Home Schooling

Misadventure my daughter has been going into school with her year 7 pupils throughout this term. They have to follow the same syllabus and lessons as those pupils who are at home. So, these are put own their own individual screens and also the large screen at front of class and she is able to move around assisting those who may need it.

They do have dedicated times for breaks, and also for PE once a week, always taken of doors.

So, those who have gone into school (children of keyworkers and those with special needs), will have done the same work, from the same lessons as those who have been at home.

My DGD aged five enjoyed homeschooling.Like others she completed the work quite quickly.She has gone back to school this week and is so happy to be back with her friends.

We have two great nieces and two great nephews.The girls have worked really hard,set school 9.30-3.30 daily.They are in years 11 and 13 and are on course to have good results this summer.

The boys who are the same age have done very little.We have tried to encourage their mum to make sure they do some work but she just says they have no work.Come results day in the summer she will blame everybody but herself.

Parental involvement and encouragement has definitely affected how much work the children have done.We feel so sorry for the boys as they are both bright and have done well up to now but have literally done nothing for most of the last twelve months.

My two GSs, 15 and 13, have school days timetabled as if they were there in person. The older boy has been doing GCSE work and sending work in to his teachers. He should be well up to standard when he goes back next Monday. The younger one has more difficulty getting work in on time. He has a complete maths block - just as some are dyslexic, he is foxed by numbers. He's worried about returning to school in case the teachers are cross with him for not keeping up with all the work. I am sure he won't be the only one in that position. Their parents are both working - Mum is manager of a large supermarket and Dad has been working in a cabin at the end of the garden.