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I have no idea how much homework my kids get. It's not mine.
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My two had crazy amounts of homework in Primary. Far less now they are in Secondary.
It is what ? If you answer for the benefit of the kids then I agree.
Out of interest, how many teachers are you in close contact with? Unfortunately the very gentleman that could write a good bit on this is no longer with us.
My personal opinion is that educating my kids is my responsibility along with the help of teachers etc.
Out of interest, how many teachers are you in close contact with? Unfortunately the very gentleman that could write a good bit on this is no longer with us.
My personal opinion is that educating my kids is my responsibility along with the help of teachers etc.
Did it do them any harm?
We've got twins (just turned 10) and they get some homework from school. The main problem we had was just getting them to do homework, rather than it being too difficult and getting them to concentrate etc. Both are reasonably bright, but a year or so ago, they spent most weekend arguing about whether they should do it, rather than spending the 1/2-1 hr it would actually take. That lesson has been slowly learnt, and its good to regularly see what they do well and what they have trouble with.
For maths, I've been getting them to do separate work at home for a few years, using one of the on-line sites where they do lots of questions. Really believe this has benefitted my daughter and she's progressed nicely after initially deciding she wasn't going to do any learning (reading, numbers, ...) before she went to school. They got tablets a year or so ago and do 4-6 sections each week without too much help / intervention. Before that, it was with me on the laptop and its good that they now do it themselves, make a few mistakes and also learn how to check their own work. Yeah, this could be done at school, but she sometimes doesn't concentrate enough and can coast when working within a group. Can't say that this really eats into their play time. Tablet / electronics time, yes, but they probably spend (or would like to) too much time on this.
For maths, I've been getting them to do separate work at home for a few years, using one of the on-line sites where they do lots of questions. Really believe this has benefitted my daughter and she's progressed nicely after initially deciding she wasn't going to do any learning (reading, numbers, ...) before she went to school. They got tablets a year or so ago and do 4-6 sections each week without too much help / intervention. Before that, it was with me on the laptop and its good that they now do it themselves, make a few mistakes and also learn how to check their own work. Yeah, this could be done at school, but she sometimes doesn't concentrate enough and can coast when working within a group. Can't say that this really eats into their play time. Tablet / electronics time, yes, but they probably spend (or would like to) too much time on this.
[QUOTE 4235529, member: 45"]That's where things have taken a turn for the worse. A lot of things that go on at school these days are for the benefit of the school. Reams of homework for 6 year olds is one of those things.[/QUOTE]
How do you work that one out? Seems the amount of homework set for youngsters is growing with each post.
How do you work that one out? Seems the amount of homework set for youngsters is growing with each post.
[QUOTE 4235541, member: 45"]I don't. Not at all.[/QUOTE]
Just do a quick Google on violence against teachers, it is not going down.
As you may all know I am not in education as a career, I do though believe parents should be more involved with their children's education than some it seems.
Just do a quick Google on violence against teachers, it is not going down.
As you may all know I am not in education as a career, I do though believe parents should be more involved with their children's education than some it seems.
If primary schools don't set homework then when they get The Visit they will be deemed to be unsatisfactory, with all the negative consequences that ensue. Also, quite a lot of parents whinge if it isn't set...
My personal bug bear was cooking homework. Always annoyed me, that one.
My personal bug bear was cooking homework. Always annoyed me, that one.
[QUOTE 4235540, member: 45"]Yes. Our boys were exhausted on weekdays. By the time we'd sat around the table and eaten there was just enough time to do their homework before they had to go to bed.
When I were't lad we were out on us bikes until dark.[/QUOTE]
My kids must have been lucky then as they all managed their homework along with play and competitive sport.
When I were't lad we were out on us bikes until dark.[/QUOTE]
My kids must have been lucky then as they all managed their homework along with play and competitive sport.
[QUOTE 4235568, member: 10119"]If primary schools don't set homework then when they get The Visit they will be deemed to be unsatisfactory, with all the negative consequences that ensue. Also, quite a lot of parents whinge if it isn't set...
My personal bug bear was cooking homework. Always annoyed me, that one.[/QUOTE]
Getting parents involved again, where is the problem?
My personal bug bear was cooking homework. Always annoyed me, that one.[/QUOTE]
Getting parents involved again, where is the problem?
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i have some sympathy for that view. at primary school the pressure is to get the results to push the school up the league tables. at secondary level, i've seen stupid target setting; daughter was getting letters home saying she was not hitting target, when she got 7a* and 4 a at gcse the school more or less treated her as if she should have done better. her targets are 3xa* for a level - cambridge uni want a*aa, so she could miss targets and attend one of the top universities in the world. my money is on school milking that achievement for all it's worth this time
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[QUOTE 4235568, member: 10119"]y personal bug bear was cooking homework. Always annoyed me, that one.[/QUOTE]
Cooking.... Mine haven't done cooking.... They did food assembly, so when making pizza we had to send in all the ingredients, chopped, and pizza bases, when doing some sort of jam tart, just had to send in pastry and jam! Only a few of the things they ever made at secondary school actually involved an interesting level of food prep and creation.
Cooking.... Mine haven't done cooking.... They did food assembly, so when making pizza we had to send in all the ingredients, chopped, and pizza bases, when doing some sort of jam tart, just had to send in pastry and jam! Only a few of the things they ever made at secondary school actually involved an interesting level of food prep and creation.
My boys have to contend with two homes to lose their homework in and two household's worth of non-school commitments, which doesn't help, and a working mum which means the primary aged one is in afterschool club (of the childcare provision sort) til nearly 6 sometimes. Add in a karate club, choir, and a cookery club and it works out that there isn't a lot of time left in the week.
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