Summer Online Safety for families + TeenTech, Tynker, #PledgeTo Read + #BlackLivesMatter

All Newsletter Updates collated https://islington-gov.j2bloggy.com/Islington-Computing-Online-Safety/home-learning/ (Week 14)

** Congratulations to Grafton Primary Islington who won this year’s annual Childnet and BFI Film Competition!

New for This Week – Challenges + Activities for Children and Families – Help Balance Quality ScreenTime and Keep Active 

– Fantastic Non Screen Challenges from Pobble, via accessible visuals, the latest is on the Environment + this on Garden Birds

– From Stephen Heppell “As we approach the summer break … to make a difference to literacy rates, simply turn on TV subtitles for EVERY programme. Simple, powerful, effective”  

– Another week of daily activities!  Can you teach your routine to a family member? https://www.youthsporttrust.org/coronavirus-response-and-support
– TeenTech City of Tomorrow aged 8-13 and TeenTech Innovation sessions aged 11-19. TeenTech At Home Plus https://www.tynker.com proving popular
– New from Literacy Trust #PledgeToRead and more https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/ + Summer Reading Challenge from Reading Agency #SillySquad2020
– Excellent new list worth sharing with families from Common Sense Media on #BlackLivesMatter https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/black-lives-matter-movies-and-tv-shows-on-netflix/ (*Wilfried Zaha: West Midlands Police arrest boy, 12, over racist messages)

 Online Safety Updates + Health Wellbeing Screen Time Tips for Families 
“For children with access to the internet, lockdown saw a sky-rocketing of the number of hours they were spending online. That’s not going to change for the next couple of months as we head into summer, with many more of us forced into staycations or simply staying at home”  CEO Internet Matter, a vital new resource for children with additional learning needs https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/keeping-children-with-send-from-getting-lost-in-digital-space/

And from LGFL DigiSafe – a brilliant Survey/Reflection Tool for children/YP on their internet use over lockdown https://safeblog.lgfl.net/2020/07/safe-summer-2020/ with practical printable resources, perfect for use in school and at home. And please remember to share the NSPCC Online Safety Helpline for Parents.

Updated lockdown resources LGFL, CEOP, Safer Internet Centre and Common Sense Media summarised here & 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.

Latest Home Learning Resources, Ideas to connect, communicate, motiv​ate 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 And wonderful
  • Met Office provides accessible, engaging resources for schools and families – perfect summer storms this week!
  • 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
  • Tech Will Save us Weekly Activities 

LGFL Device Offer from £129 https://sites.google.com/lgfl.net/national-grid-for-learning/smartbuy/devices

Computing and Gaming Workshops for Families This Week 

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/

*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

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