Home Learning with Google Classrooms

If we have to move to remote learning for any reason the plan is below:
 

Each morning by 9am Monday to Friday, a new activity will become available for Maths and English on your child’s Google Classroom*.  The activity is age appropriate and is taken from the national Curriculum objectives for their year group.  There is no need to print the activity as it is accessible to view on screen (please note the pdf's are view only and therefore cannot be completed online).  Paper and pen/pencil will be needed to complete some of the activities set.  Practice activities do not need to be submitted to teachers but if you wish to photograph the work and send it in, we will look at it.

Some of the work must be submitted to the teachers and these will be marked and the children will be able to see the comments.

• There are clear instructions for your child for the learning for each day. If your child has any questions about the learning, these can be emailed to the upper school or lower school gmail address.
  • upperschoolPJS@gmail.com
  • lowerschoolPJS@gmail.com
• Class emails are shared in the video below and in this photo. (You will need to type them in)

These email addresses should only be used to share any work from home! 

If you have any questions or concerns about anything not learning related, please email the office - adminoffice@pennington-jun.hants.sch.uk

• Your child will be asked to submit some learning to their teachers, this learning will be marked and returned. Some work can be completed at home and does not need to be submitted.
• Topic based learning will also be found on Google Classroom. We are trialling different ways to make our learning accessible, exciting and relevant for all.  Please bear with us as we get used to the technology!

We will continue to keep you updated with online learning and appreciate that it can be challenging and stressful at times for you and your child/ren. Please do not allow the stress of remote learning to cause friction or problems within your family. If it feels too much, then take a break and let us know and we will try to help. 
 

* Google Classroom information, Details on Off Line access and Troubleshooting can be found here - or watch the video below.

Additional Home Learning Resources

All KS2 children have a login for TTrockstars.  This is a great and fun way for them to continue to practise their times tables.  The times tables they need to complete are set weekly by their teacher, but they can also challenge each other and play against their friends.

• More information can be found here: www.ttrockstars.com

Purple Mash is an online learning platform which all our children have access to. The password for this for your child and information about how to access this has been sent home, additional support can be found via the parent portal.

There are many activities that your child can access on Purple Mash as additional learning to those set by their teacher through Google Classroom. just visit: www.purplemash.com

Reading - Please encourage your child to read widely and as much as possible.  All children have access to Rising Stars reading books online.

• https://www.risingstars-uk.com/series/rising-stars-reading-planet

Collective Workship

Working closely with St Marks Church in Pennington we are able to access Collective Workship Services dedicated to our school. You can view the latest playlist here:

• Collective Worship

Useful Links

In addition to the above, we also recommend the following links for valuable resources to support learning at home

• https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents/extra-subjects-parents/school-closures-category-freeresources-parents - Lots of activities for all subjects, for all year groups
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary - KS1 and KS2
• https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html - Video clips with suggested writing activities
• https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ free e-books for 3-11 year olds, maths games and much more
• https://www.bigeyedowl.co.uk/  - activities to keep your little ones busy and engaged KS1 and Foundation
• http://www.crickweb.co.uk/  - Variety of subjects and activities for all age groups
• https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ - Lots of phonic games/colouring activities to consolidate their phonics KS1 and Foundation
• https://bpes.bp.com/resources/list/primary  - Science, Geography & DT activities/experiments to try at home
• http://www.ictgames.com/ - English and Maths games Year 1-3
• https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/#!?q=&sortOption=MostRecent&pageNo=1 storybooks, games and quizzes for all ages
• https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/  - Great for non-fiction lovers! 
• https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/distance-education-resources-for-children-and-young-people-with-send/ - additional resources for children with Special Educational Needs (SEND)

• If you feel you would like additional online learning - this can be accessed at any time via the Oak National Academy - launched in April 2020, the curriculum is designed to  develop high quality lessons, in the most popular topics, to match as many schools’ curricula as possible. You can select your year group here.

Health and Well Being

Looking after our physical and mental health will be vital over the coming weeks so here’s a couple of links that should help with this -

• https://www.energiseme.org/schools/hampshire-school-games/hampshire-school-games-daily-challenges-spring-term/ - Hampshire schools daily physical challenge - we try are share this weekly on our facebook page.
• https://www.afpe.org.uk/physical-education/thisispe-supporting-parents-to-teach-pe-at-home/ - Association for physical education
• https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1  - Joe Wicks workouts for all the family
• https://homelearning.primarypepassport.co.uk/  - PE Passport home learning access
• https://hampshirecamhs.nhs.uk/ - Hampshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Support

Join us on Facebook

Join us on our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/PenningtonJuniorSchool

Internet Safety

When accessing any of the resources online it is important to remember to be safe online - please report any broekn links or concerns to us as soon as possible - so that we can deal with any issues that arrive outside our control.

• More information on Internet Safety can be found here: Internet Safety.

Real life examples of Remote Learning.

We have asked families via our social media page to email us or share with us examples of their remote learning set up - we know that evey families situation is different and unique, but we feel it is really benefical for everyone to see different and real examples of what remote learning may look like..
 

• either for siblings working together or for individual children working on their own at home
• Working on computers and laptops
• Working with pen, penciles and art materials
• examples of how learning can happen everywhere - for example we shared a local location, challenge the children to find the spot, travel there safely and share with us that they achieved that goal.