Homeschooling during lockdown

[trumpton]

Anyone with younger kids (4-6) wanting to do some phonics work. Phonics play website has been made free again during this lockdown. Can highly rate it.

I'm doing my own schooling of the youngest as she's finished the work set by school in half an hour.

 

[GoatersLeftShin]

I'm finding this a lot harder this time round. My wife can't homeschool as she works in a school and has to go in for 3 days.

I'm working full time in a pretty hard job (mentally) and I've got to homeschool our son from 9 till 12ish then start work. I'm still expected to work "as normal" although work have been very good. I finish at 8 but it's draining to be honest but I do enjoy it, especially when I manage to make it fun haha! On the whole it's been good but hard work. You probably get out of it what you in to be honest.

All that said I know I have it easy. I can't imagine how it would be if I HAD to work at the same time as homeschool and the school give us too much work (I think) per day. I know some people find it impossible whereas I find it just "hard".

I dont even think about doing this for months on end haha!!

Needless to say, Dry January has been knocked on the head!!!!

 

[fulabeer]

Hence your username?

Yeh, one of those stupid names you picked in the very early days of the internet and kinda stuck with it!

 

[Blue Maverick]

Working 5am to just before 9am.

Doing a school day from 9am-3pm.

Working 3pm-8pm.

Bit busy.

Can’t be that busy you are posting on here :)

 

[Cheesy]

Can’t be that busy you are posting on here :)

Needed a break before starting work. Doing times tables has done my head in :-)

 

[bluetonium]

Just wanted to pop back into this thread to say I've invested in a chromebook for my two youngsters and it is making a world of difference.

Not sure if it is the newer hardware making it easier, the slimlined feel of a chrome OS, or the feeling of them being responsible for something grown up, but it's encouraging our girls to do their work so much better, and as it's chrome based there are plenty of playtime apps too which they can play as rewards.

It's a bit of an investment - there is a bit of a shortage currently on such hardware and we have bit the bullet at over £250 on a lenovo duet - but it's helping us have a better schedule and actually get some proper learning done. Prompted as the school plan to do some live classes now so figured that if I was selfishly mulling over a PS5 at double the price then this to help my kids is reasonable.

If you are struggling to get their attention on their work it may be worth considering such an investment too. The Chromebooks with a detachable screen to make them into a tablet are ideal. Google have a very good parent control app too which helps you monitor all their activity and approve things they want to do.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Mine is 9 and y5, pretty bright and just gets on with it. They have two zoom lessons where the teacher gives instructions and she then does it and uploads it for the teacher to mark which they do every day. She is working from around 9am-3 but does ring her mates from time to time so they can “help” each other... I’m lucky really. I can’t imagine how hard it must be for those with younger kids.

 

[nw42]

Mine is 9 and y5, pretty bright and just gets on with it. They have two zoom lessons where the teacher gives instructions and she then does it and uploads it for the teacher to mark which they do every day. She is working from around 9am-3 but does ring her mates from time to time so they can “help” each other... I’m lucky really. I can’t imagine how hard it must be for those with younger kids.

Sounds a breeze, I've no kids but if I were a kid in these times I would be in 7th heaven, hated school. 12y/o me would've absolutely loved the last 12mths.
Appreciate it's not the same for all but that's my take on it.

 

[BlueTG]

I was pretty critical of the quality of schoolimg in the last lockdown.

Been much, much better this time around. Still no substitute for school but I'm less worried about the impact of schools shutting than I was a couple of weeks ago.

That’s because the government and DfE essentially removed the curriculum so it wasn’t an obligation for learning to follow its usual progressive trajectory. Not to say that it didn’t happen, but it’s one reason the quality wasn’t great. In addition, the last minute nature last time and the completely new medium of teaching, there was always going to be a period of trial and error.

Quite simply, each and everyone is in a better place to ensure the quality is there, be it through resources, online platforms, preparedness of the parents and schools.

 

[N1985]

Well the weather isn't helping this morning. Sounds like her teacher is reporting live from Basra, seems the schools Internet goes to shit when it rains. Lovely. Teacher looks like she's aged 10 years in 12 months, do not envy her.