If you're WFH FT when are you doing the homeschooling?

[Fressia123]

Just received the task list for the week, and TBF can't complain in the end as it's quite thorough. However it would need for me to teach her as it's not as simple. I work FT and finish around 6 as I also work around our toddler. So when do I do it?

CBBC will do it for you starting next week. Children's educational shows will be on for 3 hours a day starting at 9am

I'm just working as normal in the kitchen.

DS doing the work in his bedroom. If he has a question he comes down and asks me. But he is 9 and a bright lad so I've got it easy to be fair.

I have got 2 who need constant support (1 has sen) and 1 who can do some alone, however the school is expecting attendance online for each of them 3-4 sessions per day and then work to be completed and submitted by 3.15 each day. If we miss the morning registration they are marked as absent from school. I have had to miss my own online lectures today (6hours of them) to ensure they can get theirs done. I dont know how we are going to get through this

@bailey999

I have got 2 who need constant support (1 has sen) and 1 who can do some alone, however the school is expecting attendance online for each of them 3-4 sessions per day and then work to be completed and submitted by 3.15 each day. If we miss the morning registration they are marked as absent from school. I have had to miss my own online lectures today (6hours of them) to ensure they can get theirs done. I dont know how we are going to get through this

That is absolute madness. There is no way I would tolerate the school refusing to educate my child but then expecting me to run to their timetable. Let them be marked absent, wtf are the school going to do about it??

I have to constantly supervise my youngest online learning hes 5 no way I'd be able to do it and work at the same time.

It’s impossible. 7 & 3 here. 7 year old on own would be manageable with 50% of the day as screen time. 3 year old... will watch 30 mins TV Max. Wants to be played with or do role play games all day. I either need to send 3 year old back, or I’m going to have to take unpaid leave or see if DH can do some childcare. To add DH did 80% of the homeschooling in lockdown 1, so he fully pulls his weight but for various reasons he just can’t till end January. Otherwise, I will: log on 6-9am. Kids 9-12. Log on 12-2. Kids 2-5. Log on 5-7 & 9-10pm. Plus weeks. Then my employer can resuscitate me around July...

Badly with a five and nearly 7 year old. They don’t want us doing the work in the evening either

Problem is, they are not refusing to educate them as I am a student Radiographer so they have offered key worker places. I'm reluctant to send them as my husband is ecv and our cases are very high. We have been so careful since March it seems silly to risk it now when his vaccine is so close. He is wfh and we are trying to do it between us but its absolutely impossible.

DD is nearly 5 - to be honest she'll be getting what I can give when I can in terms of home schooling but keeping my job and the roof over our head is my priority 🤷‍♀️

We only have the one computer (works laptop) and her Amazon Kindle doesn't support Microsoft Teams so it's ridiculous really to expect attendance on that of a Reception child

Plus weekends. Typo

@bailey999

I have got 2 who need constant support (1 has sen) and 1 who can do some alone, however the school is expecting attendance online for each of them 3-4 sessions per day and then work to be completed and submitted by 3.15 each day. If we miss the morning registration they are marked as absent from school. I have had to miss my own online lectures today (6hours of them) to ensure they can get theirs done. I dont know how we are going to get through this

Speak to the school and explain your situation. See what support they can offer or what they can suggest

Depends if you have a partner. In lockdown 1 we developed a calendar with both our daily video meetings on plus our child's live lessons. She sat at a table next to me or my husband (with whoever didn't have a meeting) and did her live lesson while we worked. Obviously there were times when we both had meetings at once. She had headphones and knew to keep quiet if we said to.

She was 6, no SEN and pretty independent learner.

Wrt school absence, last time DfE coded schools as closed rather than collating remote attendance stats for children wfh.

I'm not, it's chaos. School have set 5 hours of work each day but DS (10) has SEN so needs almost constant supervision. He sent some in that they said wasn't neat enough and sent back to be done again. That sent him over the edge and he threw his laptop. So it's going well!

My 4 year old won't listen to me when I tell her she has to do school work so no chance of any homeschooling here! Oh well what can I do!

