Shitty message from teacher on Google Classroom.

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Congratulating the 10 kids who completed the assignment and giving their names. And then in block caps:

FOR ALL THOSE WHO DID NOT COMPLETE THIS I WILL NOT BE GOING BACK OVER THIS IN CLASS 👍

Rude much?!! And no, their school isn’t open for key workers before anyone jumps on me and says how busy she must be

This is why teachers are leaving in droves. When you’ve alienated them and they leave who will teach your dc then? Supply teachers? Those with no specialist subject knowledge? I feel sorry for the helpful parents and their well behaved children.

all children had to be on devices 9-3, in uniform, every day.

In uniform? Sod that, I'm not washing and ironing school shirts for them to sit around at home.

The Primary Schools I am a governor will be contacting families if they have had no response from families for a few days. This is primarily to check if everything is ok but will also give a little nudge to schoolwork if nothing has been done and everything else is fine.

For the families that are not doing schoolwork with their children at the moment what are you planning to do next term, bearing in mind your children could be off school for 6 months.

I don't see how they can do 2021 gcses as they stand, if this lasts more than a few weeks. So many families won't have internet access, let alone a laptop.
Many will have to share with siblings and even parents.
There's going to be no level playing field for the grades to mean very much

I'm a teacher (not in the UK) but have still had to fly by the seat of my pants to figure out online learning and how on earth to send it out so all kids can achieve something, whilst also juggling my own kids at home and DH.. and the same worries as everyone else.

Yes it appears a bit rude, but as with many things written online, you can often misjudge the tone. Maybe she was just trying to make sure it was clear, maybe in her head it was a positive thumbs up. By all means raise it with the teacher politely, but also be aware he/she is also doing their best in these most challenging of times to try and make sure all the children under her care are learning. We're all trying to figure this out together.

The emails about work and praising those who complete the work are really insensitive to those people and their families who are suffering with coronavirus and can't do the work and very much wish their only problem was getting on with schoolwork.

Good point. But my bet is that it will be the same children not doing the work, week in week out over the coming months. As long as the parents don’t moan when their kids don’t do very well in their exams then fine. My guess is many of them will moan, blame coronavirus, disruption to education, blame the schools, the teachers etc. The fact is, schools are making resources available, teachers are doing all they can, most kids have internet access so loads of material on BBC Bitesize, YouTube etc. Coronavirus will pass very quickly for most families if they get it and there’s no excuse for education to not take place other than that. I know parents who are just letting their kids do whatever they want all day, they’re moaning they’re bored. 🙄 Also plenty of teens wondering round the streets. I despair.

Ive a full paper to teach my year 10’s when they go into year 11, from September until February, before we start revision. I had a full paper left to teach which i should have started last week and would be finished by the end of June.

There will be no time at all to do any of the work that should be done this final term when they are in year 11. They have to do it independently now, or they fail.

Why are they trying to teach new stuff anyway? How ridiculous.
Because there isn’t an option. GCSE’s are crammed with information and skills. The course is designed to take two academic years. Honestly, do you think most of the time in lessons is spent watching Netflix and playing games and we have all got plenty of time to relax?! If we lose this term, it is gone. We don't get that time back. It means your child who can’t motivate them-self to work independently will fall much further behind the child who is motivated and who has parents with high expectations.

KS4 and 5 students should be workIng hard at home. They should be working during the day, and then working more in the evening. Remember, they would have had at least two hours of homework a night if school was open on top of their school day.

I’ll say what I say at parents evening. If you child has the time to be on their PS4 (or similar) every evening and all weekend, they are simply not working hard enough.

I don't see how they can do 2021 gcses as they stand, if this lasts more than a few weeks

I know. Everyone has been worrying about the children taking exams this summer (which my daughter should have been) - it is next summer's cohort (my son) I am far more worried about. Especially since his school aren't really setting any work.

Kids get used to their teachers’ style of management and levels of sarcasm. I doubt many year 10s would be that bothered by the message.

@fripp

I am a teacher! Albeit primary but as stated in TES etc it is crisis education not home schooling etc.

It is also the first week, emotions, feelings are up in the air. Their cupboards might have been bare, they may be looking after their siblings. Childrens emotional well being needs to be settled, parents have been anxious about money, work etc.
Let the child have a week or 2 to settle into a new routine. No work will be set during the Easter holidays so they can catch up then.

Everyone has been worrying about the children taking exams this summer (which my daughter should have been) - it is next summer's cohort (my son) I am far more worried about.

Yes, I agree with this. I was gutted when exams were cancelled which meant my Year 11 son wouldn’t get to do his exams after so much hard work. Now I’m just relieved that he’s Year 11 not Year 10. Unless there are some major changes to syllabus and exam content, it’s going to be really tough for the kids. ☹️

Is your son taking the same subjects as your daughter, maybe he can help her, he can use her notes etc. Its a really crap situation for the Year 10s.

If the child has no intellectual curiosity, and the parents think education is about babysitting, then a child will get the result they worked for.

Lots of year 10s in private schools will be doing full on timetables. If some state school pupils are doing nothing the gap will be massive. It will be hard to disentangle those whose circumstances made it difficult to learn and those who just couldn’t be arsed.

Well I received a very caring email from my dc head about enjoying time with them, playing and cooking and to not argue over completing school work as this is an extremely tough time and mental health is the most important.

My ds in yr 10 has been so overwhelmed and stressed. He's taking responsibility for his work but there's only so much you can learn and understand at home. And it takes time getting in to a new pattern of learning.

Lots of year 10s in private schools will be doing full on timetables. If some state school pupils are doing nothing the gap will be massive.

This is what i said to a friend earlier. She works in a primary school with very disadvantaged kids and said their head said all the children will be in the same position. I said they absolutely wouldn't.

I don't believe Y10 and 11 should be tested except in subjects they are leaving behind. Testing at 16 and again at 18 is OTT. A broad based unpredictable but accessible test for 16 year olds planning to leave school, with the points awarded for literacy and numeracy competence ought to be enough. Three papers, with a mix of topics.

Another vote for fair enough.

Are they going to open schools over summer to catch up? Does anyone know??

Sounds fair enough, not rude at all.

Schools will open in September. We’ve been told to prepare work for then.

Completely irrelevant but I didn't realise that hand emoji in the op was a thumbs up. For some reason I always thought it was indicating a hand shake

Are they going to open schools over summer to catch up? Does anyone know??

Why would this happen? Teachers are working, students are working. I think we all deserve a break over the summer - assuming the lockdown is over by then.

In year 10 pupils are old enough to take responsibility for themselves. Teachers will have to set new work otherwise it won’t all be covered in time for GCSEs. There also will not be time to re-teach everything if this carries on much longer. There is a lot of content to cover in the new GCSE specifications. The pupils need to understand how important it is that the work is completed so they do not fall behind.

DS in Y10 has been given quite a large amount of homework to do over the Easter holidays.

Again for those teenagers not doing any schoolwork what are they doing at the moment?

@itispersonal I’m a teacher too (secondary) and our head has sent an email today saying we have to continue to set work throughout the Easter holidays. Apparently this is good for the pupils’ well-being? I don’t agree with the decision, but I will have to set something.