I have seen so many parents do some amazing things in support of home learning. The most amazing of all? Knowing what they didn't know. Reaching out to others for help. Working together. Overcoming obstacles. All supported by great teachers, support staff and SLTs.
My personal...
...favourite:
A parent I know didn't have a spare computer to lend out, but did have an old printer. So she hooked her old printer up to her own PC and sent her wireless printer and two reams of paper to the family next door who had no computer. Now, when mum next door gets...
...homework emailed through or set on Teams via her smartphone, she forwards it to the first parent who prints it onto the wireless printer. No physical contact between households, no formatting or layout issues, kids do the work, mum photographs it with smartphone and submits...
...via Teams or email.
So many examples of people pulling together to supplement teachers going way more than the extra mile.
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