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Teachers teaching from home

8 replies

Kitkat05 · 03/01/2021 19:31

How will you do it?? I have a toddler. No child care and need to teach live.

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HercwasanEnemyofEducation · 03/01/2021 19:39

Go into school and use childcare. There's no way to do it from home.

niclw · 03/01/2021 20:15

The only way I could do meetings last lockdown was by bribing with tv and biscuits. I've decided to work from school this week and send DS (2years) to nursery.

RuleWithAWoodenFoot · 03/01/2021 20:22

I'm sending my 6 year old in to school this week because her school is open. I'm watching the rates though, I've got a limit. I really, really don't want her to have to do a 10 day isolation in the house.

Noodledoodledoo · 03/01/2021 21:16

6 and 4 year old here, I'm secondary so off for next two weeks, currently their school is still open. Husband is back at work most of the time as well now so its me solo! If they are sent home - iPads, TV, and a mixture of pre taught lessons and live - I am already suffering from exhaustion which is being investigated so not sure how I am going to repeat it but it is what it is!

GrammarTeacher · 04/01/2021 16:50

Only possible for me if I can have key worker places for my two (5 and 3).

CuckooCuckooClock · 08/01/2021 07:47

I’m doing oak academy lessons.
I have wireless headphones with a mic so I can welcome the class at the beginning of the lesson and introduce the lesson then I post a link to a PowerPoint with the link to the oak academy lesson and some follow up questions on the slides. Then I mute my mic but keep the meeting open for chat. I don’t do a register I just download the attendance list at the end of the meeting.
That way I can help my own dc (6 and 10) with their work at the same time. It’s only about 5 minutes every hour that they get totally ignored in another room!
I have no idea how I’m going to do this for weeks.

PumpkinPie2016 · 08/01/2021 18:41

Can you use childcare as a key worker?

Do you have a partner or support bubble who can help? Or can you make a childcare support bubble.

Assuming the answer to all of the above is no, have you spoken to your school about your circumstances?

If there's no way around it, I would use as much Oak academy as possible and some independent work (obviously depending on the age you teach).

ValancyRedfern · 08/01/2021 20:32

Like others I'm in school and using a key worker space for dd. I feel guilty for filling a space in school but I don't know how I'd cope otherwise. Do you have any childcare available to you?

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