AIBU to think teachers that developed this would be onto a nice little earner.

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We're moving back to the UK in November, my eldest has been homeschooled since September due to an operation and my youngest as well since March. When we arrive in the UK I am expecting difficulties in getting my eldest into secondary school (North West Leicestershire) as there doesn't seem to be any places at the catchment area school. I will, therefore, be in a position where I need to carry on homeschooling until there is a place.

I'm following the UK curriculum so I am pretty clued up with the resources that are available out there and I'm subscribed to some excellent ones. One of my favorites was designed by a retired Science Teacher. He has created courses for KS2, KS3 and GCSE where there are narrated powerpoints for all the topics. He also provides worksheets and they work alongside the well known CGP books. I also look for Youtube videos that relate to the topics and mark the work done. It is excellent and my son is absolutely flying ahead with Science, understanding it, and more importantly, enjoying it. It is great for me as all the resources are organised and it wasn't ridiculously expensive either. I also subscribe to another resource for ICT which was approx £100 for the whole KS3 course. In comparison, for other subjects I have to spend a lot of time finding resources and planning what he is going to do.

I think over the coming months there will be many parents who will be homeschooling for various reasons, many who will not have the funds to put a lot of money into it with places such as Interhigh or Wosley College.

AIBU to think that it would be amazing if some ex- teachers (retired?) out there could great something similar to the Science course I mentioned for subjects such as English, History and Geography. They could be used alongside cheap and easily obtained books such as CGP. Keep the costs reasonable and I'm sure there would be lots of subscribers. I know that the ex-teacher who does the Science course props up his pension nicely with it and because he keeps the price at a sensible level he gets lots of subscribers.

I'm not saying this is suitable for homes where parents are not able to oversee homeschooling, but for those homes where the parents are willing and able but don't know where to start.

@Badbadbunny

Same with English. Learning 15 poems and studying them all in excrutiating detail - really? Just why? You could cover most themes, eras, etc in 5 carefully chosen poems.

The reason for this is that the English Literature syllabus imposed by Michael Gove (and Dominic Cummings) specifies that pupils must study four texts. There is a Shakespeare play, a 19th century novel, a 20th century play or novel, and poetry. Fifteen poems is considered by the exam boards to have sufficient 'weight' to equate to one text - five wouldn't. Interestingly, pupils often do better on the unseen poetry, demonstrating that the have the skills to analyse poetry, but haven't revised their cluster of fifteen thoroughly enough.

I am a teacher and I do online (via zoom) tutoring. It works well because I can see how the child is getting on during the zoom meeting and then tailor the lesson and future lesson to that child’s needs and ability. Just like I would if I were with them in the classroom. This is primary though.
It’s a great idea though!

I can assure you if we just taught English language it would be

a) boring. This is what would be excruciating
b) see teachers leave the profession , or hop over to another subject
c) probably increase a them and us divide as the most able would do both
d) not equate to two + years of teaching

The old English language, pre Gove's reforms was better. But it also had Shakespeare and poetry in it!

Agree with piggywaspushed great username! Some schools separate the teaching of Lang and lit and are the worst for it imho. Literature enriches the study of language and vice versa.

I think the more resources the better. Lots of people raved about bbc bite size but both kids Found it too young/patronising/silly. It’s very personal. We used a tutor on top of school resources but I took leave and worked full time (unpaid) as their teacher/supporter.

Personally I think that in any future lockdown, local or national, schools will stay open and teachers will have to come to work. And thank goodness - the lottery of provision was a shit show, private schools knocked it out id the park, and faith in The state sector was Largely eradicated. There is much work to be done to regain trust. We shouldn’t have to seek our own tutors/online educators. The poor and disadvantaged can’t And the gap between the haves and have nots will grow exponentially.

The real question is not what the best online resources are in the private sector, it’s how we get the public sector working in the same way instead of downing tools.

I just think a lot of people don't get what English Language is. they just think of English as a service subject.

When it had the Spoken Language element , and some media, I momentarily enjoyed teaching it , and then Gove and Ofqual booted it out.

What classes remember doing in their future lives (with love or loathing!) is always the literature elements!

@Goingprivate2020

I think the more resources the better. Lots of people raved about bbc bite size but both kids Found it too young/patronising/silly. It’s very personal. We used a tutor on top of school resources but I took leave and worked full time (unpaid) as their teacher/supporter.

Personally I think that in any future lockdown, local or national, schools will stay open and teachers will have to come to work. And thank goodness - the lottery of provision was a shit show, private schools knocked it out id the park, and faith in The state sector was Largely eradicated. There is much work to be done to regain trust. We shouldn’t have to seek our own tutors/online educators. The poor and disadvantaged can’t And the gap between the haves and have nots will grow exponentially.

The real question is not what the best online resources are in the private sector, it’s how we get the public sector working in the same way instead of downing tools.

well, Oak Academy and BBC bitesize are public. Unless your children are able to sit every GCSEsubject right now on the spot and get A*, then BBC bitesize is completely adequate. They are the problem, not the platform. In my experience, children who claim to their parents that perfectly good teaching material is "patornising" are just looking for an excuse to fail.

No teacher "HAS" to go into work, now or ever. Many teachers have taken the decision not to return, and in a future lockdown, schools will close first, because the government is desperate not to lose any more teaching staff. Just as last time, in a future lockdown, It is likely that many schools will close BEFORE official school closure, due to lack of teachers on site.

What do you think private schools "knocked out of the park" exactly?

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