Help - Egyptian Mummy Coffin

jetplane

Running_On_Empty wrote: »

Why is this your homework and not your son's?

Will you be informing his teacher of the help you received in the completion of the task on his behalf?

The last time one of my colleagues' daughter had a project believe me half the office were at it. It is amazing how competitive mummy's are (parden the pun :rotfl:)

PinkLipgloss

Running_On_Empty wrote: »

At what age is the child deemed to be an independent learner and thus not requiring parental input?
I can understand that parents may wish to supervise their child's learning but this surely crosses the line?

You seem to be missing my point entirely.

I deem ALL of my students to be independent learners. Not all learning is about being independent - in fact the Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland, and the international IB curriculum, recommend a lot of collaborative learning as there a wealth of educational research/evidence of its wide benefits.

One of the primary aims of education is to enable children to become adults capable of working independently AND collaboratively. I imagine very few careers that don't require team working skills. Anyways, I digress......

.....the point of these "homework challenges" is for students to have a fun creative task to complete with their parents. I personally issue one per term.

ALIBOBSY

I remember DD1 having a half term project to make a literary character. They stressed it should just be a basic outfit just put together at home with your parents and NOT to go out and spend loads of money on. So I cut up an old sheet and made a green tinkerbelle dress (more of a smock really dead simple, We used a toy fairy wand and tiara she had, had for years and I cut out some cardboard wings from an old box which she decorated and we tied old ribbons onto.

We went in and apart from a couple of children where they had done like we had and what was asked, there were rows and rows of obviously bought costumes-how are the disney princesses literary characters (i know they are in books, but they are from cartoons originally), a power ranger???? and buzz lightyear lol.

My daughter won first prize and a little boy who was a homemade pirate (and knew he was long john silver) got second and from what the teacher said that was because they had followed instructions, one parent had actually had a costume professionally MADE and I learnt afterwards paid alot for it so were quite miffed lol.

It was only to win £20 or £10 of book vouchers anyway and was supposed to be more about promoting reading to the kids lol.

Ali x

luxor4t

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

......., one parent had actually had a costume professionally MADE and I learnt afterwards paid alot for it .....

I remember DD's school centenary. The request was 'Victorian/Edwardian' style clothing. Most of the class were in aprons and mob-caps with a shawl and one girl swanned in as a replica 18th century milkmaid complete with side pannier skirt.


OP, it might be too early to get them, but date boxes are a good sarcophagus shape.

Savvy_Sue

PinkLipgloss wrote: »

I often have parents tell me how much they enjoyed these tasks. They say how surprised they have been by their childs knowledge, skills and ideas. It's the type of thing a lot of parents will not find time to do unless it is for school.

Or they're building Tracy Island out of papier mache, which should have let me off school projects for all time ...

luxor4t wrote: »

OP, it might be too early to get them, but date boxes are a good sarcophagus shape.

You can get them all year round.

As for when they become 'independent learners', it depends on the child, and the kind of task. DS1 still needed some input for his GCSE in Food Technology, because he didn't know what a 'development' was. But he was that kind of child, and TBH he didn't enjoy that kind of project any more than I used to. Put him in front of a page of maths problems, however, and he was away!

AllyBabe

Hi,

My son made a mummy and case for his homework last year from the Usborne Egyptians things to make and do book and looked fantastic. I helped him with the case, but he was able to make the mummy and cover and decorate the case himself.

Instructions can be found here

http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO1350.html

Ally x

Counting_Pennies_2

Running_On_Empty wrote: »

At what age is the child deemed to be an independent learner and thus not requiring parental input?
I can understand that parents may wish to supervise their child's learning but this surely crosses the line?

Oh get over yourself

My son has said what he would like to make and I am looking at how we might be able to go about it.

He will be making it, I will be there supervising the 4 year old from cutting herself while she makes her own version while big brother makes his.