Home learning support - Covid-19

Please ensure that you are punctual for both start and finish times. Please observe social distancing expectations outside of school.

These sessions will all be held outdoors please ensure your child/ren has suitable clothing for both hot and rainy weather. All children will need a packed lunch and a water bottle.

Link to DfE Guidance.

School is currently working on the implications and how we will open school safely for all of those involved.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/reopening-schools-and-other-educational-settings-from-1-june

There are a number of ways to support your child's learning at home over the coming weeks. As a school we value the importance of reading so one way is by sharing books and reading together to promote a love of books. Below are the learning expectations for each year group in Reading (under the heading VIPERS), Writing, Maths and Phonics in line with the National Curriculum. This should give you additional direction, along with the year group page, about what your child has been learning and what they would be going on to learn.

Twitter

Please follow us on Twitter for regular updates and activities to keep you busy. The teachers have been tweeting lots of links to websites and different challenges to complete. Feel free to tweet a response - the teachers would love to hear from you!

https://twitter.com/WilthorpePS

Not yet signed up to Twitter?

Click the link below to join Twitter. You will need to enter a few personal details to create your account. To get regular updates from school follow @wilthorpePS. Each year group also has a Twitter account - see year group pages at the bottom of the page for Twitter links.

https://twitter.com/

E-safety

To ensure your child remains safe online during the school closure Thinkuknow.co.uk have produced home activity packs to support parents. Each fortnight, new activities will be available to complete with your child to support their online safety. There's also information if you are concerned about an e-safety incident and a link to report concerns to CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection).

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/

SEND/EHCP - changes to the law

Click the links below for information about the temporary changes to legislation due to coronavirus.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-law-on-education-health-and-care-needs-assessments-and-plans-due-to-coronavirus

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/modification-notice-ehc-plans-legislation-changes

IDAS

Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS) is a charity based in Yorkshire who help support people affected by domestic abuse.

https://www.idas.org.uk/

There are several ways you can contact IDAS if you need support:

By phone

Released today: a free information book explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler

You can download a copy of the book here

Websites and free resources

A number of online teaching aids and resource websites are allowing free access for all teachers, parents and pupils for a short time.

Twinkl are offering a one month membership free of charge for all parents. Setting this up is really easy to do - go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS.

Rising Stars

We now have access the Rising Stars E-Library which provides a wealth of online books and resources for you to access at home. Individual accounts have been created for pupils and we shared these before Friday 20th March. Miss Gill has also created generic year group accounts for children who have not received access (please see below). There's also user guides for parents and pupils.

username / password

Unable to see books or access quizzes online? This message from Miss Gill might help:

Access to Rising Stars Reading Planet: When you have logged in and selected reception and key stage 1 or key stage 2, scroll right down past the auto assigned quizzes to find the books. All books from all bands will be visible; this may look different from the last time that you logged in. At this moment not all books and quizzes are compatible with some tablets or smart phones. Rising Stars Reading planet are working to resolve this issue. 

I See Maths

Click the link below for free daily maths lessons for KS2 and maths games for KS1.

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

Oxford Owl

Click on the link below to gain access to the full collection of e books which are suitable for ages 4-11.

Keep up to date with Newsround - https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Maths websites

Enjoy hundreds of games, logic puzzles and brain builders

https://www.mathplayground.com/

Fun maths games for all ages

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games

Maths games and activities

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/

Maths games and puzzles

https://www.transum.org/Software/Game/

White Rose Hub - Daily Maths Problems (KS1 = Orange / KS2 - Blue)

English websites

English activities for all ages

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games

Games and resources

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/

KS2 English resources

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f

General activities

https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/124392/25-screen-free-activities-for-kids/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/category/kids-crafts/5-minute-crafts-kids/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/50136/ways-to-learn/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/50127/fun-science-activities/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/50578/stuck-inside-games/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/206/play-dough/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/16777/more-play-dough-ideas/

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/109482/unicorn-slime/

https://www.penpalschools.com/# 

https://www.fairandfunky.com/fairtrade-online-shop/resources/scraptastic-book/

https://education.minecraft.net/

Staying active

Joe Wicks (fitness coach) is going to be delivering 30 minute PE sessions live on his Youtube channel every morning at 9am from Monday. He has said that you do not need much space so you should be able to do the sessions at home.

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1