Covid-19 school work

[howrudeforme]

The few weeks before the Easter break seemed to me somewhat disorganised. Thought it might change from tomorrow but I’ve already had a few messages with work for DC and think they’ll continue as before.

The school doesn’t ask kids to register their presence in any way. Teachers use email/the school portal /texts/ twitter to set tasks. The subjects are random and don’t follow their timetable yet some teachers,instead of adding a deadline, just say when your next class would be due (😳 - they’re on a two week timetable and I doubt if the teachers even know where we’re at).

I’ll be on a work call and school will tweet a link and passcode for a ‘live’ session - I have to shout this through to my dc. I find it chaotic. I’d find it easier with one portal.

Has your school settled into a new regime?

Does our experience sound about right and normal?

[FrippEnos]

HandfulOfDust

Will you be pulling up abusive comments, mistruths, and lies?

[GrammarTeacher]

Handful - but that has already been done on 100s of threads.

[Piggywaspushed]

We have nicely explained the flowers are not an attack.

[HandfulOfDust]

The flowers are being posted by teachers on any thread that says anything negative about schools and are being used to attack parents having problems.

Yeah I've felt the same. It's really inane and doesn't help anyone. By all means point out why it's difficult for some schools and call out anyone making unfair or abusive comments but this stupid flower bombing any thread from a concerned parent is daft in the extreme.

[RLGGG]

[LolaSmiles]

Talking about schools and teachers is generalising.
Quite.

In fact there was a really interesting thread where parents and teachers were discussing the lack of joined up planning, impact of fragmenting the school system with academisation, differences in curriculum, why some materials wouldn't work for all schools. It was very positive and supportive.

It's a shame some people are too busy sticking the boot in and claiming teachers are calling parents liars etc when there's other very positive and productive discussions going on.

[FrippEnos]

KoalasandRabbit

Talking about schools and teachers is generalising.

I didn't say that parents aren't having problems.

But there you go making more stuff up. Like you are about teachers attacking or abusing parents.

Maybe you should step away from the keyboard.

[LadyPenelope68]

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[KoalasandRabbit]

My post talked about MY kids school, only generalising abuse is coming from you Fripp

[KoalasandRabbit]

I am in daily contact with our school - this thread asked what experience others are having so I gave my experience of my children. More helpful than posting 100 flowers and abuse like you are Fripp A lot of parents will be struggling especially those of us with SN kids who we can't just tell to do it by themselves. It is an attack and abuse to say parents are lying saying they are having problems.

[FrippEnos]

KoalasandRabbit
The flowers are being posted by teachers

Correct

on any thread that says anything negative about schools

Sort of correct, anything that says anything negatively generalising about all schools and teachers. Such as your post.

If parents are having a problem with their school and it should be dealt with by contacting the school in question. Fuck it they could contact mine but we could do fuck all about the issues with individual schools.

and are being used to attack parents having problems.

and this is just drivel.

3/10 must try harder

[LolaSmiles]

The flowers are being posted by teachers on any thread that says anything negative about schools and are being used to attack parents having problems
Correction, the flowers are being posted by teachers who are fed up with having to defend the profession against goady attacks and stupid generalisations.

Many of us are still offering advice to parents who are concerned or have questions.

[KoalasandRabbit]

The flowers are being posted by teachers on any thread that says anything negative about schools and are being used to attack parents having problems.

[Piggywaspushed]

The flowers are peace and happiness.

[TeenPlusTwenties]

DD's school have been ace.

Every subject has set new work today via google classroom.
I sent an email to all teachers as DD's MH has been up the spout, some lovely replies (even though I said reply not needed) and a call from pastoral care.

[FrippEnos]

fandajji
The flowers are teachers who have decided to reply to any critical thread with them.

It also about the misinformation, myths generalisations and bullshit that posters are continually putting forth as the truth when its just bullshit.

but as you said whatever makes you feel better.

[fandajji]

The flowers are teachers who have decided to reply to any critical thread with them. I'm not sure it's helpful for threads were parents are concerned but it makes them feel better about any potential teacher bashing.


My child's school have been a little chaotic with work and the order is a little all over the place but we are all doing what we can. I trust the headteacher and know she will be trying her best for the students.


I'm a teacher and we were told to only set revision as it would be impossible to ensure all new material has been learned by each student. We have a meeting at 3 to discuss this approach..

[Bookkeeping]

[ChloeDecker]

WarmCinnamonZofloroa

Please try not to tear your hair out and worry too much. Teachers are already preparing ways in which they can bring children back up to speed in all year groups when we are allowed to return. Just keep everyone as happy as you can, in your household in the meantime. If Teams is causing a nightmare, you don’t have to get your children to log in or at least as much. Their teachers will be fine with it.


(I have also tried a lesson with the new online academy that started today with my own DC and have been impressed. Some others on parents Whats App groups have also said they liked the BBC Bitesize on iPlayer this morning. www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/schedule that your DC might find interesting)

[WarmCinnamonZoflora]

what do these flowers mean?
We have two schools here - one is fairly communicative but the platform - Teams - is awful. The other is a mess but the platform SMHW is better. I am tearing my hair out. Really hard. Crucial years for both my DC.

[londonmarathonhalfwaypoint]

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[FrippEnos]

[KoalasandRabbit]

Ours are all coming via ShowmyHomework, they are getting less work after Easter as they sent out a student survey and asked the kids if they'ld like same / more or less work. Most kids voted for less. My DD is getting on with it but also using our own resources to supplement, DS (ASD) needs me to do SMHW / e-mail / read tasks. Again using what school sent through or alternatives. We do have deadlines but not being monitored afaik, and some are sent through with deadline in an hour so we are just doing them as we can. Our school are reviewing.

[flumposie]

[raspberryrippleicecream]