{"id":574,"date":"2020-03-24T18:14:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T18:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/?page_id=574"},"modified":"2020-03-30T12:33:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T12:33:56","slug":"school-closure-materials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/family-learning\/school-closure-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"School Closure Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 20th March, 2020, the government took the unprecedented decision to close schools to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). As such, we have put measures in place to ensure that teaching and learning can continue.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils will now be making use of &#8216;Show My Homework&#8217; and Glow in order to receive and complete English work for their teacher.<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate that parents will wish to support their children in the completion of this work, so we have a dedicated &#8216;Family Learning&#8217; section of this blog with a host of helpful resources and materials that you can use within your own homes. Including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/family-learning\/developing-reading\/\">Ideas to help develop reading skills<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/family-learning\/developing-reading\/book-suggestions\/\">Book Suggestions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Help with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/family-learning\/literacy-basics\/\">literacy basics<\/a> for writing, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/family-learning\/technical-terms\/\">technical terms<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/family-learning\/core-writing-checklist\/\">Core Writing Checklist<\/a> to support pupils&#8217; writing at home<\/li>\n<li>Our fantastic Literacy <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/family-learning\/literacy-menus\/\">&#8216;Take Away Menus&#8217;<\/a> with fun and varied activities that you can do together at home.<\/li>\n<li>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/turnbullenglish\/family-learning\/online-resources\/\">staff blogs<\/a>, where individual staff members provide access to resources and materials for each of their classes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pupils in S1 and S2 will also be making use of our online learning platform, <strong>Literacy Planet<\/strong>. For anyone struggling to make use of the software, an instruction booklet is available <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/turnbullenglish\/uploads\/sites\/2251\/2020\/03\/24182238\/Literacy-Planet-Instructions.docx\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some other great resources available to pupils include <strong>FREE<\/strong> access to a number of audio books from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stories.audible.com\/start-listen\">Audible<\/a>,<\/span> as well as a huge range of\u00a0<strong>FREE <\/strong>downloadable content from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twinkl.co.uk\/\">Twinkl<\/a> when you use the offer code\u00a0CVDTWINKLHELPS<\/p>\n<p>Online platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyladder.co.uk\/info\/school-closures\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Studyladder<\/span><\/a>, is also supporting learners by offering free signup for parents with the ability to add and manage activities for their children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday 20th March, 2020, the government took the unprecedented decision to close schools to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). As such, we have put measures in place to ensure that teaching and learning can continue. 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