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homework clubs why shodul we bother?

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:11

ok so state primary has asked for parental input intot he settign up of a hoemwork club tow nights a week afetr school

spoke ot friend and she said " why the hell shoudl we support flakey parents who see it as freee childcare adn a way of getting somoen else to do thier kids homework"

i think i agree

what do oyu think

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hana · 20/03/2006 18:13

i agree too
but you also have to think about parents who may not be confident in helping their children with their homework as well

juliab · 20/03/2006 18:15

never heard of a homework club! the school must have some reason for suggesting it - did they say?

alexsmum · 20/03/2006 18:16

mmmm..part of me agrees with you .I would certainly prefer my kids to do their homework with me so i can help them and see where their strengths and weaknesses are.
However with older children, who might not be keen to actually do the homework, it might be easier to get them to do it at a club with their friends when everyone is doing the same thing iyswim?

FioFio · 20/03/2006 18:16

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alexsmum · 20/03/2006 18:16

good point hana-what about parents who have problems with literacy and numeracy?

GDG · 20/03/2006 18:17

agree with cod - anyway, isn't there a reason it's called homework?!

Mazzystar · 20/03/2006 18:17

contribution to the greater good?

keeps kids off the street therefore keep you less busy in your other job?

fairyfly · 20/03/2006 18:18

No point in homework, my kids will end up on the dole anyhow and they bloody deserve to, my family has paid enough tax.

geogteach · 20/03/2006 18:18

Don't know about primary but it is common in secondary. Particularly good where kids need access to IT or library that they may not get at home

Feistybird · 20/03/2006 18:18

I can think of 2 good reasons.

I suppose there will be kids that go to after school club and then by the time they get home are just to knackered to do homework.

And there will be very able kids who would do homework if encouraged by their parents, but have parents who don't give an eff.

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:22

no not a failing shcool at all

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Feistybird · 20/03/2006 18:22

And there will be some kids going home to a houseful of siblings and maybe one parent out working in the evening, making it difficult for the 1 parent to give 1-2-1 homework help.

GDG · 20/03/2006 18:22

Hmm, I'm seeing the points other people make. I feel sorry for those kids that don't have parents that care or who are not as able to help due to their own problems with literacy and numeracy.

However, another part of me thinks - regarding teh afterschool club thing - I gave up a good career, a lot of money and benefits in order to be at home, not only when my children are little but also for this very reason - so I'm around after school to help with homework. From a selfish pov, I don't see why I should give up my time, that I've only got because I sacrificed my own career to help my own children, to help other kids whose parents are pursuing their careers. I know this isn't the case for all parents so that's why I'm a bit undecided about the idea.

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:23

primary kids
i htink thought hat its the parents JOB to do ti and to be aware of what their kds are good or bad at

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Feistybird · 20/03/2006 18:23

and children who have an elderly relative living with them who takes up a lot of the parents time... ooh I could think of loads.

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:24

gdg its the same wiht parents hwo help at ptas though

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Feistybird · 20/03/2006 18:24

It's not always as cut and dried as that Cod.

fairyfly · 20/03/2006 18:25

I do actually think its a fab idea, i find it a struggle sometimes, i don't have anyone to share all the responsibilities of kids. Sometimes i am studying so hard and have a deadline that my children get ignored. Not ideal but i have to concentrate on myself to get my kids off income support and out of this lifestyle.So i prioritise things differently than some other mothers, I would appreciate a club opening round here, anything that helps take the pressure off would be fantastic. I have woken up in the night feeling guilty i don't do enough studies with my children.
Also sometimes i get very frustrated at my boys, i am not a natural teacher and can be incredibly impatient.

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:25

well ye si knwo bit there s bit of an issue ats choola nd amonsgt goevrning body abotu kdis who seem to haev a lot of ta input leavibg wellbehaved but struggling kids or just normal kids ( liek the dsses) without the same perks
so to get input oyu haev to be badly behaved - not like ds1s mate hwo was off a year battlgin cancer

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purpleturtle · 20/03/2006 18:26

Is it the school taking the first step towards the 8-6 wraparound care they have to offer by 2010.

Why don't we just hand babies to the government at birth so they can bring them up?

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:26

no we have tried after school care
no take up
t he breakfast club is foldign too

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GDG · 20/03/2006 18:26

what do you mean? parents give up their time to help on the PTA and that benefits everyone and therefore it's similar?

well, there you go - I'm on the PTA anyway.

WRT helping with homework - if they are talking about helping in that period straight after school - I'm going to be spending that focusing on my own children. That's a key reason I gave up work and at the end of the day, my children come first - they are my first priority and I do plenty of other things as part of the PTA for the good of the whole school.

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:27

this i normal shcool on a new hosuing state generlaly white enlgish speaking, soem drpevation/socilahouseing generally a normal school

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:28

not he pta is always by the same sort of poepl hwo see the benfit of education and value it

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cod · 20/03/2006 18:28

please do nto now pos sayong why youarent on the pta
you all knwo what i mean

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