Work has to be submitted by 3:30 so we have to do home schooling and then start our wrk at 5pm after dinner!

We all sit round the table together, explain the task to DC then let them get on with it and answer any questions whilst doing work. Then repeat. Meetings are tactically coincided with break times.

My DS is 4 and in reception. DH and I both WFH (DH 4 days a week plus 1 day in school (teacher), and me FT WFH). We all work from the dining table on laptops together so that we can both chip in when needed.

DS school are doing 'live' registration/30 min catch-up with a live story read to them at 9am. After that, its 3 tasks per day (phonics, maths and another non-core subject) but these are pre-recorded video sessions plus an active task involving writing etc. Tbh, as he's so young we have to do the whole thing with him which is around 40mins per session/task. DH and I have worked our calendars so that we share this 50:50, except for Weds when I'm on my own at home working and homeschooling. I am taking early "lunch" to work with DS, DH then does another task/session during his "lunch" and then we do the final one after dinner before bath when one of us is able to log-off. This seems manageable so far, but as DS is only 4 we also need to supervise him during the day when he's playing etc. as he isn't able to entertain himself for long on his own.... so once DS is in bed we are back to our laptops to finish off emails etc, that have backed up during the day!

I'm trying to get my daughters work ready and plan the night before - she's in year 3. We start at 8.30 and I'll give brief 5-10 min explanations of the activity before leaving her to get on while I go on the computer. Yes, she does ask constant questions and it is annoying! This goes on most of the day. Some activities she can get on for 45 mins or so. I use apps too like reading eggs and spelling shed as she can be quiet for ages on those. Basically this means that I am less productive and have to work into the evening, but what else can be done. I am not a key worker (I work for the Open University as a tutor) and even if I was, as I can work from home, I would never take a key worker place.

No helpful suggestion (other than alchohol) here but just want to say I am in awe of anyone managing to wfh and homeschool kids. My dc are yr 11 and yr 13 and even with the problem of exams uncertainty and issues with motivation I still thank god that this pandemic did not happen whilst my dc were younger. There is no way I could have done it if my dc were younger, I salute u all 👍

It’s a bloody nightmare. During two video conference calls today I had tears from DC, frustrated they can’t do their home learning etc etc. My boss says I need to do my work (a lot is client video calls) and “don’t worry, I’m sure it’s worse for single parents/younger children”. The guilt is all consuming but there’s no other option at the mo. Meh.

It depends on the age of the children and the structure provided by the school. We both work FT and have two late primary aged children learning online and it's relatively straightforward, as a pp says trying to align meetings with their timetable helps. They help do a packed lunch so if we are both busy they can get started in their designated lunch break. have lowered expectations of other areas and given really clear guidance to them what is okay and not okay during the work day, then we all down tools and have dinner together and switch off.

I'm not. I am leaving them too it with the teachers on zoom. If they need extra help I just can't give it.

My 7 and 8 year old log on to teams at 0845. They had 3 weeks of homeschooling before Xmas owing to cases in their bubbles and half the teachers getting sick. So they know the drill now. They are expected to be on time to lessons and message the teachers if they get stuck. And I only get involved if there is an IT issue. The keyworker kids are sat in school with laptops and doing the same work.

Then they have to do some independent learning and submit themselves on teams.

My youngest in reception is currently on zoom doing show and tell and I’m casting my over proceedings. Lessons for infants are 10-15 minutes and then lots of child orientated play like in class.

I feel like I'm failing here as my daughter literally just wants to play at home, I know she is well behaved at school but at home she just isn't interested!

My 12yo with asd got live lessons all day, very pleased her school have provided whole days of interactive learning with teachers and her friends, she also has option to attend school (special school) but due to the routine varying and groups being different she doesn't feel she can handle all the changes and i want to support keyworkers and the teachers by one less child in the school. My 6 year old (primary school) is refusing to do a lot tbh and only 45 mins per day of live lesson is being provided rest of it i have to do with her and she just won't do it, same with my 10 year ols same school and what's being provided is as crap as last time. Shocked tbh but tbf no government warnings of lockdown
Older 2 just get on with it and they have a mixture of live lessons and assignments which they crack on with.