One of those frustrating school at home days. Four lessons and zero work provided by school. No communication from teachers. Radio silence. Is it a Covid testing day. Is it a vaccination day. Is it a trip out day. Are the school systems down. Is it a revision day. Has Hawklad just been forgotten about….. Surely he is not the only pupil working from home.
I will let school know, AGAIN….
I wonder if the problem is a lot to do with a big school mentality. Maybe it’s what happens in the UK when you have school with over 800 pupils with a sixth form college bolted on for good measure. You have a teacher (maybe with a teaching assistant) trying to teach 30 pupils in an overcrowded classroom. Not enough time for individual teaching. That only happens when a pupil puts their hand up and asks for help. At home you can’t do that. What do the teaching staff do when many hands go up at the same time.
And here’s the other thing that makes a difference. Each subject has a different teacher and assistant and they change every school year. So it feels like all the time spent building up a relationship with the teaching staff is lost every summer. Working from home means that hardly any of the teaching staff have ever met Hawklad. None of the teaching staff have tried to speak with him (or me) since the pandemic started. Initially it worked better as one member of the team knew Hawklad. She had worked with him. She got him. She made the effort to ensure he was looked after and catered for. But she left. The current team don’t KNOW HIM. Maybe he is just seen as additional workload, an inconvenience.
So today Hawklad did his own learning until lunchtime then I called it and that was the end of the school day.
Let’s try again tomorrow.
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
I suppose you could badger them.
I found the school policies odd last year because the pupils were to stay home in case of exposure to COVID buuuut the teachers didn’t seem to have lesson plans or work prepared for at-home class.
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It seems like that’s the case here now. It shouldn’t be that hard to sort out some online or home stuff.
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Holes in education systems worldwide have been exposed by the pandemic. It’s so frustrating as parents to try to make sense of how we’re supposed to pull our kids through to the other side, and families with neurodiverse learners are under remarkable strain. 💛
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It’s sad that it’s not just here. It’s tough when the parent(s) at just kinda winging their kids future. But what what can we do. ❤️
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Over here, my grandson is taking online classes for a few days as we are traveling. He goes online via Google meets and is taught with the rest of the class. Why can’t a developed country like UK do it too?
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Because its seen to costs too much I guess.
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It doesn’t because they need one computer per class. The kids all have their devices anyway
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Times have been tough with the pandemic. As a senior school teacher, there are days when students do not react or reach out Online. It pains to see the reticence in them. But honestly, nothing in the world is more satisfying than making a student come across.
And since last year, lesson plans have been more elaborate than ever, more involving and structured. We’ve never had to work so hard to reach out to our students.
In your case, the school admin must be spoken to…
Other than that, trust me, the boundaries of night and day, workplace and home, have all dissolved.
Anything for students.
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Your so right the boundaries have just melted away.
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Over here in NZ, we have the same problems. inconsistent lessons and times. Kids struggle with a lack of routine and social contact.
I think the school worked on the thoery that the lockdown would be over soon, but now we are very close to the end of the year, and end of year exams need to be done somehow.
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It shouldn’t be like this.
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Trip Out Day. Love the sound of that. My school never had one, so I had to make my own. Here’s hoping the teachers don’t need to have a Flip Out Day.
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We had four during my schools days. Everyone ended in mayhem. No wonder they dud t do many of them
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Lol.You didn’t catch my 60s pun. Trip Out Day would have been a day to skip school and drop a tab of LSD.
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You’ve probably hit the nail on the head
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Thanks
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Very frustrating! Can the school principal help out? I’m sorry. It feels very isolating and the lack of contact from the teachers certainly doesn’t help!
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Nothing happens sadly.
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It sounds like the whole system is not system anymore but simply completely out of control.
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That’s so true. One day someone in charge will be brave and stop this.
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The more brave ones step up the faster it may happen.
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sorry he is being forgotten! I think the school should make more of an effort to get to know him, how do they know what his needs are if they don’t even know him as a person? X
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Just want to say that I really enjoy your writing style.
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Thank you so much
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