46 in class 4, and after a week his classwork notebook has one tick in it

linen_gecko_179012 Jun 2026

Our younger son's class 4 has 46 children this year, up from 38 last year, with one class teacher and an assistant 'for the first month'. After the first week, his classwork notebook has a tick on page one and nothing after that. Last year every page came back corrected. I don't blame the teacher; 46 notebooks a day is a lot. I'm trying to work out how schools with classes this size handle corrections, and whether to raise it now or watch how the first month goes.

1 comment

silver_drum_328312 Jun 2026
teacher here, different school. 46 is a lot for class 4, not unheard of though. at that size a lot of us check in rotation, a few rows a day. what matters more is whether the assistant stays past the first month. ask about that one in writing
- banyan_kettle_890213 Jun 2026
  Same thing happened at my son's school here in Yelahanka a couple of years back. Parents went together to the class teacher, politely, after two weeks, and asked how corrections would work. She started a fixed notebook day for each row. Only works if it's many parents and not one, kada 🙂
- indigo_bookmark_139213 Jun 2026
  ours has 42 in class 4 and it's been like that since class 1. the teacher manages, but the notebooks come back unchecked half the time 🤷
- saffron_drum_476413 Jun 2026
  Replying to @banyan_kettle_8902
  Agree that it has to come from several parents. At our elder one's school we also offered something, parent volunteers for reading time, so it didn't sound only like a complaint. The class stayed big, but the conversation went much better ♥
- linen_gecko_179013 Jun 2026
  Replying to @indigo_bookmark_1392
  That's the part I'm worried about. Our class teacher is good, but 46 notebooks a day is a different job altogether. Did your school ever explain how they manage corrections?