General Information
Remote Learning Lead: Jennie Laird
If your child is required to work from home during this time please use the guidance below to support from this page and Google Classrooms for specific work or resources relevant to their class. If you do not know your child’s Google Classroom login, please contact: jennie.laird@paternoster.sandmat.uk.
There are suggested general activities on this page to support while your child’s class teaching is setting up Remote Learning. Please remember, these are suggestions and we understand that, for your child, changing activities more often or having a more relaxed timetable will work for them.
Please see below the Remote Learning Expectation for the school.
If you need any work printed and sent to you, please contact the school office and we will arrange this as soon as possible.
Support for parents and carers to keep children safe online.
Online resources to support learning
Section 8.4 of the Government's advice for parents and carers provides support for well being at this time.
Exercise
- Go Noodle
- Daily PE sessions with Joe Wicks on You Tube
- 5 a Day Fitness – Website or You Tube
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Dazzle Dance Videos
- Caboodle Coaching – Free online PE lessons.
login: Caboodle@penninegymnastics.com
password: Caboodle1
- Yoga at School – Free sessions
- Virtual Sports Day – May 26th (see documents below for poster)
Reading
- Guide / prompts for reading with your child (see documents list below)
- Teach Your Monster to Read
- Barefoot books
- Vooks – animated storybooks for tablet (1 month free)
Maths
- UR Brainy activities – see documents below
- Count On
- The Maths Factor – now offering free subscription
- White Rose Maths – free home learning videos and resources
Spelling / Phonics
- Teach Your Monster to Read
- Adventure in a Box – free printable word games
- Don’t forget the resources on Busy Things and Education City
English
Find resources in the Documents list at the bottom of the page:
- Mark making and writing challenges
- Mark making pattern cards
- Pencil control activities
- Indoor fine motor challenges
- Gross motor activities
- Creative writing prompts
- Eye spy – play the game at home or using sheets from Twinkl
- Literacy Shed – free learning resources
Reflection / Mental Wellbeing
- ELSA social story to explain the viris
- ELSA social story – We Are at Home Right Now
- Corona Virius social story
- How do I Feel Today? – emotions chart in documents
- Children’s Commissioner – Children’s Guide to
- Corona Virus (see documents, below)
- Coronavirus – A book for children, Illustrated by Axel Scheffler (see documents)
- PSHE Links for homeschooling (see documents)
- Positive Thinking During Corona Virus – from
- Belmont School (see documents)
- Coping with Corona Virus – Books Beyond Words
- Covidbook – Suppoting and Reassuring
- Children around the world
- Book – The Scared Gang Stay at Home (see documents)
Other Activities
- Scouts – The Great Indoors, activities for in the home
- Pobble: Non-Screen activities you can do at home (see documents below)
- Into Film – Free activities to do at home
- Kitchen Science – see documents below
- Story Bots
- Dyson – science and engineering activities
- No cook recipes – see documents below
- Brain Pop – sign up for free access
- Born to be Adventurous – 28 days of activities
- Use Google Maps to take a virtual tour of the world – you can walk around everywhere from
- Australia to America!
- Think U Know – free online safety resources
- San Diego Zoo – live animal cameras
- Do Try This At Home – science experiments from STEM Learning
- https://www.tynker.com/ – Free online coding
Support for Routine and Structure
- Twinkl Home Learning Hub – daily structured activities. Use code UKTWINKLHELPS for free 1 month access.
- Widgit Online – for making symbol supported resources. Use code: WIDGIT30 for 1 month free access.
- See Parent Tips document (below) for Home Learning support and supporting children with ASD and ADHD.
Sensory Diet
- Playdoh – see documents for recipe
- Balloon and bubble play
- Sensory tray – using one of these sensory recipes
- Sensory brain breaks – ideas in Documents at the bottom of the page
- Different sounds sensory bottles (see documents below)
- Brain Parade
- HelpKidzLearn
- Sensory App House
- Visuals2Go
- Priory Woods School
Documents
School documents to support learning:
Help-Your-Child-With-Reading-Poster-For-Parents
Top-Tips-Reading-with-Your-child-at-Home
Reading prompt bookmarks
Non-screen activities
Kitchen-science
Best Ever No cook playdough recipe
UR Brainy Maths Activities 1
UR Brainy Maths Activities 2
UR Brainy Maths Activities 3
UR Brainy Maths Activities 4
Different sounds sensory bottle pack
No cook recipe pack
Writing and mark making challenge cards
Sensory brain break activity cards
Mark making pattern cards
Pencil control activity cards
Indoor fine motor skills challenge
Gross motor activity cards
Creative writing prompts
How do you feel today - Emotions Chart
parent tips
ADHD and ASD Home Learning Advice
Childrens Guide to Coronavirus
Coronavirus Book
PSHE links for home schooling
Positive thinking during coronavirus pdf
The Scared Gang Stay at Home
Virtual Sports Day
January 2021 Remote Learning
Timetables provided during Lockdown for reference.