Realistically, how will teachers manage recommencement of education?

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I know that teachers are excellent at differentiating work for pupils of different abilities, however there's been so much variation in what parents have been able to do with their children while in lockdown, how are you teachers out there planning to handle the return?

For example, our school have asked us to follow the Whiterose lessons and complete the corresponding worksheets for maths for our year 3 DC. These are the same resources and worksheets that the pupils use in school.

Those parents that are able to facilitate this learning are effectively covering all of the topics that the children would have covered in summer term - fractions for the past 2 weeks. Those parents who have not been able to, or have been unwilling to follow the Whiterose lessons will have missed big chunks of the learning that the start of the next year would usually build on.

So, if DC's have completed all of the recommended learning, will they have to sit through the same presentations again and do the same worksheets again when school starts? Or will schools continue in the new school year as they would normally and do extra work with those who didn't complete the new learning at home?

I know everyone says that "we're all in the same boat" and "all kids will be behind", but it's becoming clear that there's massive variation not specifically in the children's abilities at home, but in what topics are covered.

I am sure that teachers will make a fabulous job of getting schools going again. However any expectation of full working in schools or without issues around Covid -19 before the end of the year are expecting too much. There are going to be significant mental and social issues that are going to come to the fore over the next few months in terms of staff, pupils and parents as well as the significant issue that between 10 and 20 % of staff are not going to be able to be in school because they need to self-isolate.

The White Rose topics are about to start repeating topics that had been done earlier in the year in order to consolidate rather than move children on, for this reason. No one knows what return will look like yet so no one will have a cohesive plan. Well, the might have but it will probably have to be thrown out of the window!

I agree with the OP that this is a major issue. The gap between the high and low attainers will winden during the shutdown..

I think it's realistic to assume that schools, in the short to medium term will have a phased return and are likely not to have the full year group in at once. There will probably be a rota system. In that time, teachers will assess how children have fared during lockdown and look at how they fill gaps. A lot of short-term learning will probably be consolidation to allow for re-adjustment and for closing of gaps.