Our big surprise – our happy holiday message is now ready. Thank you to our amazing Newton Farm staff team for putting this together. A special huge thank you to Mrs Webber for coordinating it all and editing all our clips. Remember – the show is only postponed! Comment below and let us know what you think. Hakuna Matata!

SLC have updated information for children in receipt of Free School Meals. Please see the link below for full details.

https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200228/health_and_medical_information/1863/coronavirus_covid-19_advice/21

Launch Google Classroom Help Site

During the last couple of weeks the pupils and staff have been getting to grips with using Google Classroom at home. It has been great to see so many people being engaged with this new way of working. When you start using something for the first time it can seem tricky but the more we use it the better all of our skills will become. In order to support pupils, parents and staff, we have created a help site on Google Sites. This will contain short training videos that will help everyone to become more familiar with the basics of Google Classroom. Use the link below to access the training site.

https://sites.google.com/sl.glow.scot/newton-farm-pupil-help/home

We have tried to make it easier to navigate our home learning overviews, useful websites and other information regarding home learning. We will continue to update these with appropriate information, but please remember that these are ideas and suggestions.

To access this information from a laptop/chromebook/tablet, click on the HOME LEARNING IDEAS tab at the very top of the blog page. You will then also have a drop down option for Literacy, Numeracy and Maths, Health and Wellbeing, Topic and Interdisciplinary and Live Lessons. From here you can choose the subject area/s you were looking for.

From a mobile phone, scroll to the very bottom of the blog page to USEFUL DOCUMENTS. Here you will find the same headings and will be able to access the suggested sites.

If you have any problems finding these – please leave a comment below and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

We’ve found some more useful websites that are offering activities and resources for pupils who are at home.

BBC Scotland Learning has Bitesize resources for Literacy, Maths and Numeracy and Science. There are also links to Authors Live, quizzes, audio stories and Literacy films.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04yy4wy

The Book Trust have lots of quizzes on LOADS of different subject areas – you’ll definitely find one you’ll like!

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/quizzes/

Audible, the popular audio book provider, is providing free streaming of 100s of children’s stories.

https://stories.audible.com/discovery

Wind In the Willows, the classic children’s story, was performed by an all star cast in the West End a few years ago. You can watch a film of the production by clicking the link below.

https://www.willowsmusical.com/

The National Parent Forum of Scotland has been updating its page of educational resources for parents and families.

https://www.npfs.org.uk/2020/03/19/school-closures-educational-resources-for-parents-and-families/

The council’s childcare provision for key workers during the coronavirus issue is moving to a hub model operating from 20 primary schools. Parents/carers will need to apply for a place with an initial deadline of 9am Wed 25 March.  More details here:

https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200228/health_and_medical_information/1863/coronavirus_covid-19_advice/9