Home Learning

While the school is closed, please check your class page for the latest activities set by your teacher. These will be updated and a link will be sent out every Friday for you to access your new learning activity grid.

Please don’t feel an obligation to use but for any parents that would like further enrichment / support, these are the websites we would recommend.

Latest message from Mrs O'Shaughnessy:

Another week has gone by and we would like to share some more links with you. We are seeing some brilliant pictures of children’s work so please, as usual, keep sending them in.

A maths link by the genius Gareth Metcalfe – online reasoning lessons for both KS1 and 2. We invest heavily in his resources at school as we believe they are so good, so free ones are always a bonus!

http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/

Reach out to reporters – brilliant resource to nurture curiosity

https://www.reachoutreporter.com/ - video stimulus to explore the wider world

Short videos to inspire writing for children of all abilities. Each video follows the same format of posing a topical question, watching a short video and then responding to question stimuli to write a 200 word response. These are a perfect way to engage learners with exam style question prompts or build up focused writing stamina.

https://litfilmfest.com/home-learning/the-quick-fire-write/

Enjoy and remember to share your work!

Anna O Shaughnessy

This week's BBC daily lessons schedule - don't forget the programmes on BBC iPlayer too

bbc daily lessons.pdf

Lockdown Reading Challenge

reading challenge.pdf

Special Assembly Resource about Captain Tom

Picture News Assembly

Reach Out Reporter Three Science linked news reports to enjoy

Coronavirus - A Book for Children

Coronavirus_ABookForChildren.pdf

PE Bingo - How many can you do?

PE Bingo - a printable version of the picture above

Bingo Physical Activity .pdf

BBC Bitesize - follow the link below for daily lessons from the BBC

BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons

This week's First News newspaper

FIRSTNEWS_722.pdf

Assembly - Follow the link below for this week's virtual assembly

Assembly - Do we think people will travel less in the future?

Week 2 Letter from Mrs O'Shaunessy:

Dear Parents,

We hope everyone is having a successful second week at home. Thank you to everyone who has kept in touch with us sharing what you have been up to and some of the learning activities you have been taking part in. We love seeing them and have been busy uploading to the class pages on our website – if you haven’t already done so, log on and see if you are on there. Please keep the photos coming!

In addition to the weekly planning / teaching / learning grids which we are sending out at the end of each week, for each year group, we would also like to share 3 online learning tools with you that we feel may further enrich your child’s learning at home. Both teachers and parents have been sharing ideas and resources which we are finding invaluable and it is our aim to share with all parents across the MAT. Please don’t feel obliged to use we are just sharing some good resources if they are of interest!

https://adventuretravelfamily.co.uk/2020/03/22/easy-brilliant-homeschool-activities-week-1/

This is a link to a resource which offers a wealth of ideas for parents which I think you will find really useful - it gives a bit more of a focus rather than lots of bitty activities. It’s main advantage is that it has ideas for activities and relevant links to resources, which can be aimed at one child and then differentiated up or down for older or younger siblings. There is also inspiration for self-led projects which opens up a whole host of activities

Whilst always trying to promote reading, the following website is excellent. Below you will find videos of books being read aloud, a writing response activity for each book, text-dependent questions, and a comprehension quiz.

You can have your child listen to the book or read the book independently with the sound off. The choice is yours.

After your child reads or listens to the story, DOWNLOAD the text-dependent questions, writing activity, and quiz for your child to answer.

https://simplyskilledinsecond.com/2020/03/home-learning-3-weeks-of-reading-and-writing-activities/?inf_contact_key=3a235d067bbd6679707accc540d0d8a4680f8914173f9191b1c0223e68310bb1

Lastly a maths link – this is excellent for children of all ages – using a pack of cards to support learning in adding, sequencing and place value learning in 16 exciting games.

https://www.weareteachers.com/math-card-games/?fbclid=IwAR1-gZxPUkpCfCFD1XpZwnTNJXt_CJ9yJmxhl4p1AKRmhp3yyt84ZYWczlk

Just before I close, keeping children safe online is everyone’s responsibility and would urge every parent to access the following NSPCC website which covers every aspect imaginable

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/

It really is so important and in such challenging times, knowledge is power as they say.

Please keep sending your photos and enjoy family time over Easter.

Anna O Shaughnessy

Your child's emotional wellbeing

Well Being Pack SEND.pdf

In the last few weeks, our lives have changed a lot. We were in school with our friends and suddenly, we were all asked to stay at home. At the moment, there is a lot of worry around because of Covid 19. Having some worry can be really good because it keeps us safe, but when we have lots of worry, it can make us feel bad and make it hard for us to manage our feelings. This is normal and you are not alone. If you are feeling worried or scared, you may find it helpful to try some of the activities in this booklet.