Home schooling support - Primary

Thanks - that’s really good of you.
Mine has been issued tailored educational packs that last 4 weeks - and we’ve been told further packs will be issued as necessary.
Hopefully parents will use this opportunity to carry on with their kids education, but sadly i can see that a large number of kids will be thrown in front of a TV to binge on Netflix

 

Here is a plan

 

Looks like the plan Mrs IB hands me each week

 

So she plans Monday and Tuesday’s and then hands it to you to finish off the rest of the week?

 

Top gesture @Hulmebantam

 

A website I use is:

www.mathsframe.co.uk

A good selection of free games easily differentiated by year group. There are more games available if you pay a bit but the free ones are also great and many have related worksheets that you can print out.

I've found that some of the games on Topmarks maths are not tablet friendly but all of these are I think.

Another idea is for kids to keep a digital daily journal of events. Depending on their age these can be as varied as a picture, words or a couple of sentences right up to screenshots of headlines and audio clips of our glorious leaders. Will be very interesting to look back on in years to come.

A dedicated time for reading each day is brilliant.

The weather is improving so getting out into the garden or outside space is vital. Grow some simple food in the garden or in pots.

Cooking, baking, following recipes.

Sing songs, dance. Relax. There's a great series of videos on YouTube called Cosmic Yoga.

Play board / card games together.

If you're working from home I appreciate it's going to be very difficult to balance 'teaching' your kids and working. You will find though that most of these activities will be familiar to the children and if they're timetabled they'll be able to get on with them quite independently and sensibly especially when it becomes routine.

Don't try to do too much. 1 reading, 1 maths, 1 writing / typing job per day as a suggested minimum for most children plus 1 maybe 2 of the other ideas suggested is adequate for primary kids . Try to do the more academic things in the morning when they're most awake and alert.

Be strict about tv, laptop, tablet, phone time etc during what would be a school day within reason. Use it as a dangled carrot for completed tasks.

If you don't have technology, pens, rubbers, pencils, dice , paper etc tell your school tomorrow. Don't be embarrassed, you're not alone. They should send you it. If your child is entitled to free school meals find out how these will be delivered or collected, you need them.

 

I hate you Dad.

 

Good.

Remember all that this is going to be really hard for the kids. Home is home and school is school and they're going to struggle with the juxtaposition. Don't expect the world.

 

Remember kids, study hard, do your homework and take your vitamins and you too could be like Hoochy.

 

This might be useful for the pre school age group who are not in nursery.

https://small-talk.org.uk/

 

That's enough about you, what will the little one be doing?

 

Joe wicks has been doing a live pe lesson every morning on YouTube. Seems to be popular

 

Aye. A quarter of a million moist mums. I see you Karen.

 

Wet floor signs out all over

 

Well yeah, but that's not why we're doing Joe Wicks' workout every morning.

Really, it's not.

Is it...?

 

Oh Jon.