We're very lucky that school is setting work every day. It's not compulsory. Slightly annoying that it takes so long to do that I rarely get to insert cool side projects and good videos!
Our school have stepped up now are are setting work everyday and have a class teams group setup so they can message the teacher. Again not compulsory but helpful to me
This week my son has done the maths work set for the week. He has done Mon - Thursday's English work but we ran out of time for Fridays so that won't get done.
He has not touched the French or the "miscellaneous" and for topic work he has watched a documentary, baked some muffins and spent 2 hours on a whatsapp call with his mate where they discussed what work they could do for topic work - at least 5 minutes of that call they discussed work anyway!!!!
Lizzie: if it’s that painful to do schoolwork with him then find another way. There’s something called a flipped classroom where the students teach the teacher, that could be perfect for a kid who doesn’t really want to do an activity. I bet he has interests and passions which can be harnessed to learn all sorts of things. Yesterday I mentioned to ds2 the idea that school might go back before September. He looked quite horrified! He said ‘a bunch of my friends say they are missing school but I’m not. I’m MUCH more productive at home’ I laughed my head off, asked him what he’s being productive on and he said something about producing a Minecraft texture pack (I have no idea what that is) and then he pointed out that stuff he’s doing now is probably more relevant to his future than anything he learns at school. Having seen some of his homework he definitely has a point!
Mostly it's OK, he (reasonably enough) drags his heels if he's not that interested - I didn't predict it so hadn't got an equivalent task (eg UK jigsaw), and *I* was interested! I prioritise the essential stuff, and stick in fun stuff (art, basketball) for a break. It's also lack of confidence - sitting staring at the maths rather than having a go and asking for help. And he can't keep his fiddle fingers away from the laptop!
I think the daily lessons on the BBC Bitesize website are really good. Just enough to keep children on task, but not too much nor too overwhelming (and the fact that they're set daily might just be enough to set a good work routine!). The worksheets I've looked at are very similar to the type of thing that the children would be doing at the school where I work, so hopefully the familiarity of layout will also help.
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