Work Update

Hi everyone! 

Grace has been hard at work on her computing this week and has been really imaginative by creating a stop motion animation for her advice about viruses, malware and how to combat it.  

Great work, Grace! 

Having spoken to some of your mums and dads over the past few days, I understand that some of you are starting to experience a dip in motivation when it comes to Home Learning. I understand that as time goes on it may be more challenging to keep up a level of work that you may have been doing before. 

As I have said before, whatever you can manage as a family is acceptable and I am 100% behind the decisions that you make together in terms of work. I would encourage all of you to try to maintain a routine as this is really important for not only now, but for when you get to secondary school next year. Getting into good working habits is good practice for when you are a grown up too. For now, this might be choosing English or Maths for the day and trying some of the wider curriculum tasks. It could be doing English on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday and Maths on a Tuesday and Thursday with some of the wider curriculum tasks every day or every other day. It could be only working in the morning for 2 hours. It could be other kinds of learning such as cooking, cleaning, how to fix things, how to decorate, how to do the gardening. Whatever it is, try to keep the motivation to do something every day. I want to stress again that whatever you as a family agree is the right amount of work (which might even be all of it!) is okay with me. You've got one more week until 'half term' so you may enjoy your holiday even more having been a little productive now. If we make it back to school at some time in the summer term as the government have planned, then I'm going to want to have a flick through your home learning books. Not to judge, or to mark or to question you on how much you have/haven't done because that is entirely up to you all. But I am interested in what you've been up to, how you present your Home Learning and to show you that, although I haven't been there with you while you do the work, I do care about what you produce. 

Remember what is most important in this time is that you are happy and healthy in body and in mind. Don't fight or argue about work, but come to an agreement that you stick to. Part of staying mentally healthy is keeping a routine that you all find manageable and productive. And don't worry about 'falling behind'....there is no behind...who would you be falling behind as nobody is in school.

Take care of yourselves and each other and I hope to see you all very soon. 

Mr Hayden