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Jourdain11 · 05/12/2020 14:57

Interesting thing that came up the other day. My Primary teacher DH had a kid off school with a non-Covid illness and the mum asked for the lesson links and the home school material - which is obviously available in case of self-isolation. DH provided it but then wondered if he should have. He checked with the Head later and the school policy is not to - the Head said, if they are well enough to do the work at home, they are well enough to come to school, and feels they need to be wary of setting a precedent. In a way though, Covid has already set the precedent!

I think it is a really tricky one. On one hand, it would be super tough on teachers for this to become normal practice - that they have to provide full curriculum for any child who is off school at a moment's notice. But on the other hand, why does a child who is home with a positive Covid test get access to education while a child with a cold or chicken pox or whatever doesn't?

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SionnachRua · 05/12/2020 19:34

@winechateauxjoy

I am no longer in work - but yes we were instructed by management to set work. In one case it was a parent governor! If the parents say jump the HT asks how high!
Ah I get you. Management like that can totally destroy the culture of a school, I hate to hear of it happening! I hope that your escape was by choice and to greener pastures Smile

My favourite unreasonable home learning request was a parent in my school who felt all children should have an individual Zoom lesson with their teacher for an hour a day...this was with 26 children in the class Grin

AlwaysBehindTheCurve · 05/12/2020 19:35

My favourite unreasonable home learning request was a parent in my school who felt all children should have an individual Zoom lesson with their teacher for an hour a day...this was with 26 children in the class

Sounds like that person could have done with some additional maths lessons!

purplewaterfall · 05/12/2020 19:37

Providing home learning is a huge amount of work.

At primary a lot of teaching is verbal and based on working with the child. Translating that to worksheets and written instructions takes hours of extra work each week.

It's not sustainable.

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