High school - interactive /live lessons.

[hardknocklife43]

So online learning began this week. My DD is s4 and should be doing prelims.
Once again her state school has NO live lessons. Obviously last March most state schools did not offer this and I must say her school was particularly poor. Year group hand outs. No hand ins or marked work. It was a disgrace really but understood the school were in a difficult situation.

So lockdown 2 and I really thought would be better delivery. So they have to mark themselves in and thrown up a few you tube links/ powerpoints to make their own notes.
My DD has inattentive ADHD and online learning last time was a bloody nightmare. She just didn't engage. I spent weeks printing off notes and trying to teach a 14 year old.

So back to school and she was doing ok - just seems to learn better with being actually taught or teacher breathing down her neck.

Are we the only high school with ZERO interactive/live lessons. Like nothing - every other parent I've spoken to from other state schools say their kids now have full timetable of live lessons!
I'm so bitterly disappointed she's been let down again when other schools have stepped up to the mark. Can you give me your kids experience of on line learning this time round?
Is there any point in raising it with the school. I don't want to be a difficult parent when the teachers are the ones deciding the grades this year!!!

@Invisimamma

Private schools generally have smaller classes, it's much easier to teach 10-15 kids online than it is 30, and allow for participation and interaction.

My state primary kids are getting one live lesson per day, sometimes two, and some recorded videos and recorded PowerPoint. I feel it is a good balance. The teacher is also available to message with queries.

Not many private schools have classes that small do they? Ours is 20 ish.

Friend at state is also getting full live timetable for S1, including PE! That’s Edinburgh.

If live lessons aren’t the best means of teaching then why do the private schools do them?
Because the parents pay, and it looks like good value for the large sums of money the parents are paying them. They are also able to count on pupils have decent IT and a home environment where they have space to work.

Friend at state is also getting full live timetable for S1, including PE! That’s Edinburgh
Now that's a school with scant regard for the well-being of staff or students. Sitting in front of a screen for the full day is not advised by any education authority.

Fife...eldest dc early years at high school.

No live lessons yet but they are still collating the permission forms for consent. Another email issued today for those who still haven't emailed the damn thing back in to them. It took literally seconds to do to FFS.

Otherwise stacks of work, plenty of feedback, queries answered mostly punctually, a variety of methods of lesson delivery so dc isn't too bored yet.

My own school only started Teams meets with their classes this week. Both staff and kids have loved it so far. Some teachers are doing live sessions every day, some just took their first steps into this way of teaching with their class meets this week and it may develop as their confidence increases.

I have no problem with my child looking at a screen all day as if it’s not live seasons then it’s the tv as like a lot of parents we have to work. And as for teacher not wanting to stare at a screen all day - that’s what probably 30% of the working adults in this country do all day every day.

Working on a screen is not remotely the same as staring into one while you teach. And I would recommend breaks from both actually.
There are other things dc can do other than a live lesson or tv - there is plenty of work that could be done offline, reading a book, writing a story, drawing something, making a leaflet about something you learned about the day before (all depending on age and stage)
It is very short sighted to demand live lessons (and only live lessons) and will not suit all children at all.
I'm about ready to break down so if I'm one of your dc's teachers you won't get any lessons in my subject at all.

Mixed live lessons and work assignments to complete on Teams. So a mix for DS to contend with. I am fine with this.

I wouldn't be happy with a whole day of live lessons tbh. I think one or two a day is fine. It's healthy for kids to have variety of tasks to do. Lots of other ways as PPs have suggested to engage in learning. DS, for example, had to watch a new maths documentary on the iPlayer for maths yesterday. Not just sit and complete an assignment. I watched some of the documentary and appreciated why his teacher encouraged the class to watch this.