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Mar 2020
9:02pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Lizzie W
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Mar 2020
9:03pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Lizzie W
If only Pokemon and Minecraft were on the curriculum
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Mar 2020
9:07pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Dr PhFleecyD
Ds2 taught himself to read playing Pokemon. That and Minecraft will be teaching your kids huge amounts of skills, just because they enjoy playing them doesn’t mean they’re not learning.
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Mar 2020
9:09pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Dr PhFleecyD
A few months ago I went into ds2’s bedroom and he was working on an excel spreadsheet. I asked what he was doing and he said he was helping a friend with a Minecraft server. I backed away slowly because I have literally no idea what he was talking about! Minecraft was also their main social outlet when they first started playing it. |
Mar 2020
9:39pm, 27 Mar 2020
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Elsie Too
My son had done an English writing project about minecraft this week. 1 hour per day and write whatever you want related to the minecraft world that you and your dad are building.
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Mar 2020
2:02am, 28 Mar 2020
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Too Much Water
I don’t actually know what Minecraft is - some sort of computer game - but I do know that my mate is the lead tester on it as he added a friend’s son to the beta testing.
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Mar 2020
7:24am, 28 Mar 2020
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Lizzie W
Cool! T9 is doing his English work (about a toy) with a Pokemon theme, but wants to write it his own way. That's fine, but they're trying to hang learning off it on the way, which he's skillfully avoiding (eg subordinate clauses). Don't know where he gets it from *cough*
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Mar 2020
9:53am, 28 Mar 2020
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Dr PhFleecyD
Well I’m 47 and have no fucking clue what a subordinate clause is, not exactly a useful life skill is it? There’s probably a sneakier way to teach it if he has to learn it...
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Mar 2020
10:47am, 28 Mar 2020
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Mouseytongue
We can all go for ice cream if I can find my wallet. Algebra with y4 daughter this morning - damn I'm rusty! y7 son has resolutely refused to do any work this week - phone now in quarantine. y9 daughter (always a grafter) has done about 6 hours work a day, and is doing more this morning as she feels she is a little behind. I've told her to take it easy but she won't. |
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Mar 2020
9:56am, 29 Mar 2020
22,631 posts
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Lizzie W
Normally in a crisis (snow day, school closed etc) we'd all be buddying up and spreading the load, sharing children and resources, going to the park (even if we don't usually). Facebook and WhatsApp, facetime, houseparty, whatever, aren't the same. Feel a bit sad, brain dump, sorry! |
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