Yr 9 independent learning app?

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My daughter wants to ditch one of the languages she is learning at school. I don’t mind - it’s Latin - but I do mind her having an extra four hours a week (I think, or it might be four hours a fortnight) just knocking about in the unsupervised school library. My proposal is that I agree to her ditching Latin if she completes specific tasks and shows me what she has done. I’d rather not spend tonnes of money on a new app but interested if anyone has any recommendations that might help solve this problem. Her spag, in particular, could do with a little more focus but she is generally a good student with good grades.

The first thing I would do is check with the school that it will be OK with her dropping a subject. I think the SLT might very much mind her knocking about in the unsupervised school library tbh. IME as a former secondary teacher this is not acceptable.

That said, there have been MN posters in the past whose schools have been happy with it – which is why I suggest you check (assuming you haven't of course). Is this a GCSE option (as in, does the school do a three-year KS4 and this was one of her choices)? or just a subject she is learning as part of KS3? The school may be wary, not only bc she will have nowhere safe to be in those lesson times, but also bc others will see and may want to do the same.

Thanks for replying. The school are content. She is by no means the first to drop it - there is quite a group (maybe 6) who have already done this. Up until now there has been a librarian supervising but I believe she has sadly just been made redundant.

its not a GCSE pathway. She’d definitely be dropping it at the end if year 9 anyway. It’s causing her some distress which is why I’d support her dropping it although my normal parenting style is much more “crack on with it!”

Atom?

Thanks for the suggestion but £40 a month is a lot more than I was hoping to pay.