The Federation of Newent Schools Glebe and Picklenash

Documents to support returning to school

Below are some documents which may be helpful in supporting your child when they return to school. School is going to be very different to the one they left in March but the all the members of staff are really excited to see them and will do everything they can to support them over the coming days and weeks. The children are going to do a lot of work initially sharing their experiences, their concerns and worries and we have a wealth of resources to help them should they need it.

Managing Our Feelings

Activities for managing our feelings.pdf

Summer Term 2 Home Learning

To commence WB: 1st June

Summer Term 2 Home Learning

To commence WB: 8th June

White Rose also have free home learning packs available. They provide videos for parents to watch before to help support your child. Please follow the link below:

White Rose - Home Learning

Launch of the Oak National Academy online classroom and resource hub

The sector-led Oak National Academy has today launched its online classroom and resource hub. The Academy offers 180 video lessons each week for schools to use, across a broad range of subjects. The lessons cover children in Reception through to Year 10 and are free to use by both teachers and young people.

The Oak National Academy can be accessed here:

· https://www.thenational.academy/

Launch of BBC Bitesize

The BBC has today launched an education package across TV and online, featuring celebrities and teachers, helping to keep children learning at home and supporting parents.

BBC Bitesize can be accessed here:

· https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

During home learning we are using the internet more and more to support us. The internet, if used responsibly, is a fantastic tool providing us with a wealth of education at a click of a button, however, some very unkind, scary people also use the internet to try and trick us into unsafe territories. To ensure we are safe online please make sure you have parental locks, parental supervision and know that site/game your child is on is age appropriate.

Below are some websites that can help you stay safe on the web.

· Internet matters - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online

· South West Grid for Learning - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online

· Net-aware - for support for parents and careers from the NSPCC

· Parent info - for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online

· Thinkuknow - for advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online · UK Safer Internet Centre - advice for parents and carers

Additional Home Learning Resource

· https://facts4life.org/work-for-home-learning/

Free Twinkl Resources

The Twinkl website provides a wealth of age appropriate resources to support home learning and to supplement the work you already have. It is currently free to sign up and has maths packs, games, science, writing prompts and a whole host of other resources.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk

Bug Club & TT Rockstars

Bug Club is an online tool which provides reading books that children can access at home. Staff will allocate books according to your child’s reading level and these can be found in the ‘My Stuff’ area of their personal homepage. This reading can also be recorded in your child’s reading record and count towards their reading for the week. A key benefit of Bug Club is that every book has comprehension questions embedded within the text, which helps children reflect on what they are reading.

You can log on to Bug Club via https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

TT Rockstars Battle of the Bands Results 18th May 2020

The results are in from this week's battle of the bands!

Teacher v Students = 1:0

Well done for a great effort by everyone who played today.

Sapphire beat Ruby in their class battle today, Amber beat Pearl and Amethyst beat Coral. Congratulations to the winning teams, well played.