Last one! Would you send your child to school..

[Biscuit0110]

On the 1st of June?

The times said apparently most parents would not return their children to school, but that is not my experience on here.

YABU - would not send their child to school
YADNBU - Send their child to school on the 1st of June

[DressingGownofDoom]

@Peppafrig yes home schooling is an option, but are the parents who are loudly announcing that their children won't be going back to school until there's a vaccine actually planning to undertake a proper course of home study once everyone else is back and the zoom classes stop?

[synthony]

A lot of us are already having to do that where the LEA online stuff is understandable inadequate

[Connie222]

@DressingGownofDoom but that isn’t homeschooling. If people decided to de register and homeschool then they can look into what that means properly.

(I home educated Ds for 8 years, this is nothing like home ed).

[synthony]

That's what I meant. It's nothing like school coursework day to day. Connie how do you keep yours socialising ?

[Alternativefacts]

YABU
DS yr 10 missing sport and friends but in terms of going back will be influenced by fact that he seems to be working better, learning more at home. I work ft, have been spending up to an hour a day looking with him at anything he is stuck on and agreeing with him what is most important to do. He is going for quality ( ie actually understanding rather than rushing through) over quantity - so not doing every piece of work, attempting around 9/10 pieces set, & not doing 100% of each piece set e.g. maths skip through as long as getting questions right till he finds them harder etc. Will be interesting to see how he is actually doing when we get some feedback / test results. So we do have a dilemma about what to do even purely thinking about what is best for him, school doesn’t suit everyone, rarely hear this acknowledged when politicians talk is as though all kids are desperately missing school. I realise it is different for everyone, especially epically younger kids, I think for some teens it is their friends they are missing full stop. He is not missing early mornings , have let him find a routine that works for him ie works lunchtime and early evening. Worry about the longer term but just getting through for now like everyone.

[Connie222]

@synthony I’m not home educating anymore - I haven’t done for years Ds is almost 18 and decided to go to school in year 7 when we moved cities.

I don’t home educate my 6 year old as she was at school until we moved again in feb (she was only given a school place to start here the day they shut), but I will de register and home educated if she’s expected back before I feel comfortable. I’ve joined a few home ed groups where we are now and they still seem to be thriving and busy on line.

If we were still home educating during lockdown we’d be part of large home ed networks, meet ups and classes as well as all the usual after school classes that schooled kids go to who are doing on line classes and fun on line chats for the children. People I know who home ed are all doing zoom meet-ups and classes for the children everyday.

As an aside, the one thing that Ds missed about home ed when he started school WAS the hugely social aspect of it which isn’t rare and is what makes me laugh when people talk about school being the best place for socialisation!

Ds is doing a btec and is doing so much better at home than he was in college funnily enough.

[synthony]

That is very encouraging Connie. So I would have to network to make it more 'normal' for my dc. I have been looking for online classes but they are either one on one tuition or there is one which I think is American and overbudget personally. Sounds like you did a really good job there

[Connie222]

@synthony it’s not all that time consuming. Look on Facebook there will be home ed groups in your area.

I never did formal on line classes. The ones I’m taking about are usually arranged though home ed groups. There are a lot of teachers or ex teachers to home ed their children and groups are formed where children can learn together.

Ds did always struggle with maths though, even at school so we did do twice weekly kumon classes all the way through home ed and secondary school.

Because Dd hadn’t stated school here yet we heard nothing from them in terms of work so I’ve gone back to what I did with Ds, internet worksheets and books from amazon for a hour a day. I’m glad I had the home ed experience as it’s been easy to slip back into and I wouldn’t mind carrying on if I had to. Would be a different experience with social distancing though.

[Connie222]

*teachers who home ed their children

[123Dancewithme]

YADNBU

[synthony]

We don't have a great routine going yet but I believe this is much more effective education than mainstream. I will have a look at local Facebook and things, good advice thank you

[SmilingHappyBeaver]

YADNBU

[Needtheadvice]

YABU- we already WFH so are seriously considering keeping DC from school until we find it safe enough. Appalled at this governments responses and honestly think that the levels of deaths per day is still too high to think of any relaxations.

[EnthusiasmIsDisturbed]

He is still going

Covid still around work puts me in a higher risk so in turn puts ds at a higher risk

Can understand why people are saying no

[Elmerrrrrrrr]

It is beyond me how anyone is able to wfh and look after children simultaneously. I can't do it.

[Whathappenedtothelego]

It depends a lot what "going back" looks like.

I doubt schools are going to be open fully, just like normal.

They might open on basis of need, to allow parents back to work. In which case, we don't need that, DC are managing very well with home learning, and DH can work from home long-term if needed.

For the social aspect/ children's mental health? Of course that's important, but if they are going to have to keep apart, wear masks, not touch one one another etc, I think that's more stressful.

I would support going in one day a week, but being able to interact/behave fairly normally on that day.
If there are going to be lots of stressful regulations that limit social interaction anyway, then I don't really see the benefit for our family.

However, I don't want them to miss out. So I would consider very carefully.

[Howamigoingtogetthroughthis]

The people I know who are coping with it very well are those with one child and one parent not working (usually the mother), who then supervise the child. They are saying their house had never been cleaner and they get a lovely cooked lunch everyday delivered to their desk. Lucky them...

[Blah1881]

Yes please! Back they all go, bless ‘em. Counting the days.....

[SylvanianFrenemies]

YABU