Learning out of school

Resources to support parents


Dear Parents, 

Never before has all our mental health and well-being been more important. 

You may be finding the children are experiencing some days that are better than others when it comes to taking part in learning out of school, It can be a challenge to manage their emotions and be away from their wider family and friends. 

The best laid plans in households across the country each day might follow this pattern - start with a Joe Wicks workout at 9am, followed by some school work but by 11am everyone is ready to run for the hills! 

  • It is important to focus on learning but at the same time we all need to get used to a new routine. 
  • Please don’t worry if you haven’t quite achieved everything you hoped to that day, or that week! 
  • Be patient and be kind - it’s not worth the arguments. 

New learning out of school packs staff will be sent home on Monday 11th January to cover a 5 week period. 

Over this 5 week period we will make use of a blended approach to learning including online tools accessed through SeeSaw/Google Classroom/ school website and material in the packs sent home last week. 

The key skills we would suggest you focus on are reading and mental maths. 

By using Bug Club to read books that your child’s teacher has allocated, at a level that is suitable for your child, the children can answer questions as they read, and show their understanding of the texts.

The maths games available on Times Tables Rock Stars, NUMBOTS and Purple Mash are FANTASTIC, and a fun way to practice those vital maths skills and develop fact fluency and accuracy. A solid foundation for future maths work. 

Keeping a diary can be a great way of developing those writing skills and also allowing your child to express how they feel during these times. By jotting down activities and feelings, this will help them to explore their emotions and to reflect on their day.

If you haven’t got connected with your child's class yet on SeeSaw/ Google Classroom please do so soon as there is a lot happening on there and lots of it is very exciting. 

Any problems with any of this please fill out our online help log (CLICK HERE) and get in contact. We will help you.

Keep an eye on the school website, Facebook/Twitter and Google classroom as we will keep you all updated.

Resources to help with planning your day

Lucy's in Lockdown book-  
A book which would be useful for discussing emotions linked with the lockdown
click link below

lucys-in-lockdown-correct.pdf
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Workbook to download and help your child understand what is happening - click link below

covid-19_kids_workbook.pdf
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Safer Schools App

The ‘Safer Schools’ app focuses on safeguarding particularly in the online world and also provides information and messaging on a full range of safeguarding and child protection issues.


Click below to download this free app. Instructions below how to logon using QR code.


https://ineqe.com/safer-schools-ni/

Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler help Children Understand Corona Virus

Children's Author Julia Donaldson and Illustrator Axel Sheffler have adapted their famous stories to help children make sense of the Corona Virus and the Stay at Home guidance that we are all following.
Here are pictures of lots of their work so far which are reassuring for the children to read, as the message is coming from the characters they are already so familiar with.

Coronavirus - a book for children

Axel Scheffler has illustrated a digital book (linked below) for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus and the measures taken to control it. Published by Nosy Crow, and written by staff within the company, the book has had expert input: Professor Graham Medley of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine acted as a consultant, and the company also had advice from two head teachers and a child psychologist.

The book answers key questions in simple language appropriate for 5 to 9 year olds:

• What is the coronavirus?
• How do you catch the coronavirus?
• What happens if you catch the coronavirus?
• Why are people worried about catching the coronavirus?
• Is there a cure for the coronavirus?
• Why are some places we normally go to closed?
• What can I do to help?
• What’s going to happen next?
coronavirus-abookforchildren.pdf
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Websites to support wellbeing 


 


A social story to help explain Coronavirus

Calming Skills Checklists

Libby - free ebooks and audiobooks!

Meet Libby. Discover ebooks and audiobooks from your local library. Brought to you by OverDrive.

Did you know your local library has thousands of ebooks and audiobooks? You can borrow them, instantly, for free, using just the device in your hand.

1. Fish out your library card
2. Download and open the Libby app
3. Find your local library
4. Search, sample, borrow, enjoy

It takes just a few taps to find and borrow a book. Libby has a ground-breaking built-in ebook reader, and a beautiful audiobook player. If you prefer, you can send books to your Kindle for reading.

• Sign in to multiple libraries, with one or more library cards

• Stay signed in for as long as you like

• Download books and audiobooks for offline reading, or stream them to save space

• Sample any book with a tap — nothing to download or delete

• Try a zoomable graphic novel, or a picture book with readalong audio

• All your holds and loans are consolidated on a single shelf

• Tag titles as read, loved, hated, wishlist, schoolbook, beach-reading, whatever you like

• Your loans, holds, reading positions, bookmarks and notes are synchronized automatically across all your devices

• Keep track of your reading history in the Activity tab
ICT Technical Support for Learning out of School -
click the link above and we will do our best to help