Divorced Dad Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 21 minutes ago, hallicks said: @Divorced Dad what age group is the GSC lesson targeted at? 7 - 11 would probably be the ideal age range for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 23 minutes ago, Divorced Dad said: 7 - 11 would probably be the ideal age range for it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I'm knackered and it's been two days. Give each teacher a massive pay rise now! It has gone really well to be fair. Every morning has started with Joe Wicks' PE (I popped today when I thought he was going to backflip off the wall), and then we've gone into core learning with phonics, spelling, literacy and maths for an hour, so almost as if that can be 'ticked off', if that makes sense? The school have been good with adding loads to Purple Mash, but the actual folder of work equates to I reckon about a weeks worth of week. As these subjects should be touched on each day, we've covered off quite a lot already within the folder, and 7yo is working with money (making up amounts with different coins), so a lot of exercises have been based around that. As 7yo has been learning about space and Tim Peake, we have been writing space diaries about our journeys into space, and I have to say this has gone down really well. We then used this diary to create an animation of it on Purple Mash with her sister, along with a few quizzes on there. 10yo has been working on multiple literacy projects including a couple of books she's writing; a play that we're planning; and yesterday and today was working on 'determiners', something I had forgotten. Today, me and 7yo sat and did the very first episode of Coffee Break French (I looked at duolingo French on Podbean, but I couldn't find an episode that was basic enough; if anyone has any tips for a French podcast for kids then please tell me as the one I'm using I feel will ramp up the level quite quickly) whilst 10yo did one on Spanish. Then they finished off the day by creating a restaurant and menu, and pitching it to me Dragons Den Style (complete flop business; they're selling burgers for a £1 ffs), and we all watched another episode of Around The World in 80 Days, complete with a couple of questions to see if they were paying attention. But yeah, i'm knackered! I think it's mental fatigue than anything else. And obviously I'm used to having my kids, and I know a lot of people have harder situations than I do, so I don't want it to seem as if I'm moaning. But it's been hard balancing out their work as they're at different ages (ie, today 10yo wouldn't do the French with us as it was really basic and fair enough), and i've been surprised at the speed at which they work! I suppose as a teacher you're aware of ability more (and I do know my childrens ability too), but for example yesterday I was giving 7yo some of her Maths sheets (missing numbers) and thinking "Those should easily take half an hour" and she was coming up to me after 5 minutes asking what she should do next. And I think that's been the only issue. I can't imagine 30 of them constantly asking "What should I do next?" and being happy whilst you spend 5/10 minutes thinking about it. But all in all, it's been great. I haven't really worried too much about timings (apart from lunch) as I don't want to make it too rigid and boring for them, but I've really enjoyed it so far, and it has been eye opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Dem Wanz Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Being a parent, especially now, sounds fucking exhausting. Kudos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divorced Dad Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I've also been collating other things to keep kids busy during this time and have uploaded some items here: https://gofile.io/?c=QDwbjv There's a daily Lego challenge calender, ideas for non-screen activities, creative/art activities and others too. Most of the things I've gathered are from Scottish teacher Facebook and Twitter so if something says First Level on it that's Key Stage 1 in England and Second Level is Key Stage 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Now I know why all my teachers were in the pub every Friday night with us when we were about 15/16. And why they all reeked of fags and coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted March 25, 2020 Awards Moderator Share Posted March 25, 2020 @SuperBacon your schedule sounds amazing. Top work fella! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grecian Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 @Divorced Dad we might have cracked it! I drew a massive chalk clock (definitely a clock) in the garden and tried @Joe Blog idea and made her walk round it, reciting the times. I've also been randomly getting her to tell me the time throughout the day, she's getting much quicker. Add us to the Joe Wickes crew, been giving them daily spelling tests on various subjects, maths, going through their workbooks from school and occasional Minecraft breaks. Also got my 9 year old on Kingdom Hearts 3, so I'm counting lockdown as a raging success so far. Knackered, though, I'm having to work from 6:30 to 1pm every day, then homeschooling. This thread has been awesome, though, it really has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Divorced Dad Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 For anyone interested here's the list of events for tomorrow that I've put on my Google Classroom: 9am Joe Wicks @thebodycoach live workout on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach19:15am Newsround news bulletin 10am Glasgow Science Centre will be doing a live Science lesson called 'Design a planet' on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Glasgowsciencecentre/10am Dr Chips will be streaming a live STEM challenge involving building a tower https://youtu.be/_Oyjhb1Bdgc10:30am LitFilmFest will be streaming a live diary writing challenge on YouTube YouTube.com/litfilmfest11am David Walliams will be releasing another short story audio book. Previous days stories can also be listened to at the following link: https://m.soundcloud.com/harpercollinspublishers/the-worlds-worst-children-2-3/s-zHZPQlifKuV11am Steve Anthony will be running a draw a story masterclass on Twitter @MrSteveAnthony11am Hobbycraft will be live streaming an arts and craft lesson on their Facebook page11am CBBC presenter Maddie Moate will be live streaming a Science lesson titled 'How to make a brilliant poo' https://www.youtube.com/user/maddiemoate11:30am Strictly Come Dancing dancer Oti Mabuse will be live streaming a children's dance lesson on YouTube and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OtiMabuse/https://www.youtube.com/user/mosetsanagape3:15pm Magician Ben Hanlin will be running a live magic lesson on his Facebook page @benhanlin5pm RJ Palacio will be reading 'Wonder' live on Twitter @rjpalacio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Divorced Dad Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Sorry for the double post but the 11 o clock 'how to make a brilliant poo' lesson may be of particular interest to some UKFF'ers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Great stuff @Divorced Dad but I'm not watching someone called Dr Chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 FUCK YOU GREG!!!! Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danlewis Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I’m doing the second of my stand up shows for kids (from cool families, not churchy complaint ones) on Thursday at 2.  https://m.facebook.com/events/539698670020489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted April 2, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted April 2, 2020 Barry Lewis has been doing some simple cook along live videos on YouTube. Had the kids doing it for tea last night and breakfast this morning. The two ingredient pizza dough is a triumph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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