Homework Buddy (private tutoring) for parents, grandparents and carers

GS1 has a tutor to help with his writing and spelling. His latest one is very interested in the history and development of language and has been a great help. It's no good producing really imaginative work if no one can decipher what you write.

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Absolutely not! The homework that a primary school child (or indeed any child) receives should follow on from a lesson and be something that they are able to do entirely by themselves without parental involvement.

And frankly, primary school children should not have any at all.

I always make a point of not getting anything out of GCs' school bags when I pick them up. We have a hug, a warm drink of milk and lots of books to be read to them.

To hell with homework say I!

By the way, I took the same approach with my own children and they all have degrees, and one a masters. I cannot ever remember doing homework with them.

I found four grammatical mistakes in the opening post by bev, one in each of his/her other posts, and a completely unwarranted accusation that mcem's was ungrammatical.

I would not pay anything to have him/her tutor any child of mine.

Actually, some children enjoy homework and ask for it.
But it should always be something the child is able to do unaided, without adult help, and reinforce what has been taught in school.
Getting the child to start is another matter!