All Newsletter Updates collated https://islington-gov.j2bloggy.com/Islington-Computing-Online-Safety/home-learning/ (Week 13) ** Congratulations to Grafton Primary who won this year’s annual Childnet and BFI Film Competition!
This Week Challenges + Activities for Children and Families – Help Balance Quality ScreenTime and Keep Active
–https://www.actionforhappiness.org/jump-back-july – Fab Visual daily challenge for families with focus on resilience.
–https://thfonline.org/wimbledon-fortnight-challenges/. FREE Wimbledon Tennis ball inspired challenges to do at home including STEM, science, magic, art and cooking
–https://www.ansonprimaryschool.com/anson-mini-olympics-2020/ Mini Olympics inspired by Youth Sport Trust
–https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/the-great-indoors-weekender/ For Scouts and non-Scouts aged 6-18 is taking place 11-12 July
–https://www.halfmoon.org.uk/halfmoonathome/live/ Live, free daily theatre from this Hackney Venue + Free Activities from Little Angel Theatre + House of Illustration
–https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/schools/interactive-sessions New, Free Daily sessions
–https://learnradio.net/ New Daily learning radio station from Russell Prue, gaining excellent reviews!
–http://nowpressplay.co.uk/transition-competition write a short story about a first day at secondary school, via fiction story, a diary entry, or a script
–DoodleMaths Summer Challenge designed to engage and motivate children to continue their learning throughout the summer at home. Many Islington schools are set-up with Doodle and it is important to set-up this challenge with families. Katy has a number of free DoodleMaths family subscriptions available.
Online Safety Updates + Health Wellbeing Screen Time Tips for Families
The DFE published this new guidance for parents, not all parents will have capacity to digest this document and schools should consider using bitesize reminders, with practical ideas for boundaries e.g. tech at bedtime and during the night. The CMO guidance on Screen time as been recommended and page 11 has a useful image and this from Mental Health org, very visual and accessible for most families.
Very helpful parent letter template from LGFL Plus updates KCSIE inc Online Safety
Latest Home Learning Resources, Ideas to connect, communicate, motivate and celebrate, track engagement and targeting support to families
Feedback from schools – success where setting achievable, motivational, open-ended activity supporting routine, exercise, balanced screen-time and providing regular feedback to celebrate learning shared.
(Via class dojo, seesaw, J2E, google classroom etc) Below are the latest resources, inc fun challenges around vital daily activity such as reading and exercise, to help counter excessive screen time:
- Thanks Duncombe Primary sharing Google Library – And here is a guide on how to Set-up
- AR Creative ideas Bradley Dardis at LGFL Curriculum Blog
- Met Office provides accessible, engaging resources for schools and families – perfect summer storms this week!
- Summer Reading Challenge Reading Agency #SillySquad2020 https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk
- Visual Prompts for Offline Activities to support Family Routine Visuals and Posters inc Action to Happiness
- Using Mobile devices for assisted technology – thank you to Dan Ferry for this excellent resource for schools and families
- New STEM activities for Home
- LGFL Device Offer from £129 https://sites.google.com/lgfl.net/national-grid-for-learning/smartbuy/devices
- Primary School Radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007g5y4 Curated content from BBC Bitesize lessons Oak National Academy YouTube curated collection
- Refresh reminders to families selected subscription and online resources but keep simple LGFL Busythings, DoodleMaths, 2Simple, Whiterose Maths
Several haringey schools using J2E via LGFL brilliantly! https://coronavirus.lgfl.net/homelearning/J2E - Home Learning Packs collated blog inc Classroom Secrets, Robinhood, TTS, *Islington School Improvement have local versions And Islington Early Years newsletter for Families
- Excellent collated resource from EdgeHill https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/educationpartnership/linkstolearning/
Computing and Gaming Workshops for Families This Week
FamilyWorkshop https://code.org/break And https://www.digitalschoolhouse.org.uk/live-workshops And https://www.raspberrypi.org/at home And https://www.stem.org.uk/home-learning/primary And https://www.barclays.co.uk/digital-confidence/eagles and a new STEM magazine for 7+ and https://idea.org.uk/
*Summer Schools for children and families https://www.apple.com/uk/today/camp and 3D animated film
Ongoing CPD via Webinars from LGFL inc SEND, CAS and DFE Cloud Offer
- LGFL Extensive Online Training https://www.lgfl.net/training/ and helpful summary https://curriculumblog.lgfl.net/2020/06/lgfl-online-training
Extensive LGfL Google training can be booked here: https://sites.google.com/appsevents.com/lgfl-gsuite-training/home - Computing at Schools communities https://community.computingatschool.org.uk/events & new https://www.computingatschool.org.uk/remote-teaching
- Teach Computing have adapted programmes to enable teachers to participate from home https://teachcomputing.org/courses
- New https://edtech-demonstrator.lgfl.net/ with training webinars this week And financial support from DFE with cloud strategy
Primary Schools have considered live video conferencing for teaching lessons and leaders are unanimous that instead videos will be uploaded. There will be schools who do choose to use VC but this must be done with careful consideration, as there are obviously key safeguarding concerns, as well as practicalities of teaching classes of primary age children, if not already established. https://www.safeguardinginschools.co.uk/live-meetings-with-zoom/ Andrew Hall https://swgfl.org.uk/resources/safe-remote-learning/ https://coronavirus.lgfl.net/
Parent Support direct with Bradley Dardis – offering phone and other support https://twitter.com/BradleyDardis/status/1245258066196680704
J2E have released j2Homework and some guides: https://just2easy.com/media/J2homework.mp4 & https://just2easy.com/distancelearning/index.html
Office 365 support is also available for all LGfL Schools https://education.microsoft.com
Teaching & Learning, Best Practice and Guidance support: jose.kingsley@lgfl.net
Technical support, set up and guidance: https://support.lgfl.org.uk