Moan, moan, grumble, grumble - holiday homework!

[roisin]

Our school has an unwritten tradition that they don't set homework for the 'long holidays', so we all get a break.

DS2 (yr4) has brought home a design/project one. He's cracking on with it now, because he wants to finish making his chocolate eggs tonight.

But poor ds1 (yr6) has got:

• a list of 50 words of scientific vocab for which he has to write a definition and write/draw an example of each
• a long/complete story to write including the 'words of the week' and the 'bottom layer of the punctuation pyramid'

Then he has optional homework (which he wants to do, but can't start until the other is complete:

• A project on the Egyptians - minimum 6 pages of A4 - prizes for the best ones.

DS is only in Yr 2 but I have decided I will simply hand holiday homework back to teacher before school breaks up and say no thank you!

He got homework at Xmas it ruined everyone's holiday.

How Buda??? Whatever was it?

It was just some maths and literacy but he hates doing it so it is a constant round of nagging him to get it done and hangs over all day every day till it is done. He is 6 yrs old and I don't think he needs that yet.

My ds has homework for the holidays, reading and some maths sheets. He likes reading so he'll do this, there's only about 6 maths sheets but I really can't see these getting done. Shouldn't they have a rest in the holidays?

That's rough Roisin. at 'optional' homework too. Why can't they just let them have a holiday fgs??

Buda I like your style! Let us know what the reaction is.

I'm 'encouraging' him to get the Science done quickly, as he will enjoy the others more. He's doing it very carefully, but so far he's done about 20 definitions and it's taken nearly an hour! I think it's too much.

Part of the problem is the HT is off and his teacher has been acting Head. They've covered ds1's class very well with excellent staff, but he has got lots of different ones for different subjects. So probably some communication between them might have prevented them all sending a lengthy homework!

No Maths at least: that's good anyway!

DD got hers last night (they broke up today) and had finished it by the time I got home last night - it was a booklet full of maths worksheets[rolls eyes]

DS will presumably get his today and will spend the whole holiday procrastinating!

I hate the whole concept of HOLIDAY homework - actually I'm non too keen on homework full stop, but my passions get stirred even further at the concept of doing it in the holidays!

If I ruled the world, by God it would be a different place

I've not set any homework for my class other than normal reading books.

I never set homework for holidays and never have.

Hooray!!!!

DS has no homework - so we are homework free for the holidays