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What's your 4/5 year old learning via school during the lockdown

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Naz2009 · 16/01/2021 09:29

Hi mums, my DD us 4 years old and in reception class. She has 2 daily online lessons for half an hour each. Friday morning PE online.
Literacy in the morning and maths in the afternoon via Microsoft teams online with her teachers.
Teacher also sends daily homework to complete.
Literacy they learn to read 5 new words and practising to learn to spell them along with leading letter formation.
Homework is writing a sentence about a picture and also learning the daily words
Maths is learning adding. Teacher writes out a sum on the whiteboard. Kids copy and then work it out and give the answer.
Maths homework is hard, I find it hard to explain to my LO so that she can understand it
I'm adding a pic to show you an example. I just think it's a lot of work for her age.
Any mums with child in reception class. Can you tell me what you're having to do.

What's your 4/5 year old learning via school during the lockdown
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Abraxan · 22/01/2021 08:47

My school''s reception..

Each day they have 4-5 'lessons' via remote learning software. These are pre recorded videos with attached activities. There is daily phonics , English and maths and then one other lesson/activity.

Example from one week.
Topic: superheroes (every day heroes, people who help,us)
Phonics: 4 sessions learning 2 sounds. One session learning the sound, one session writing the sound in words and/or sentence.
English: listen to a story, make puppets, make story map, write sentences, retell story using puppets in own words, write thank you not re story, etc 1 lesson on tricky words with games
Maths: number of the week (2 lessons), 2 lessons in capacity (full, not full, empty, half full); 1 lesson is shape of the week
Computing: basic animation software to make a moving animal
Art and design: create a superhero mask, create a Superhero 'stage'
Science: dancing raisins
PHSE: this terms topic is dreams and goals, 'what do I want to be when I grow up:'
PE: video from the external agency who come into school weekly, throwing and catching skills
General: penguin awareness day, some information, some optional craft tasks/drawing
Music: video from the local music hub, who normally come into school to,offer small group or 1:1 private lessons
'Fun' optional Challenge: build a bridge using objects around the house
Weekly reading diary posted with links to subscribed e-libraries
Subscribed maths software
Daily 'welcome video' from the teacher.

We have a lot of working parents so we don't tell parents they MUST be done but do encourage parents to at least focus on phonics and reading, do a bit of writing and incorporate some number work into every day stuff.

The non core stuff varies weekly.

Abraxan · 22/01/2021 08:48

We also have a weekly 'show and tell' session via zoom with the whole class (including those in school) and the teacher (and TA where possible). This is a 30 minute drop in/out session and is optional.

Naz2009 · 22/01/2021 09:09

@Cathster if kids/parents don't attend the online lesson. Teacher call you home right after or even during a lesson and cheekily say "did you forget you have a online lesson please join now" they do a register morning and afternoon. I have found for the second literacy before maths, there are max 4/5 kids that attend.
It's hard 3 to 4 lessons online daily.

We are firmly reminded to submit daily homework. Take a pic and send teacher email or go and hand the homework in at school reception.
Teacher marks it daily and provides feedback.
Yesterday I was told to remind DD to add full stop at the end of her sentence.
I stop myself from venting out my frustration to her.
If you want to avoid a lecture and phone call from teacher. Juts do all the work and submit it daily.
I should be grateful and not complain after I see many parents saying how they have very little home based learning.
My argument is the age of my DD to the amount of work.

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