Bit of home schooling over summer holidays

[frozendaisy]

Ok being honest, home schooling with our Y4 has been part-time and school transition Zoom meeting said they are going to look at the Y4 & Y5 circulumn on return and cover the essentials from Y4 march and remove some of the stuff they like but are not essential from Y5. With all this in mind would you continue a part-time, very part time, bit of home-schooling over summer holidays? I am thinking we are going to have time to kill seeing as our go to activities and travel are presently not available (subject to change of course).

[GreyishDays]

Couple of sessions a week, I meant to say.

[Nquartz]

Actually times tables is a great idea, thank you @Grey DD has been doing it every week day of lock down as .part of her work and has improved loads, we never did it at home before because we didn't have time

[WeakandWobbly]

We're also transitioning to grammar school in September, and I'm starting to panic that my DD who is leaving a tiny village school will struggle to make that leap. She's bright, but lacking confidence. Last summer we were preparing for 11+, so I'd said this would be a work-free summer holidays ... before COVID struck! (she always reads and does crosswords, cooking etc but the homeschooling has been a bore).
Should I do anything other than reading over the summer- or just leave her and see what happens?

[Woeismethischristmas]

I'm going to keep going not massive amounts but a little week day maths, reading, writing. The dc now have an Xbox to earn time on so it's less of a battle ground with 7 yo.

[wendz86]

Our school are providing packs of work for the summer so we will do some here and there .

[bluevioletcrimsonsky]

I have been doing this during holidays through out my dc's school life. We had no problem with home schooling over lock down.
So yes, we will be carrying on. Though it only takes about 15 minutes in the morning to do regular work, and maybe 30 minutes extra in the afternoon if we have no plans.

[MrsWombat]

@WeakandWobbly As a year 7 grammar school parent I really wouldn't worry. They will teach them everything they need to know. Let them relax as it's going to be full on. Reading and maybe some of the new language might be fun if you are going to do anything?

[skankingpiglet]

We will be doing a small amount each day if at home (we'll definitely spend a few days camping, and it looks like there's a good chance our France holiday will be happening), probably about an hr/day. They have missed so much already and I don't want to add to this with a summer 'brain drain'.
My 6yo will just be doing a doing a page out of a few different work books (reading comprehension, maths, French, science, spellings). She has been struggling with maths so we have organised a tutor who should be starting with her soon, and will be 30mins each week. She will be expected to read everyday whether on holiday or not, but she doesn't see this as work.
My 4yo is starting school in Sept, so we would have been working on 'school readiness' anyway. She has made huge progress with her reading and writing over the last few months and as it's so new and not necessarily cemented yet, we will keep it up so it isn't forgotten.

[ShanSun]

We bought the home learning packs from lilxplorers.com for my DD who is in Y2 which covers the national curriculum and it was quite useful learning.
It comes with a magnetic flash card that can be stuck to the fridge and every time she enters the kitchen she talks about it.
It was a bit of a relief for me so I filled that gap.

[Lemons1571]

@ineedaholidaynow I suspect there will be exams in September for the new year 11’s. Some data is needed to award them gcse results, in the event the exams can’t go ahead. The whole academic year plus exams could be very disrupted with isolations and local lockdowns, so it makes sense to get this in the bag in September before covid cases start rising again.

[WeakandWobbly]

That's good to know, @MrsWombat. Thanks for the reassurance. It looks like our camping holiday in France is happening now, so we'll do some French and keep her reading and music going. I reckon "summer brain" will be particularly tricky for everyone this year!

[RoryGilmoresEvilTwin]

Yes. I plan on printing out enough resources for ds to do a few hrs each week.
As another poster said of her dd, my ds mental health deteriorates without structure and routine.

[ineedaholidaynow]

@Lemons1571 mocks are planned for January, normally do them before Christmas. DS has had full timetable this term and working their way through the syllabus, but it is not the same as being in school. He had been working very hard so I am hoping he is not too far off where he should be, but there are bound to be gaps.

[Lemons1571]

@ineedaholidaynow sounds like he’ll be fine. My DS’s school halted the syllabus in line with the curriculum suspension on 20th March. He has been working hard on all the consolidation work set though.

I just think with the levels of disruption still anticipated in the winter, the schools need data on individual kids ASAP. September might be as good as it gets in terms of timing as corona cases should still be low-ish. Less issues with lots of students missing individual exams due to pockets of isolation.

[BaconAndAvocado]

My Year 7 and 8 DCs won't be doing anything, except a bit of reading.

This pandemic has taken away a chunk of their normal childhood so I want them to enjoy their last summer holidays.

Like many households, homeschooling has been stressful and we all need a break.

I feel very lucky that they're not in more important years - 11+, GCSEs, A levels - as things may have been different.

[Nat6999]

Ds has his transition assignments for starting A levels in September, he isn't happy as one of his choices was politics & his school aren't doing a course due to a lack of students selecting it as one of their Alevels. I'm hoping he will get his head down & get the work done, I'm gently encouraging him, I know he is worried sick about what grades he will get for his GCSE's.