Key Resource + CPD Updates This Week
– LGFL launch Significant Device offer to support Home Access “2 million devices for schools so we can achieve very low prices”!
*Offer on Dongles for Internet Access to follow, John Jackson CEO LGFL confirmed early this week.
– Tuesday 16 June Great Science Share to inspire children and families to share scientific questions with new audiences #GreatSciShare #ScienceFromHome
– Computing Leaders Chat this Wednesday 17 June 330-430 *** Contact Katy for the Meeting link * Mark Boylan, CAS leader with Jane Waite share progression template for Computing to support Assessment and Portfolio development, Plus Updates LGFL
– London Maths Week 22 June TeacherMeet Registration now released, hosted by Maths lead at St Jospeh’s Sarah Slattery
– Annual Childnet Film Competition closes this Friday 22 June!
Latest Home Learning Resources, Ideas to connect, communicate, motivate and celebrate, track engagement and targeting support to families.
- Activities and challenges to help children/families exercise and connect through sport and play https://www.
youthsporttrust.org/national- school-sport-week
Simon Haughton’s visual Home Fitness Challenge https://www.teachwithict.com/homefitness. html - Discover Art at Home is a special version of Arts Award Discover to support families in lockdown https://learn.
artsaward.org.uk/discover-at- home - Summer Reading Challenge Reading Agency #SillySquad2020 https://
summerreadingchallenge.org.uk - Keep Your Child Reading https://literacytrust.
org.uk/blog/ways-to-keep-your- childs-reading-up-while- schools-are-closed - June 30 Day Wildlife challenge https://action.wildlifetrusts.
org/page/57739/petition/1 - Visual Prompts for Offline Activities to support Family Routine Visuals and Posters New STEM Challenge Starters via https://www.stem.org.uk/
home-learning/ in New June Version - Primary School Radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/
programmes/p007g5y4 Curated content from BBC Bitesize lessons Oak National Academy YouTube curated collec tion
- 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
Thank you to Arsenal for donation of laptops for home access https://www.arsenal.com/news/laptops-donated- local-schoolchildren
Online Safety Project Ideas via Updated lockdown resources LGFL, CEOP, Safer Internet Centre and Common Sense Media summarised here Highlights include:
children online during lockdown. Please keep sharing weekly challenges and updates for families at home and school!
– New resource from New Zealand https://www.
– New Project from Newswise and Literacy Trust on Happy News! https://literacytrust.
* Impact of lockdown on children/YP inc social media https://www.bbc.co.uk/
– Helplines for Schools & Families https://www.
Computing and Gaming Workshops for Families This Week
New resources from code.org “How Computers Work” on Youtube & from Common Sense Media https://www.commonsense.
Workshops Families This Week https://code.org/break An
- 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 - LGFL SEND https://coronavirus.lgfl.
net/Inclusion - 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 - Exciting 2 week PD Programme end of June https://www.computingatschool.
org.uk/news_items/918 - New https://edtech-
demonstrator.lgfl.net/ with training webinars this week And financial support from DFE with cloud strategy
* New offer for Year 6 and classes returning to school on Online Safety which we can deliver remotely
* Assessment tool from Simon Haughton https://sites.google.
Primary Schools have considered live video
Parent Support direct with Bradley Dardis – offering phone and other support https://twitter.com/
J2E have released j2Homework and some guides: https://just2easy.com/
Office 365 support is also available for all LGfL Schools https://education.
Teaching & Learning, Best Practice and Guidance support: jose.kingsley@lgfl.
Technical support, set up and guidance: https://support.