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raa
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Easter break

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How is everyone doing in the Easter break? Finding it really hard to motivate dd to study :( . Any tips to get some work done please!!
PurpleDuck
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Re: Easter break

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Assuming this is about 11+ revision - as much as it may be tempting to cram in as much revision as possible during the holidays, give your DD a break. We found that 'let's do some work today and have a fun day with no revision tomorrow' worked quite well. Having to think about revision all the time is mentally exhausting and counter-productive, children need some down-time. In fact, we spent most of the Easter break last year just having a break, playing sports, catching up with a cinema and revising very little. :)
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PettswoodFiona
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Re: Easter break

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Likewise we had a lot of downtime last year over the Easter Break. We snuck some mental maths in the form of DD planning journeys and fuel consumption and she wrote a diary of events so it didn't really feel like work, more stuff she would be doing any normal school holiday.
poppy2006
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Re: Easter break

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like we are working one day and having fun for two days.. :) trying to be on the 11+ track.. for this easter break.
had very bad experience that dnt do any work in term hoidays...
raa
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Re: Easter break

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thank you lovely people for the tips.
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