The first few weeks of this year have been very interesting. With Covid cases on the rise we have been having to adapt our lessons. I started off with 29 learners in my class and we are now having between 10-14 turning up each day from the remaining 26 students.
The Senior Syndicate had a meeting regarding how we feel this year has gone so far. There were very similar situations in each class and we all agreed that after lunch time the learners shut off and find it hard to concentrate. This was an interesting observation for all classes as we didn't experience this prior to lockdown last year.
Below are some of the observations I have made so far this year:
It felt daunting coming back to school
Students so much lower academically than I thought they would be
Students finding rules harder eg: masks
Weird vibe - not as many behavioural things as you cant hide so cant get away with it.
It's very different at the moment compared to two weeks ago - not happy, it's not sad, it's not negative or positive - just flat.
Students want structure not busy work
Little parent communication - if they are here the parents must be ok with them being here - and then the parents not engaging.
Some parents are very cautious in regards to sending students to school
Lots of visual examples so students can ‘see’ the learning.
Introducing competition - task, challenge, super challenge to motivate
Challenges:
Attendance
Lack of ability
Lack of chrome book
Lack of digital knowledge and previous students have forgotten.
After lunch class is flat
Relationship building is a challenge as friends aren't here and we might not be seeing that
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