AC Mack
Striker
Probably worth a thread of its own, considering the amount of parents and teachers we have on the board. I know it's being discussed in other threads, but that's alongside other aspects. It could be particularly useful for parents who aren't sure whether their school is providing the right sort of learning for their children. Teachers should hopefully be able to provide some experienced advice (from the inside looking out, so to speak).
Yesterday was manic for me. I was in school teaching all day as you would expect, but I had to get the lessons online for the vast majority of the children who weren't in. The good thing (for want of a better phrase) being that March to June last year had us much more prepared. I only had four pupils in my class, which was about what we expected. Our rota means I'm only in school Fridays, giving me most of the rest of the week to concentrate on my pupils at home. For comparison's sake, my partner in a different school is in on Wednesday afternoons, and all day Thursdays and Fridays. That seems a bit much to me, considering she will also be required to teach her whole class remotely on a daily basis.
I currently have about 24 people signed up on Seesaw, the others either haven't done it or aren't able to. This means work packs with hard copies of the online work will need to be prepared and sent home to certain families each week. I've got a couple more families on Seesaw who struggle due to having more than one child, but only one laptop to work from. This will be a problem for a lot of families. I've also had one parent asking if we'll be delivering 'live' lessons via zoom or google teams or whatever platforms are used. The answer as a school is no, at least for the moment. I think there's a possibility myself and the Year 5 teachers may provide this opportunity at some point, but it remains to be seen. A quick read of the forums suggests it's very mixed as to whether or not schools are providing this.
This morning I've marked all of yesterday's work, prepared and sent all of today's work, planned the work for the rest of the week so it is ready to be assigned on the given days, and marked the work the children have already completed for today. It's been fairly smooth going, however I've only had consistent replies from about ten of the children so far. Some of the others are in school as key workers, but not all. This afternoon I'll be creating the home learning packs so they are ready to be printed and distributed on Friday, and I'll be planning my lessons for the key worker children I'll be working with each Friday.
As an aside, it's just been announced that SATs are cancelled, which has a big effect on me and my class. I also see it has just been announced that children without laptops have been added to the 'vulnerable' list. The government need to be careful that we don't just end up with half the children back in school, completely negating the point of the lockdown.
This isn't meant to be a 'look at me I've got loads of work to do' post if that's how it sounds, I think it'll just be good to hear what people are up to and how they're feeling about things.
Yesterday was manic for me. I was in school teaching all day as you would expect, but I had to get the lessons online for the vast majority of the children who weren't in. The good thing (for want of a better phrase) being that March to June last year had us much more prepared. I only had four pupils in my class, which was about what we expected. Our rota means I'm only in school Fridays, giving me most of the rest of the week to concentrate on my pupils at home. For comparison's sake, my partner in a different school is in on Wednesday afternoons, and all day Thursdays and Fridays. That seems a bit much to me, considering she will also be required to teach her whole class remotely on a daily basis.
I currently have about 24 people signed up on Seesaw, the others either haven't done it or aren't able to. This means work packs with hard copies of the online work will need to be prepared and sent home to certain families each week. I've got a couple more families on Seesaw who struggle due to having more than one child, but only one laptop to work from. This will be a problem for a lot of families. I've also had one parent asking if we'll be delivering 'live' lessons via zoom or google teams or whatever platforms are used. The answer as a school is no, at least for the moment. I think there's a possibility myself and the Year 5 teachers may provide this opportunity at some point, but it remains to be seen. A quick read of the forums suggests it's very mixed as to whether or not schools are providing this.
This morning I've marked all of yesterday's work, prepared and sent all of today's work, planned the work for the rest of the week so it is ready to be assigned on the given days, and marked the work the children have already completed for today. It's been fairly smooth going, however I've only had consistent replies from about ten of the children so far. Some of the others are in school as key workers, but not all. This afternoon I'll be creating the home learning packs so they are ready to be printed and distributed on Friday, and I'll be planning my lessons for the key worker children I'll be working with each Friday.
As an aside, it's just been announced that SATs are cancelled, which has a big effect on me and my class. I also see it has just been announced that children without laptops have been added to the 'vulnerable' list. The government need to be careful that we don't just end up with half the children back in school, completely negating the point of the lockdown.
This isn't meant to be a 'look at me I've got loads of work to do' post if that's how it sounds, I think it'll just be good to hear what people are up to and how they're feeling about things.