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To much homework

15 replies

Tracey321 · 18/04/2018 20:29

I think children do enough work in school
Home should be a place they can unwind and enjoy family life with no homework to stress over

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Landed · 21/04/2018 22:52

Totally agree

donnaeastman · 23/04/2018 03:42

I agree with this.Most of the time, my daughters barely talk to me because of so many homework. I'm not saying homework is bad but I guess 1-2 homework would be okay. At least we still have enough time to bond.

newcupcake · 23/04/2018 03:58

Yes yes yes ! My little one is only in reception and he has to read every night , he is so tired and hates it and so do I !!!

Stripybeachbag · 23/04/2018 05:38

I agree. My 6 year-old has about 20-30 minutes homework every night, but it is voluntary so we don't do it unless she wants to.

I am a secondary school teacher in a high-achieving independent school. From time to time management bring in a guest speaker who produces loads of figures about how many teenagers are committing suicide and how school work is one of the top reasons for stress. And how these figures are increasing every year. Then the school pressurises the teachers for improved results in the exams. I act as a mentor to lower senior students and am told to coach them in exam and study techniques with a view to decreasing their stress levels (but really bringing up their results). But I think it stresses them out more instead of helping them.

Basically as long schools are compared on exam results, the homework will continue as the schools push that on to the individual teachers. No matter the age of the students sadly.

Leonag2710 · 17/10/2018 17:39

My daughter is in Y10. She gets 12 to 15 hours of homework a week. We have stopped going out as a family every week, walking, visiting places etc, as we have no time to do it. When we did go out she spent the whole time worrying about her homework. She barely has enough time to go to basketball club and kickboxing, something that the government recommends to combat stress. Maybe if they took all the A’level content out of GCSE all these kids wouldn’t be as stressed out. We are 6 weeks in to Y10 and we are all mourning the family life we had. This new life that revolves around homework is quite frankly oppressing us. 😩

April2020mom · 17/10/2018 23:04

I hate homework. We are a homeschooling family so I don’t give out much homework. I spend more time playing with my family and going places. I hope that something is done about our homework problem soon.
As a child I hardly ever did homework after dinner. Any homework is given sparingly. When I was a teacher I used to limit the amount of time spent doing homework tasks. Homework needs to be logical. I worked in a primary school teaching little children (year zero to two) English. It was a lovely school.

Ann97 · 21/11/2018 13:04

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JustRichmal · 21/11/2018 18:29

Ann97, so you are just a student who uses phrases like, "at an affordable price."

PlushLush2018 · 21/11/2018 18:33

I cannot believe how much homework DD gets - there's no-end of it. She's not very studious so it's a total PITA. Homework seems to currently be a dark cloud hanging over every weekend :-( . She's in Year 8 and gets loads more than her brother did at the same age

JeffreyPleasants · 24/11/2018 23:39

Exactly, Tracey321! That's why I've appealed for help to paperell.com writers and decided to defense my kid from being tired and lack of sleep. At last we have time to spend more time together.

JustRichmal · 25/11/2018 09:32

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sherbsy · 06/12/2018 12:07

My DS (Year 4) gets quite a lot (2 hours a week I'd guess) but it is helping him and, once I deal with any initial moans and groans, he actually enjoys doing it!

Every week there's a Maths test to go through, spellings, times table rockstars (a maths app/website), ongoing reading, handwriting practise and normally a termly project on a theme.

He knows he's got to do it but I can see it's good for him. There's no stress and still plenty of time to relax etc at home.

I suppose he's a naturally lazy boy and what this is slowly teaching him is that it's important to make an effort and polish his work to the highest standard. I'm proud of him.

HipToon · 02/01/2019 12:29

yeah, I think kids don't need homework. I spent about 6 hours at school, and after being so tired, I had to sit at home for another 9 hours! It's terrible, because I didn't have time to sit at home, go for a walk, read a book, or watch TV

Cauliflowersqueeze · 02/01/2019 12:32

I think it should be learning / reviewing only.

typoqueen · 02/03/2019 11:02

We find it hard to get into any homework routine as the homework is always hit and miss, some weeks she has homework every night other weeks she only get 1 or 2 pieces and often none, not had any maths homework in over a month, seem to get more homework for PE, Drama and DT, a few spellings for English now and then. its a joke

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