St Edwards Primary & Nursery

If your child is already registered for I.D.L.  a support programme for literacy, it can be accessed  from home.

A guide for using IDL at home for Distance Learning

Below is some advice for supporting your child when using IDL at home. If you have any other questions then please email customerservice@idlsgroup.com or call 01524 580665 and we will be happy to help. I will also be hosting a short 20 minute training session on Tuesday 31^st March at 10am to chat through a few things that may help. We want your child to enjoy distance learning through IDL so we are always here to help and support in any way we can.

Tuesday 31^st March 10:00am Online training session- (please click on the link below)

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In the meantime here are our Top Tips

1. When using an iPad please make sure that you have the updated app IDL2MOBILE that is 0.3
2. Please make sure that when accessing through an internet server that you only use GOOGLE CHROME. This is the only one that will work. If you don’t have Chrome already it takes 2 minutes to download.

3. If the student is struggling to move to the next lesson in Literacy please check that the blue assistance button on the right hand side of the screen is turned OFF in order to move forward.

4. You need to enable the microphone on your device to enable the student to complete the record/playback section of the Literacy programme. This will be under the settings of the device.

5. We recommend using IDL in 20-30 minute slots so that students don’t get distracted.

6. If the child has access to headphones then this will be great for concentration on the task (and peace and quiet for the adults!)….if not, just ensure the sound is on.

7. Please go to our website idlsgroup.com and under the ‘Resources’ section you will find useful documents and videos that go through how IDL works.

8. Don’t worry about testing. This is something that a teacher can do with the student when they return to school, as testing twice per year is still adequate to monitor progress.

9. Please do contact us if you need any guidance or advice, we are happy and able to help during this time and want your child to carry on learning and progressing through IDL.

10. Take Good Care and Good Luck!

With many schools already closed and further closures likely in the coming weeks, we wanted to let you know how you can provide access to High Five French and/or Spanish for your children at this time.
https://radiolingua.com/learnathome and on that page the first 10 video lessons of High Five French and Spanish can be found. No login is required, and we’ve also provided the transcripts of each lesson.
In addition, we’ve added a link on that page to a special version of High Five French and Spanish on our RLN Education website. We are providing free access to the resources during this time.

Parents should sign up (for free) to create their own username and password to allow them to access High Five with their children. We have added “notes for parents” to this version of the course to help parents assist their children in their learning.

Please note our hub has been identified as Hilltop Primary. Children of key workers should report there from  tomorrow. No child who has symptoms of Coronavirus should attend. Please be reminded this service is for key workers only.

We are now moving to a hub model to deliver school support for key workers in 10 schools across the north, central and south regions. This will enable those parents and carers within the key worker category to send their child to a school that is still within the area near to where they live.

Full information on where those hub schools will be and the geographical area they will cover will be available on the ‘key worker information’ section on our webpage which can be found at northlanarkshire.gov.uk/coronavirus from 7pm tonight.

Boys and girls I hope you all worked hard at home today on some of the tasks set for you. The school is a very quiet place without you! Keep safe and work hard, contact us at anytime if you have any questions. Mrs Egan

We will issue further information later in the afternoon as soon it becomes available from the council in regard to supporting children of key workers. This a very challenging time for all of us and we must work together to support our children in the best way possible. Staff are working hard to continue to provide a wide variety of tasks on glow for all pupils.

We wish all our community well in this difficult time.

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