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Posting Time: 03 Jun 2009 at 7:36PM
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paulandjenniewebster, 03 Jun 2009 at 5:31PM said:
paulandjenniewebster, 02 Jun 2009 at 6:45PM said:Edited by paulandjenniewebster, 02 Jun 2009 at 06:50PM:You know I just don't agree with the amount of homework the Primary School children are getting and also taking exams when they are in Year 2, they should be out playing with friends enjoying themselves while they are still young. I think the Goverment is putting too much pressure on the teachers who have to give them homework/exams, the parents but most importantly the children. Please sign my petition to get rid of homework and exams and to let the children enjoy life and having fun. gopetition  I HAVE GOT A NEPHEW WHO IS ONLY 7 AND HE'S TAKING HIS EXAMS I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE CONCEREND AS SOMEONE ELSE AT WORK HAS A GRANDDAUGHTER AND SHE HAS TOLD ME THAT SHE GETS A LOT OF HOMEWORK. God it sounds like you all think I am a bad person for caring? No-one was having a go at you or saying you were a bad person, but this is a public forum and everyone is entitled to their own opinion - including yourself.
All children get tested throughout the year. It enables teachers to see how they are progressing and what sort of work will be best for them. When you compare the abilities of children nowadays to children 100 years ago, it's much better. I personally feel that the education system does it's besy for children, and while I may not agree with it all the time the only other answer is to educate my children myself and I'm just not prepared to do that.
if your nephew is having problem, then his teacher needs to know about it so she can help as best as she can. Ask his mother to have a word with her, it may help everyone to feel a little better
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claireandtom
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Posting Time: 07 Jun 2009 at 11:16PM
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 Oh my goodness NOOOOOOOO!!!!!! none of us are trying to say your wrong, snd it's not that we don't care, we all have opinions, and as others have said they can only base those on their own experiences. Please don't think any of us think badly of you for caring because we don't.
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Posting Time: 03 Jul 2009 at 5:45PM
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Hi Jennie,
I am a high school teacher and I wanted to weigh in on this discussion too. I don't think you are a bad person or that your ideas are invalid.
Having taught students aged from 5 to 19 over my career so far I have spoken with a lot of parents and relatives who feel the same way as you and I believe that sometimes their concerns are truly justified. Some teachers seem to set homework just for the sake of setting homework. At times it can be irrelevant, unrelated to students' school work or development, and never looked at again.
However, I believe in homework - good homework, and I believe there are a few key features of well-set homework:
1. It is age and stage appropriate (suitable not only to the child's grade, but their personal level of development).
2. It reinforces and complements the work the student is doing in class.
3. It is marked, checked or used later in class by the teacher.
One department at the school I am currently working at has been doing a no homework trial this year. As a Drama specialist, I teach a class in that department once a fortnight. While many of the students in the class are competent and enthusiastic, they have not achieved well this year, mostly because they cannot remember what we have done in class from one lesson to the next. I believe that if they had a simple, classwork-related piece of homework to do each week it would give them a chance to revisit the work they have done in class and remember what they are learning. As it is, they are really frustrated and unfocused. I can see that they want to do well, but they just can't remember from week to week without a bit more reinforcement at home. A few have even asked me if I can secretly give them homework to do on the side! 
For younger children, homework can be an incredibly rewarding exercise, especially if parents or relatives get involved. Well set homework helps to build relationships between parent and child, and keeps the parent connected to the child's school experience. The parent can also provide a good role model for learning by helping their child and showing that learning together is fun and worthwhile.
Reading together is particularly excellent. Studies with pre-school aged children have shown that those whose parents read to or with them daily have, on average, a 20% lead on the results of their classmates who are not read to, and they maintain this lead, not just in literacy but also numeracy, social skills, reasoning, etc. throughout their schooling.
Many of my high school students who were read to still remember this as a positive and very important part of their childhood so the social and emotional benefits are also clear.
Please don't write off homework until you have considered all the benefits to this important little man in your life and, if he is struggling with homework and exams, please DO speak to his teacher (or encourage his parents to do so) and work together to help him get the very best he can out of his school and homework experiences, and the best possible start for the rest of his life.
I hope this is encouraging and helpful to you,
 K
[Can't help lovin that man of mine]
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