Scoondal wrote: » I, for one, would not be complaining.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » It's a dilemma alright, and even though I have no school going kids now I am interested in the topic.Seems to me that pupils of any age do not require social distancing as they don't seem to be susceptible to the disease. However there are at risk groups and SEN kids to consider too. I suppose the big risk is the transmission of the virus from kids to teachers/SNAs. I don't know how it will work out, and sorry that I haven't managed to contribute much more to the debate!
FishOnABike wrote: » Where does this come from? Children have been shown to suffer the same attack rate¹ and have the same viral load² as adults. ¹ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30287-5/fulltext ² https://zoonosen.charite.de/fileadmin/user_upload/microsites/m_cc05/virologie-ccm/dateien_upload/Weitere_Dateien/analysis-of-SARS-CoV-2-viral-load-by-patient-age.pdf
wirelessdude01 wrote: » You are doing not one piece of my job.
Scoondal wrote: » Correct. I home schooled my son for 6 weeks. He gave up when I told him that he would not return to school until September. I am no longer doing the job that you are still paid to do. Why should I do your job ? I will educate my son my way. If we want to go abroad in the future, we will go regardless of some made up "school term". I can see a more liberal attitude to education in the near future. I now have the experience of home schooling to know that authoritarian schooling has nothing to offer children.
History Queen wrote: » But... home schooling is essentially you educating your son your way? If that's what you say you are going to do instead of home schooling, what have you been doing up to now? Also, no one is trying to stop you taking your son abroad so why do you keep acting like it is some sort of act of defiance? You seem to have a lot of misconceptions about education and the system that we use.
wirelessdude01 wrote: » This is a prime example of something thinking they are giving the middle finger to 'THE MAN'.
Zahir Bitter Cellist wrote: » I think you'll find some fallout from this when the schools are back open and children are so used to having months of one to one tuition with parents. It's going to be a tough few weeks to get them back into a classroom learning environment.
Scoondal wrote: » I contacted my son's school a month ago with my concerns which are that : as I am now doing home schooling, I will be also going to Lanzarote on cheap holidays this winter. They can ask me for "absence notes", but they will not be sent by me.I am far more engaged in my children's education than the Irish schools system.
Scoondal wrote: » Yes he receives his weekly work. He has no interest in it now. Before this, he was totally engaged with school work and the structure of class learning and loved projects and doing things at home. My daughter who doesn't do well in school is doing very well with art, music and making up games herself.
Sammy2012 wrote: » As a teacher I see nothing wrong with taking your child on holidays during the school year. Even if you went for 2 weeks youd only miss 10 days. Plus your child will have lots of memories of it. Children and people learn from experiences so if thats when you want to holiday why not?! I dont know of one person who has ever had their attendance or lack of followed up on since I've started teaching.
wirelessdude01 wrote: » In the school year 18/19 I had to fill in forms about 3 children including the few absence notes I had. Not sure if they go to Tusla. I just give them to the DLP in our school and then it is out of my hands.
khalessi wrote: » I dont parents have any idea what reallyy goes into teaching their children and going by this thread I dont really think they wamt to know as they have it sorted. Good for them it will solve the class size problem that has been an issue if they all homeschool from now on as they will do a better job and golf can be added to the curriculum.
Sammy2012 wrote: » Really? The secretary reports our kids once they get to over 20 days but I've never heard another thing about it after that. I've had kids who miss over 20 days every year and there has never been any follow up. Its an odd system.
Treppen wrote: » "Which would you prefer Tarquin... months of one to one tuition with Mumsy OR back to school with your friends like it was " "Oooo Mumsy i do love the one to onesies with you with lashings of umsy lemonade and hot fudge" I think you'll be surprisingly disappointed.:pac:
History Queen wrote: » I agree some children will find the adjustment hard initially for lots of reasons, but August/ first weeks of September are a settling period usually anyway. Unfortunately some children don't have one to one tuition with parents.
History Queen wrote: » Social services have been involved in cases of prolonged absenteeism in my school. Not every case over 20 days goes to this, I'm not sure what the criteria is as I'm not directly involved. General rule of thumb is that absenteeism can indicate child welfare issues and should be investigated if so.
khalessi wrote: » One nice thing about remote teaching is the positive feedback I have been getting from the BOM and parents emailing and ringing the school about the work I am doing with their kids. It is lovely to think that the real world is not full of naysayers with limited knowledge of the education system.
Dublingirl80 wrote: » I think most people are really understanding that everyone is doing their best in a tough situation.
