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At my wits end with bloody homework!

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Ohjustboreoff · 26/09/2021 18:53

Help! I'm at my absolute wits end with the amount of homework my Dd 7 and Ds 6 have to do at home.
Dd 7 soon to be 8 can do hers with just support but it's Times tables, other maths, spellings and then reading. EVERY DAY! It's a lot and she moans about it but ultimately does it. But my Ds who is the youngest in his class, well it's like pulling teeth. He just point blank refuses and it's the same amount of work to Dd.
At first I'm patient, then I cajole, then I threaten to tell his teacher and it's all downhill from there.
I'm finding it all too much let alone my DC's.
Me and DH work full time shift work and we also take the DC's to two activities but I always thought that a parents job was to rear well rounded children not to teach them what school should be doing. If lockdown taught me anything it was that I am not a teacher!
Am I wrong that this is too much for such young DC's and I shouldn't be expected to come home and fight with my kids to do homework.
Just so angry and need to rant.
School keeps pulling me aside and insisting I do more, try to do more. I'm done I'm exhausted.
AIBU?

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CP2701 · 26/09/2021 19:04

I'm a teacher in a primary school in Scotland. We send homework once a week although reading is expected to be practised a couple of times a week. That's it though! Plus, we are very aware that parents have probably had their fill of school work at home for the foreseeable! They certainly should not have homework every day, it's excessive.

Ohjustboreoff · 26/09/2021 20:46

@CP2701 thanks. I know it's too much but it is nice to hear too. I'm told it's because it's an Academy and therefore very full on.
Ds did his first maths on an app today, baring in mind he was 6 in July, his first question was 50 % 10 = what! Confused He just started crying and said too much.

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