Live online lessons for primary school pupils?

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I'm wondering what most families' experience of remote learning is for children in state primary schools - what's "normal" at the moment.

If you have a child in a state primary, can you reply to say

1. how many hours of LIVE online teaching are they getting from their school on an average day?

2. how many hours of RECORDED TEACHING (recorded by the school's own teachers, not outside content) on an average day?

3. how many hours of RECORDED CONTENT from outside sources are they told to access on an average day?

4. is there an online daily registration?

Thank you to anyone who can share their experience.

But if you want to know what's going on at secondary schools I can say that the two schools my younger sons are at are pretty similar:

1. Online live interaction in every lesson, following their normal pre-lockdown timetable. Except for PE, when they are just given instructions for activities.

2. No recorded lessons.

3. Some pre-recorded outside content. Hard to say how much because they are old enough that I am not supervising them closely.

4. Registration in the morning with form tutor, and after lunch, and for every lesson.

From talking to my mum friends from my kids' primary school days this is not atypical for the secondary schools in my area.

And just to lay it all on the table, my oldest is at uni, where he has his usual timetable of lectures and seminars, and coursework, all delivered live online, but also recorded for those who want to watch it later. He is also offered some optional outdoor field work.

Year 1

Not had any form of live lessons

All work to be done listed on school website on a Sunday evening for the week.

Teacher records 15-20mins of small 2-5min videos for the week.

We are asked to email in some examples of the work done.

Worksheets from twinkl and rose maths or something like that sort of the time with using the matching videos.

I hadn’t realised an email hadn’t sent and it took nearly 3 weeks before I had a follow up from the teacher to see how we are getting on. Not had a single bit of feedback on any of her work. Just a well done. I know the maths is either right or wrong but no idea what needs improving with writing etc. Not going well at all, my dd no longer engaging in work, cannot focus (suspected adhd) desperate to talk to someone other that me. Would love live lessons or even if it was a love registration once a day. Also a well done from her teacher would be useful for her.

We have decided it’s not worth the fight at the moment as it’s affecting our relationship with our daughter. If they introduce live lessons we will give that a go.

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I'm wondering what most families' experience of remote learning is for children in state primary schools - what's "normal" at the moment.

If you have a child in a state primary, can you reply to say

1. how many hours of LIVE online teaching are they getting from their school on an average day?

2. how many hours of RECORDED TEACHING (recorded by the school's own teachers, not outside content) on an average day?

3. how many hours of RECORDED CONTENT from outside sources are they told to access on an average day?

4. is there an online daily registration?

Thank you to anyone who can share their experience.

Year 5.

1. None. I don't think it would work for many of the families in or school anyway.

2. The teachers provide audio instructions for each piece of work. That's to help where the child isn't able to read the instructions themselves and/or the family can't help them with it. (High levels of EAL and SEN).

Some of the younger year groups have a 5-min video of the teacher explaining the maths.

3. There are links to Youtube videos that might be useful, and usually a workout or dance activity for PE. Probably 15 minutes for the academic stuff and up to 20 minutes for PE.

4. No. The staff look at who has been doing the online work and the level of engagement. No access at all = 0. Handed in some of the work = 1. Attempted most/all of the work = 2.

I am actually really really disappointed with what my yr 5 child has been provided with.
No live lessons.
One guided reading session in a group of 10 for half an hour once a week. She is very shy so just sits quietly.
Apparently there are maths meets for the more able kids and also those struggling but despite me asking for help several times my dd hasn't been offered anything. These happen very rarely anyway according to other parents.
No contact from school despite me e mailing asking for help with her maths.
No recorded lessons by the teacher.
All work is set on google classroom-3 tasks a day -maths by white rose
English/RE on Oak Academy.
All very boring and no teacher input at all.
My dd is now unfortunately not engaging in any work and I have had to start paying a tutor to help explain the maths she is being set.
Never had any form of registration or check in or phone call home-or even a reply to my e mails.

1. 2 hours of live lessons (maths and English) plus 2 20-minute registrations/class interaction sessions.
2. 2 x 20 minute recorded lessons (1 reading and then 1 of either 'topic', science, PE or music) plus associated activity to do independently which should take up to 30 minutes.
3. Lots of other suggested resources but we don't look at these as most of the things DD chooses to do are constructive anyway - music, art, story writing etc.
4. Yes, twice a day.

1. how many hours of LIVE online teaching are they getting from their school on an average day?
   0

2. how many hours of RECORDED TEACHING (recorded by the school's own teachers, not outside content) on an average day?
   Between 5 and 25 minutes in total for 3 days.

3. how many hours of RECORDED CONTENT from outside sources are they told to access on an average day?
   20 daily, plus an additional 15 minutes 2 mornings.

4. is there an online daily registration?
   No.

Online live registration around 9am.
Minimum 3 hours live every day. Year 2 state primary. So something like 9-10.30 11-12 and then 1.15-2.30pm. Also they use break out rooms so half class with a TA and half with the teacher, this is so that differentiation takes place. Top set are set harder work. They do all their weekly tests live. Teacher is in school teaching live and so are the TAs. Kids struggling and not able to progress remotely were encouraged to go in person.

The demographic is parents who live in terraced and semi detached houses who can afford laptops and mainly, at least 1 person is working from home. So the school picked what would work best for their demographic. Out of 31, there are probably around 5/7 in school daily, differs per day.
We are meant to upload every piece of work too that is 3-4 pieces a day and they distributed workbooks which they want to review in school later. Dc does most work entirely independently whilst I work in the same room.

Year 5

1. 2 x 30 mins per day (morning and afternoon) on Teams. For all other times, chat is enabled on the groups so the children can post questions to the teacher/TA. All chat content on there is monitored by the teaching staff. Teachers can also set up 1-2-1 Teams meetings for any children who need it (DS had one when he couldn't access the actual lesson due to our WiFi being down all morning).

2. None

3. None

4. No, although a list of attendees is taken for each Teams lesson.

The school has given every child individual home learning packs, which include all the work to be done that fortnight. Any worksheets are printed, dated and stuck into the children's work books, and additional resources (such as PowerPoint presentations or word docs) are loaded onto Teams.

The school have supplied each child with a pencil case filled with all stationery required and any additional resources, such as coloured paper/card for art or topic work, is also given out in the home learning packs.

Work is collected in once a fortnight on Thursday afternoon and then the new home learning packs are ready to collect on Friday afternoon. All work is marked and feedback is given.

DH and I are both key workers, so DS has done a mixture of in school and at home learning. Any child in the school hub is given the same home learning pack they would have if homeschooling and also given access to a laptop in school, so they can join the Teams lessons with the rest of their peers.

I cannot fault the school, they really have gone above and beyond in all aspects.