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So, my year 10.
By the end of the summer term they will have been out of school for 18 weeks. 3 of those were holidays. So 15 weeks. So 60 hours of maths lessons.
They have had an on-line (not live) lesson for every one of those.
So let’s say they may have been half as...
By the end of the summer term they will have been out of school for 18 weeks. 3 of those were holidays. So 15 weeks. So 60 hours of maths lessons.
They have had an on-line (not live) lesson for every one of those.
So let’s say they may have been half as...
...effective as their being in a room with me (the reality is that for some they were more effective than being in a room with me and for some they were a complete waste of time, so half is a good guess). So 30 hours to catch up.
Which, all things being equal, is the number...
Which, all things being equal, is the number...
...of weeks school Y10 will get (pandemic permitting) next year. So an extra hour per week should do it. That’s if you subscribe to the unlikely theory that hours=learning idea. I do believe (again, pandemic permitting) that catching that up over the coming year is...
...possible.
But....but...
...I don’t really believe that the pandemic will permit it. Moving to 1m distancing I can, at a push, get 20 students in my classroom. So it is highly unlikely that all students will be in school all of the time. So whilst given we (teachers and...
But....but...
...I don’t really believe that the pandemic will permit it. Moving to 1m distancing I can, at a push, get 20 students in my classroom. So it is highly unlikely that all students will be in school all of the time. So whilst given we (teachers and...
...students) will be better prepared for this there are a couple of missing links from the governments response.
One, we must be able to guarantee that all students have access to necessary technology. Completely essential. And two, There must be complete clarity over the...
One, we must be able to guarantee that all students have access to necessary technology. Completely essential. And two, There must be complete clarity over the...
...plans for exams. Not a “it’s our intention...” but proper, detailed contingency plans. If there’s been a years full time teaching for all students, normal exams; if part-time then “this is what will happen” etc. We MUST have this before September.
Even in these strange...
Even in these strange...
...times we can educate children effectively. From September it will be a lot better, even the remote learning because we’ll be better prepared. The extra £650m will help this (pandemic permitting) so thank you for that.
Dial back the moral panicking and let us get on with it.
Dial back the moral panicking and let us get on with it.
