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TheCanyon · 03/11/2020 10:57

Borders council have given ipads to all children from I think p4 upwards.

HotChocolate12 · 03/11/2020 10:58

@pralineandketchup I have seen that comment on a post on a local Facebook page this morning, it was in relation to a 15 year old

AldiIsla · 03/11/2020 10:58

I'm not sure when ours got the allocation.

I know the word unprecedented is over used right now but getting a few hundred families onto teams and learning portals must be a huge task for a primary.

jalapenojack · 03/11/2020 11:12

[quote HotChocolate12]@pralineandketchup I have seen that comment on a post on a local Facebook page this morning, it was in relation to a 15 year old[/quote]
Well that explains why my friend sent it to me. Assuming not a teenager with SEN?

HotChocolate12 · 03/11/2020 11:26

@jalapenojack I don’t think so, it was part of her saying that parents should have the choice to keep their children home, and if she was just going to be doing colouring in as she had done on one day recently, she might as well be home.

In fairness to our local high school, they are currently very short staffed due to a Covid outbreak, so it may be work being given isn’t ideal (though I suspect a whole day colouring in is an exaggeration!)

Chickenitalia · 03/11/2020 11:38

Certainly not the case for my dc, though there has been some art as usual. Year 3 ds has done the sats missed last year so their teacher could see where each child was and then move forward accordingly. He’s being challenged and encouraged and he’s loving it. Year 6 dd is exhausted as her teacher is convinced they will be made to do their sats in the summer and knows how neglected year 5 were throughout lockdown. They are absolutely caning it through the core syllabus so that if they do get sent home, it will be with work they’ve seen before to keep practising, and not brand new subjects. I agree with their approach but it is hard going as there is very little downtime in their day.

I can only presume every teacher and school will be handling their class in the way that best suits them. So far we’ve been lucky and no local closures.

SeenYourArse · 03/11/2020 11:40

Wow totally different to my experience! my eldest has just started Reception this September, his primary school is business as usual. In fact yesterday was his first day back after half term and they sent home the autumn term curriculum sheet...it’s fantastic and he’s gone from knowing no letters (bar recognising his own name) to knowing the phonics sound of every letter and starting to read books with simple word in 7 weeks. We are in the NW of England and his school is a small (21 in reception this year) OFSTED outstanding school. I’m really happy and surprised with his progress, they do a good mix every day of arts and crafts and writing practice and reading and phonics so far.

babyguffingtonstrikesagain · 03/11/2020 11:42

My y3 was doing a lot of 'colouring in' at the start of term, but this wasn't anything particularly new. We've moved them to a different school where they are actually learning something.

SeenYourArse · 03/11/2020 11:43

@Camomila our school experience sounds very similar and very positive, you aren’t in the NW England too are you? 🧐

Aragog · 03/11/2020 11:45

@TheFormerPorpentinaScamander

I hope mine is doing more than coloring in. The GCSE exam markers will get a shock in July otherwise

Unless it's geography?

Only joking, geography teachers, promise! I teach infant school so can't comment 😂

Aragog · 03/11/2020 11:48

@Gancanny

Depends what age the children are? Nursery and reception classes at DD's school are basically doing desk-based arts and crafts, drawing/colouring, and gluing because school don't want them roaming the room mixing and touching things.

Not at my school.

Reception still have a wide range of activities out, including toys and games. Each reception class has its outdoor area and they have free access to that all day too. We don't actually have enough tables and chairs for all children to sit down at them at the same time in reception, so definitely not all desk based here. They are also still doing carpet time work too. There is no social distancing and they are mixing constantly.

Reception is all one bubble as the rooms are linked by open doorways too. Though not mixing inside they are at playtimes.

frasersmummy · 03/11/2020 11:51

My son is s4 (scotland) because the nat 5s have been cancelled no one knows how grading will work so the kids are being constantly assessed.. and I mean constantly. The kids are under so much pressure in all subjects

Faultymain5 · 03/11/2020 12:05

First maths homework for a new Year 8 (after a decimated year 7). Draw margins in exercise book.

I'd rather she was colouring in to be fair.

Caroncanta · 03/11/2020 12:09

The education at my child's secondary has gone downhill and not much is being learnt at all. The disruption in the classrooms is appalling and teachers are constantly leaving. I've lost count of how many replacements there's been. Having said that, I'd still rather the schools were open, because how will they ever improve if they don't.

