Children losing ....

[Yohoandabottleofwine]

Playtime if they haven’t completed enough work / passed a set amount of correct spellings on a weekly test?

Opinions please

Maybe I should of elaborated.

I mean being made to stay in at break / lunch time in primary schools to do more spelling practises or finish work because they have not wrote enough

What age?

Fine with me in the context of my kids. If they didn’t bother do the work, why should they be rewarded with fun time. Might think twice about not preparing for a test the next time.

They can relax and be free at home. School is for learning,

8/9

Yeah I understand that.

What about the learning they do in the playground socially though

Would you rather them miss the odd playtime or not make the expected level of progress and fall behind their peers?

They will have plenty of socialising time unless you’re saying they get kept in every break, every day? Their school work and discipline in school is very important. Learning consequences is critical to their mental health and ability to work in the world later.

My primary school did this in the higher years - year 5 & 6.
I can’t say I liked it when I had to stay in and e.g. copy out the spellings I’d got wrong, but it seemed like a fair consequence of doing badly in a spelling test to me at the time. Same if we were kept in to finish work if we’d been messing about instead of writing.

So as a general rule, I’m fine with it.
With the caveat that there should be lighter penalties if a child is known to have something like dyslexia that directly affects their ability to perform well in spelling tests / writing etc.

Yes, part and parcel of your child learning discipline. If he does his work he’ll have playtime

My ds is 5 and in yr 1. It's happening to him now. I'm not really happy but I'm going to speak to his teacher to make sure I'm getting the right story. If he's messing about so he doesn't finish, fair enough, but if he is trying and just not managing to finish I'm not sure I'm comfortable with that.

I think it is a terrible idea. How can they concentrate on their work if they haven't had any exercise and fresh air or even a break? We all need a break in order to do our best work.

They should be given the chance to catch up at other times.

When would you suggest then?

I think it's an unimaginative punishment and I would wonder how effective it is, for all children.

On the whole I think children don't get enough fresh air or physical activity, so deliberately giving them even less would need a very strong justification imo and id be surprised if this is it.