Yep I agree! When they saw the work they were confused and needed help which stumped me! Now I’m questioning what they actually DO understand and know and what they don’t

We are not in the home schooling Stage yet, school holidays here. I do find though when my youngster is playing on reading eggs he only gets things wrong because he’s rushing. We are constantly telling him to slow down and take his time

I have signed up to updates from my grandsons childcare centre. I often giggle, sometimes laugh out loud, as I read the accompany write up. Yeah, for a three year old! I know they err on the side of positivity……A LOT

Teachers and early education workers have the toughest job we should appreciate the work they do

Teachers are no longer allowed to say much about your child that is not positive. I once taught a very bright student who would not work in an iron lung. He got by with minimal effort on ability only. I was not allowed to telling his parents this. Sadly he never learning to put in any effort and did not achieve as his ability would have allowed.

It will takes time to kids to adjust school routine. Be patient.

I think a lot of people will realise that there is so much political crap overshadowing teaching this day. I’m sure your child’s teacher would love to tell you these things but most of the time we are told to put a positive spin on things. Instead of telling you what we really want to we are worried and the red tape

Focusing on the positives and working with their strengths is the way to go. Hard to do with a class full of kiddies with different strengths and weaknesses

I’ve 4 kids age 15, 14, 10 and 6yr. The eldest 3 are pretty much able to do their homework themselves online and other then encouraging them I don’t do so much. My youngest has Down Syndrome and needs guidance and instruction every step of the way. She doesn’t stay on task when I walk away for some seconds.

Its hard.espessialy when u need to work from home as well

Teachers don’t deserve enough credit for all that they do

Every child is different and they have their way of learning, which us as parents are all going to learn I’m the coming weeks.

Um, If my children’s’ teachers told me they were ‘thick as bricks’, I think I’d knock them out.
Most teachers, in a parent/teacher interview, will point out where they think the individual child’s strengths, and weaknesses, lie.
They will obviously not focus, in a 10-minute ‘interview’, solely on the child’s short-comings, they will try to be encouraging.
I have 4 kids aged 10 to 19 and they all have their strengths and weaknesses, just as we all do.
Maybe it was just a shock for this mother to actually sit down with her children and realise the level they were, or were not, at with their learning.
If that was a ‘shock’ to her, whose fault is that…?
It is pretty difficult for a teacher to actually teach an entire classroom of children any subject adequately, as they rarely have the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with any child.
It is important for parents to take an interest in their children’s work and support their learning.
Then there won’t be any huge surprises regarding their learning ‘level’…!

Different circumstances! My eldest IS gifted, she is one of 3 students in her class to be selected for the gifted program at school. But at home? She cries when she makes mistakes, she can’t tell me what half of 4 is! She just doesn’t seem to know the answers to anything! But she IS gifted, she always has been. She knows it and she knows we know it so why bother trying? Or maybe it’s just because she is at home. So don’t lose heart. Don’t think your child’s teacher has lied to you and definitely don’t think your child is as thick as a brick! Things are just different is all!

Having taught students by “School of the air”, home-schooled my own children and have sent my children to a school. I have noticed the differences in what each situation presents. Teachers do not want to bring you down with what your children are doing. Each child is different and responds differently to each situation. Some children will miss the social interaction they have at school while others enjoy not having to compete against others. Being a smaller class really brings out could be wrong. One of my older child stopped school and was home schooled for a few months and when he went back, his teacher noticed the difference in his work. I was not following the school work but a program I devised. So do not worry, something my children have taught me about education.

Given that school and home are 2 entirely different places, I feel like children would be entirely different in those places too. What they might understand at school being taught by a patient teacher is different to listening to a stressed out parent at home

The heading to this article is very negative

It’s all about self esteem – children have to be praised for everything in case they don’t feel good about themselves. Everything is buttered over now and I think it is believed that parents don’t want to hear the truth about how their child is travelling – unless everything is rosy. It’s not fair on the children or the parents.

As a teacher I can vouch that we do have to put forward positive attributes when writing reports and discussing progress with parents.
Most will attempt to tell you strengths before any weaknesses, and when mentioning the weaknesses we will usually say your child is“….learning to…” or …”still attempting…” and my favourite “… needs assistance to..” we do this as opposed to saying your child is never going to get this concept, so give up on them. I tell my friends to “read between the lines” of what is said or written.

Parents: PLEASE be gentle with your kids as they make the transition from normal classroom based learning to online/home learning! I am a teachers assistant at my own children school. A school that was more prepared than most to take our students completely online as we have a huge Distance Online Education department at our school (seriously the DE is bigger than our on-campus!). But I have seen both of my school age children both at school and now at home/online school. My eldest is finding the transition to be ok and doing fairly similar to normal.
M youngest though? She is usually fairly good at school (by “good” I mean, she works as hard as she can and is about an “average” student, not super-bright, but not low-spectrum of learning either) and she is STRUGGLING with home school. She took 3.5 hours the first day of home school to do her work. It was a novelty. Then the novelty wore off. And she is in tears and not wanting to work and even chose to go to bed rather than finish her last two things of school work.
Honestly parents, its hard for your kids to transition and make these MAJOR changes in their little lives.
PLEASE be gentle with them, your kids are likely not “thick as bricks”. They may just be struggling with the changes and lacking motivation without their normal routine and classmates around them.