Covid-19 school work

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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?

If the school didn't have an online portal before, it's a tall ask for them to set one up quickly & train staff how to use it. At least they are sending stuff.

DD is due back tomorrow. At the end of last term all the work came through on google classroom. I prefer more smaller bits as otherwise DD finds it too overwhelming.

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Of course they're not registering the students.
The material is being set through the platforms you outline.
Your secondary aged children need to be monitoring their own work
There is no reason for you to be checking Twitter whilst working.

Yes but they’re sending tweets for live and timed links 15 mins ahead of the session.

Anyhow - get that school is struggling and that’s just how it is.

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Then tell your children to be monitoring it. They are secondary aged.

It's not the set up I would choose but as school are doing their best in unusual times.

Just have a look at the hundreds of other threads about school provision right now and you'll see whatever they do, someone's going to be complaining, then tell your children where the information is and make them resoonsible for completing the work.

Secondary two week timetable each weeks work gets sent on a Monday has to be submitted by following Sunday. The teachers mark the work the following week and send back comments.
Primary - maths and comprehension get sent daily. Have weekly literacy, art, reading and topic tasks to complete.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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..

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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.

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.