Do daycare nurseries do homework with their school-age children?

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A friends July-born boy starts school in September. After school he'll be going to the daycare where his younger sister is and then collected by parents at about 6-6.30pm.

If you have DCs in daycare, do the staff help with reading/homework or do you have to fit it in around dinner & bedtime? And is that successful?

Or would they do better to use a childminder?

TIA

bump before I put DCs to bed.

TBH I think it depends, my CM doesn't do homework with my kids, unless DD2 decides to do it off her own back. Also bear in mind they won't actualy be getting much homework in reception and also it isn't VITAL in childrens education to DO homework every nigh, The child will be 5 and exhaustd

Think it is unlikely that the nursery will do homework with them. However, think it is also unlikely that the child will get much homework in reception, usually just reading and key words. I think is is not reasonable to either expect the day care to do the homework or to expect that it can be well done if they do help with it. They will not necessarily be familiar with your child's reading scheme or could actually hinder the child's progress. Unfoortunately, like most of us, the parents will have to fit it in after work. Of course, the easiest thing would be for your friends to ask the nursery?

I'm a childmimnder and would do homework if required. I can remember my dd1 being younger and me working full time and it was difficult to fit it around work because dd1 was too tired in the evenings once she had eaten she just wanted to sit and cuddle before bed.

He's going to same school as my DCs so will get reading 3 times per week, keywords and from Year 1, maths and/or science as well. There are also occasional projects, collecting leaves, junk modelling etc.

annh - my friend has a slightly strained relationship with the nursery, if she asks if they can do a particular job they can get a bit arsey and she's often late which doesn't help matters. So she likes to check what other nurseries do before asking her own and I MN and she doesn't. Unfortunately for her, it's the only place for miles with spaces so she can't afford to 'upset' the owner.

(i'm biased of course) but it does sound like a childminder would suit your friends needs better.

Personally I prefer childminders too but my friends are reluctant to give up 2 daycare places for the 'unknown'.

I think I frightened them last week by revealing how exhausted my DCs have been in Reception, particularly first term, and that reading at bedtime mostly results in everyone screaming.

Hmm, yes had forgotten the exhaustion of starting school! We have always been lucky enough to have a nanny so our dss came straight home and were able to veg for a while. Don't remember any screaming over reading but do remember a lot of tears and tantrums over the jolly phonics homework - tracing letters etc. TBH, didn't even know that some nurseries offered after-school care for older ones but it does sound like a long and potentially stressful day, at least for the first couple of months.

I suppose it depends on the staff, would they have time to sit with every child and do homework? What happens to the other children whilst homework is being done?

Our after school club has an area where children can do homework but its voluntary and no input from the staff. They have a number of children to look after and tend to stick to activities rather than a formal setting of homework assistance.

I like this as DS is only in reception but I would much prefer to do his homework with him to help and see how much he grasps etc - only has the occasional workbook and daily reading book at the mo anyway. When hes much older, i wont mind if he chooses to do it at club as long as its his choice.

I can't see how the staff can have the time to do the one to one homework you have in mind. If you calculate the number of staff, number of children and time involved you will find out how much individual attention they can expect (I would expect it to be very short). Older children could get on on their own with perhaps a quick question but that is usless for the DC in question.I haven't got the answer because a school day is long for reception child and extended school day way too long, so to expect homework when he eventually gets home is too much.Perhaps she can have a chat with class teacher?

Having written that it struck me that a childminder would be a better option, it would be more like home and there would be time to do it on a one to one basis.

Mine didn't, but to be honest... the anount of homework he gets is so little that it takes 15 minutes to do, so it is part of the bedtime story time (he gets mostly reading)

Now, the times he gets late from school, after the afterschool club, he is so tired that wouldn't do anything.