This Week 22-24 June JAM PACKED Online CPD + Challenges + Activities for Children and Families
– STEM Club Week Timetable fun interactive challenges, webinars from STEM professionals, STEM Club Champion workshops and case studies from schools.
– CAS Virtual Showcase Computing at School two-week packed online CPD programme that runs from Monday 22 June to Friday 3 July
– National School Sport Week At Home. Saturday 20 June and Friday 26 June. and challenges to help children/families exercise and connect through sport and play
https://www.doodlemaths.com/maths-week-london-offer/
* Schools have reported a number of very serious online safety incidents
during lockdown period, please contact Katy for any support, also to allow evidence gathering as part of ongoing consultation Baroness Beeban Kidron https://5rightsfoundation.com/our-work/child-online-protection/online-harms.htmlSchools have used a range of communication channels with children and families at home to share Online Safety support inc fun challenges, newsletter reminders and scripted weekly phone call.
Latest Home Learning Resources, Ideas to connect, communicate, motivate and celebrate, track engagement and targeting support to families
(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:
- Met Office provides accessible, engaging resources for schools and families – perfect for the recent summer storms!
- 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
- Memory Challenges https://childhood101.com/memory-game-ideas/
- Visual Prompts for Offline Activities to support Family Routine Visuals and Posters Teachers Love this New version from Pobble with cooking focus
- 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/
* Mark Boylan, CAS leader with Jane Waite shared progression template for Computing to support Assessment and Portfolio development at last week’s leaders event.
Islington lead teachers, supported by Sue Adams will be completing an Islington Progression template ready for September.
*The fab team from Three Discovery at Angel, islington are planning a new remote support programme including Digital + Online Safety sessions for classes, Parent sessions and CPD support for Teachers.
Please get in touch if you would like to help them trial sessions in the coming weeks.
children online during lockdown. Please keep sharing weekly challenges and updates for families at home and school!
– Helplines for Schools & Families https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/our-helplines & Families https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
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.org/education/top-picks/tech-tools-for-learning-at-home
Workshops Families This Week 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/
*We will collate Summer Schools for children and families ready for next week’s newsletter, here is a starter from Apple https://www.apple.com/uk/today/camp
- 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
* Assessment tool from Simon Haughton https://sites.google.com/view/simonhaughton/knowledge-organisers
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