that schools have been given some leeway in how to do things by themselves, I’ve been shocked to hear of the huge differences in provision over the last few weeks.

Secondary have been great. Not a single call/zoom/video message from primary. Very surprising and really not good enough imo

Also daily work sent from teacher with feedback given afterwards by email. Class email sent end of week with star of week awards and photos sent in from children To show what everyone has been up to. This was from the start up until this week where it has moved online as all the teachers are back in schools. As of this week we now also have a daily zoom call for school assembly and “input” zoom year group calls every morning to talk children through the maths and English work set for the day. Every Friday there will be a headteacher zoom call to all year groups with awards etc.

My sons have and the teachers have done online messages, it,s a nice gesture but I don,t feel it,s necessary. However I think some families would benefit from it more then myself.

Even as a governor I’ve had very little interaction with my children’s school. They have only just started using Teams to start setting work and giving the children some kind of contact but even that is sporadic and nothing live it even an expectation to hand it in. No phone calls or emails asking how the children are. I am a little disappointed that there hasn’t been some kind of contact in 12weeks.

First call today, which I think is a very poor show as we've had nothing for first 10/12 weeks. No work set and no contact. I didnt pick up as I was on a conference call myself.

Nope (primary school). For all the school knows, we've been beating and starving DD ever since lockdown started. I hope they've been doing more for potentially at-risk children, but somehow I doubt it.

I've had contact at least once a week, every week. But not always phone calls, sometimes emails. Our school have been very clear that they expect all parents to communicate with them at least weekly. They've been very proactive.

If you've not had any contact at all, I'd say that's pretty poor.

Primary hasn’t. I wish they had, ds2 loves his teacher and would really have appreciated it.

Secondary-for dd in y10, no. But she is fine and there’s lots of other contact.

For SEN ds1 in y8, we have Zoomed with the senco and it was very useful and we are grateful for him making the effort.

No

We've had one call and I expressed how much my lad was struggling and they said "he'll perk up" and never called again. They don't set work, either. We should use bitesize if we want to teach our kids, apparently.

That’s about the level of what we’ve had from our school.

I’m bitterly disappointed in them.