Last updated: 24th May 2020
Expectations for Home Learning
Whilst at home, it is important that your child continues to learn. Here is the minimum daily learning that we expect pupils to complete:
TT Rockstars - play 3 gigs set daily (Years 1 to 6)
Complete 5 reads per week.
StarLine national home-schooling advice service is open six days a week and covers all areas of the curriculum. Call 0330 313 9162 (charged at local rate).
Home Learning Resources *NEW* Reading Rocks The Education Endowment Foundation have released some handy guides for Reading and Talking with your child during lock down. Getting Artistic Firstsite have produced some great Art is Where the Home is Learning Resources for getting arty at home. Artist Rob Biddulph has created some drawing tutorials for children to do with their parents. First News Newspapers Year 6 get very excited when the new issues of First News are published. Please see pdf versions below: *NEW* Friday 22nd May 2020 Fantastic Phonics Here is some great information and advice for parents who want to keep up their children's phonics knowledge at home. Oak National Academy The Oak National Academy has been set up to provide children of all ages daily curriculum lessons. It is a government initiative and the lessons have all be created by experienced teachers. Online Resources for Home Learning The government have set up a list of approved online learning resources for use at home. The are lots of good websites listed here so go and check them out! BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons The BBC are producing three new lessons everyday during the shutdown for children in Years 1 to 6. They include subjects from across the curriculum and can be found here. Connecting with Nature The Wildlife Trusts' website has some great ideas for staying connected with nature whilst being stuck at home. The WWF are producing a Learn to Love Nature series to educate and inform us all about the wonderful world we live in. Access More Online Learning Remember, your child has access to the following Online Learning Platforms: | Home Learning Resources Super Science *NEW* The Francis Crick Institute have launched their Discovery Week which runs through half term. Science Fun at Home gives you some fun activities to complete as a family at home. Check out some of these Science activities from BP as well as these experiments from Whizz Pop Bang and these from STEM Learning! You can also view the new OpenUpScience Newsletters: *NEW* Issue 4 - Dinosaurs *NEW* Weekly Themed Resources Week-by-week you can find home learning resources which follow a theme from Juniper Education. This week's theme: Castles Children's University The Children's University Bumper Challenge Pack has some great ideas for projects which children can complete at home. Whilst this can be done by everyone, those children with a Children's University Passport can also continue to gain hours by completing the activities. They now have put together some great ideas from their Learning Destination partners. Money Sense Maths You can now download a Money Sense activity pack for: KS1 - What coins and notes do we use? Daily Spelling Lessons Sir Linkalot is broadcasting spelling lessons at 2pm every day. Previous lessons can also be viewed via his website. IntoFilm Child Self-Led Activities Into Film have made 50 of their Film Guides for children available free online here. Creative Writing Children can use Pobble365 to practise their creative writing. This website includes a high-quality stimulus picture each day with story starters and sentence work. You can also try out these 10 minute challenges set by children's authors. Printable Home Learning Packs and Booklets You may also wish to supplement this work with the following Home Learning Packs and Booklets: | Wellbeing Resources Virtual Assemblies The Oak National Academy are hosting weekly virtual assemblies for children. This week's theme is: Wellbeing Therapeutic Activities Activities can often help children to understand the world they live in. Why not have a go at the Covid-19 Time Capsule? Supporting Families through Lockdown The school charity Child First has produced some excellent information to support families through lockdown, including supporting your mental wellbeing and talking to your children about Coronavirus. Coping with Coronavirus Below are some resources which you might find useful when supporting your children to understand the current situation. Keeping Children Safe Online Please use the resources below to help your children stay safe online. Staff are aware that children are vulnerable to being bullied or groomed for abuse or radicalisation online. Staff will be vigilant to any signs that that this may be occurring and report any concerns in the usual way. It is important that parents make the school aware of any concerns they may have about the online activity of their child, or any particular vulnerability they may have in this respect, so that we can help. You can do this by calling the school or emailing: admin@kendall.essex.sch.uk CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) Childnet Internet Matters Net Aware NSPCC Parent Info Safer Internet Ditto Home activity packs can also be found on the ThinkUKnow website. Keeping Children Safe and Happy Our partners at Coram Life Education have produced some great resources and ideas for creating routines and the different things that children can do to keep happy and healthy – including looking after their emotional health. Harold's Diary Harold the giraffe (from the Life Bus) is posting daily ideas for creating routines and the different things that children can do to keep happy and healthy – including looking after their emotional health. |