Camomila · 03/11/2020 12:23

@SeenYourArse nope SE England, small Catholic school in a Tier 1 area. Glad to know other schools are doing well though, my friends' DCs school only 20mins up the road has been rubbish according to her, so it really seems to vary.

The secondary schools are getting cromebooks from the Council/business donations here.

ktp100 · 03/11/2020 12:49

You can't judge all schools by your own experiences, OP.

That comment was clearly aimed at her kid's school, where they may well be colouring in!

Learning seems to have been fairly rigorous at my son's school since returning but some schools really are a bit shite when shit hits the fan.

Just look how many people on here said they never had contact with a teacher or work sent home over lockdown when others had loads.

That Mother HAS got a clue about her own children's education. You don't have a clue how things are at hers kids school, frankly.

TheMagneticFox · 03/11/2020 13:00

Tbf my DD (aged 6, year 2) doesn't seem to be doing much "work" even now, school just don't have the resources. They used to have 6 TAs work across Years 1-6, and 2 in Reception (2 form entry). Now they have a fulltime TA in the Year 3 class as that has 35 children in and both Reception classes need fulltime TA support, which means the classes have a TA for roughly 2 hours a week. Means no reading practice, no spellings, no 1-1 unless it's in an EHCP. So DDs doing lots of colouring or watching films because they literally cannot do anything else with the children.

They used to have parent volunteers in for 1-2 mornings a week to do reading or help change library books or set up the computer room or do morning snack prep etc but never in their childs class which means they can't be used as they'd burst bubbles.

It sucks. And I am so worried about my childs education.

nosswith · 03/11/2020 13:12

Are you sure it was a quote from a mother, and not the Education Secretary?

MintyMabel · 03/11/2020 13:18

It's unfortunate but hey, there's a pandemic going on.

But we keep being told education is really important which is why they are keeping schools open despite them having a whole lot of cases.

From what the teacher said they've had budget straight from government.

The budget went to our Local Council. Apparently P7 to S6 will have them by christmas. Not holding my breath, they were supposed to get them in May. Frankly a complete waste of money, we have tech coming out of our ears and don’t need more. Give them to folk who need them. But SNP do love their populist giveaways.

I’m a bit miffed I'm sending them in during a pandemic, to go and do colouring in tbh

P1 was 6 years ago for us. The sheer amount of colouring in was ridiculous. Every task involved colouring in something first. DD got really stressed about it as it takes her ages and she missed out on doing any of the actual work. 90% of homework was colouring in. It actually didn’t get much better going up the school. It’s only in P7 she doesn’t seem to have had so much.

Prufrocks · 03/11/2020 13:26

My reception child has learnt to read since September. I don’t have a clue what’s going on in that classroom but it seems to be working.

AldiIsla · 03/11/2020 13:28

They are giving them to folk who need them. They're going to families who haven't got tech at home so that the kids can do homework online and have a back up for home learning. I'm no SNP fan but loaning a Chromebook to a child so they can learn too is something I can't get cross about. The pandemic is hitting some children harder than others. If this levels it out a bit I'm for it.

Perhaps the execution varies area to area depending on school and council? Our school has done a wonderful job in hard circumstances.

Goosefoot · 03/11/2020 13:29

Given that so many children are having to be off, and classes are so disrupted, I'd not be surprised if classes are moving slowly.

I'd imagine "colouring in" is a bit of a place marker for busywork.

Coffeecak3 · 03/11/2020 13:30

During the first lockdown my dgs was in school as his dp’s are key workers, every time I asked what he did it was arts and crafts.
Now when I ask it’s maths and writing so I assume he’s told me correctly both times.

Bikingbear · 03/11/2020 13:47

@AldiIsla

They are giving them to folk who need them. They're going to families who haven't got tech at home so that the kids can do homework online and have a back up for home learning. I'm no SNP fan but loaning a Chromebook to a child so they can learn too is something I can't get cross about. The pandemic is hitting some children harder than others. If this levels it out a bit I'm for it.

Perhaps the execution varies area to area depending on school and council? Our school has done a wonderful job in hard circumstances.

I've not objection to them going to kids without but your first post made me think they'd been given out universally in your area.

I've no doubt the execution of it varies council by council.

AldiIsla · 03/11/2020 15:01

I did clarify hours before your post tbf.