Work sheets and oak academy ?

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Bit late in the day now but I just wanted to get some opinions. My children’s primary school have provided work sheets and emails directing us to oak academy lessons. No zoom lessons and their work sheets do not get marked. Zero feedback.

This is poor isn’t it?

To top it off we have been informed some classes might not go back at all next week as some staff members are awaiting test results.

Am I being unreasonable to feel so deflated with the school?

Only because you seem determined not to, I think.

I think children should have had access to decent online learning with safety nets in place for those who cannot engage with those provisions.

I'm over the moon that my kids benefitted from hard working teachers who had the foresight to make things manageable for their children.

I think it is nothing short of a disgrace that a teacher should think anything less is justifiable. Some of the excuses here are a shambles. Hurt feelings from a hypothetical WhatsApp group, ffs.

I think children should have had access to decent online learning with safety nets in place for those who cannot engage with those provisions.

Yep, we agree.

We actually took the decision to move our children from their previous primary school to another one because of the dire provision in lockdown 1.
I raised it with the head, exec head and the governors and was basically told to go away and their school was outstanding and I didn't understand. The leadership also lied to governors about what had been going on' ( I used to hold a senior position in education so I really did understand pressures teachers were facing )
My primary children felt lost and abandoned during lockdown 1. Their experience this time round had been markedly different - schools both state, 10 mins apart, similar make up and size.

I know that schools were expected to do more this time round but most of the provision for new school they had in place in the first lockdown.
New school
Jan 5 - March 8

Standard
Daily contact with teacher - available to message at any time
Live zoom every day with children, teacher and key worker children
Substantial structured work including videos explaining it posted daily on google class room by 6 am
Constructive marking every day/ often within the hour
Follow up if lack of understanding - specialised zoom teaching one to one in groups if not understand
Intervention work daily for some children eg phonics group
Live zoom Assembly with school every week - birthday call out and cards sent out to children at home, awards given to children at home and at school
Weekly live zoom cooking class open to all children

Additionally
Call from head
Special additional zoom assemblies - eg World book day
Live coding work shop
Consolidating learning zoom lessons
Activity day before half term with whole school zoom activities all morning such as dancing, guitar and drawing, PE
Pack sent to parents ahead of return
Separate age appropriate welcome pack sent to children
Welcome video sent to children about return
Regular messages from staff with updates, activities and news on app as well letters

Old school
17 March - 4 Sept
No work for 7weeks
Then work set randomly with no marking
No zoom lessons at all
2 calls from teachers - no other way of getting in touch
Letter every fortnight from Year group with a para graph from teacher
One call from deputy head
School newsletter
20 mins in playground at end of term
Google class room set up last week of July term

School provision has varied enormously and you're not unreasonable to be disappointed.

However, if you have a year 6 able mathematician, have you discovered the Parallelograms set by Simon Singh. They might give you son the fun and challenge he needs in maths and you don't have to do anything.

Should add that although we took the decision to move based on the best interests of our children and our children alone, we were not alone with three children from my eldest DC class making the move alone

We havent changed school but had a similar difference between last year (lots of worksheets no interaction) and this year - very similar set up to yours. It's made a huge difference and has been fantastic. Ive emailed in to tell them so and hope everyone who has had a good experience this time does!

@BugsAndBeesAndBirdsAndButterfl - our old school has apparently improved its provision a bit but still nothing like our new school.
Also because of the way it was handled by the head and exec head we lost all trust in the leadership.
They apparently still spin gaslight the parents on the provision