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Junior homework - do they do it totally alone

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:01

i am anti homework tbh in primary schools and it hink in secondarys chools it often lakc purpose and is a n tuter waste of time and resources

BUT in primary schools how many of you let the kdi do it TOTALLY alone ( these are kdis hwo have no learnign issues)

not hcekcing
no correcting handwriting
no redoing
no helping

MY argument is that most parents hlep

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pukkapatch · 12/02/2008 11:02

what baout nagging to get them to do it?
and checking the stuff is actually in their book bags? does that count?

Threadworm · 12/02/2008 11:02

I check it. And answer questions, etc. But I don't step past helping them to get it done themselves.

Agree that it's not generally usefukl to set homework at this age.

juuule · 12/02/2008 11:03

I only help or check if I'm asked.
Might comment on outrageous handwriting.
Don't make them redo something if they don't want to.

collision · 12/02/2008 11:04

DS is year one and I sit with him but do not help.

I also spoke to his teacher about spelling because obv he spells things wrong and I wanted to know what to do.

so, for example, he wrote 'brij' for 'bridge' and she told me not to correct it as he had done well with the sounds and the spelling will come later. If I wanted to she said I could write the correct spelling underneath but not make a big deal of it.

If his writing is really scruffy then I do make him rub it out and do it again as I know he can do it better.

So, no, I do not help but I do encourage.

unknownrebelbang · 12/02/2008 11:04

DS2 (11 - yr 6) gets help, but he does have some (fairly minor) issues.

DS3 (9 - yr 5) tends to do all of his own work, and only gets help if he gets stuck (not often).

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:05

i say " do your homwork" if i dont he gets a red card,a nd i screech about his writing

he will haev to work on this
ds2 is a dream at it.(infant)

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Hallgerda · 12/02/2008 11:07

I do leave DS2 (bright, self motivated, obsessively tidy) to do his unassisted. It was rather embarrassing when his teacher commented approvingly that he could always tell when parents took an interest in their children's homework, and I had to admit I'd not even looked at his homework book. DS3 on the other hand needs watching to ensure he does it properly, and nagging to do it, put it in the book bag etc.

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:09

i htink if they dint have it at all life woudl eb better

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clapton · 12/02/2008 11:10

I tend to let my son (8 yo) get on with it. If he asks for help, then I help him but I certainly do not do it for him. I also think as far as corrections are concerned with homework, the teacher needs to see where he is making mistakes?

juuule · 12/02/2008 11:11

I've never hassled them to do their homework. If I remember, I might mention it and ask if they have any to do.
I'm also not averse to helping them finish some of it if I know they understand what they are doing or if they are tired and it needs to be in. But again only if asked.

Hallgerda · 12/02/2008 11:12

cod, I agree. I think there's a serious equality of opportunity issue over homework. What about the children whose parents can't help them?

AngharadGoldenhand · 12/02/2008 11:12

I remind her to do it, but dd (year 4) does it without help.

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:13

god i think i help more than i should
its the teacher in me

maths he doe shimself but literacy

yAWWN

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juuule · 12/02/2008 11:13

Agree with Cod.

Buda · 12/02/2008 11:13

Was wondering about this myself. I hate homework.

DS is 6.5 and in Yr 2 and is generally only interested in getting it done as fast as possible. Sometimes I check it - mostly I just sit with him or potter about in the kitchen. I did make him rub out all his maths last week as he had every single one of them wrong by 1.

He had to make a poster about his house a few weeks ago. I got him an A3 sheet of paper and helped with suggestions. It still ended up just done in pencil with the bare minimum done. I suggested colouring/photos etc. He wasn't interested. Some of the posters that his classmates brought in were interesting! Obv done by parents. I did say to his teacher that his poster was all his own work and that although I had suggested some colour he didn't want to - she said don't worry I know which are done by parents and which by the children and his was put up on the window with a big "well done" on it.

mellowma · 12/02/2008 11:14

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:15

i want out place to ban it
but htey are scared of ofsted
depite the fact hat i never did it a junior shcool( and i bet you lot didnt either) and it has been shown to have limited educational value - certianly at this age

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juuule · 12/02/2008 11:16

So why are Ofsted so keen?

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:20

parents like it..... if they realised the itme it takes thougha dn how much more time teaches coudl spend on their kid...

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juuule · 12/02/2008 11:26

So do you think it would be possible to suggest that parents who want homework could have it but those who don't could opt out? Would reduce the teacher's homework load and stop bugging people who don't want it.

unknownrebelbang · 12/02/2008 11:27

Nononono, not all parents like it.

I detest the way homework cuts into our home life (whether that be their out-of-school activities, going out as a family or vegging watching the tv, etc etc)

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:31

women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article2745187.ece

a very senisble argiumet

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:31

if aprents played a game wiht their kids maybe....?!

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DualCycloneCod · 12/02/2008 11:32

quoting htis

www.battleofideas.co.uk/C2B/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=267

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cornsilk · 12/02/2008 11:34

I hate homework. If I didn't have to nag and nag to get them to do it I still wouldn't like it. It is a waste of time educationally and socially.

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