Home Learning 2020 – Lockdown

A warm welcome to our home learning page.

This is a very unsettling time for us all. We’re very aware that different families may need different things. For some families managing home learning can’t be a priority right now, whilst for others, the structure of ‘lessons’ and links for learning will help ease anxieties. Only you will know what works best for your family. Use as much, or as little, from the school as you wish. We have collated some learning activities and links to make them easily accessible for you.  These have been created to support our families, not to add pressure.

It feels right to share this message (written by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle).

“You’re doing great. There are no rules around how to exist best during a pandemic. Please don’t stress around screen time, don’t guilt yourself over snack choices, don’t get overwhelmed with missed lessons or unmotivated little ones.

This is a national emergency, not an added opportunity to push productivity and expect normality in any way. This is not normal. Lean into whatever feels best for your family, whatever makes sense for the children in your care, whatever allows you the mental and emotional space to be okay over the next few weeks.

We are hoping for you all ease, peace, rest, play, companionship, conversation and moments of joy as we all navigate our way through social distancing and figure this out together. You’re doing great.”

Together we will get through this. One day at a time.

Team Cambus

 

DAILY ACTIVITIES

There are lots of highly skilled people sharing their talents online during the school closures. Below we have organised these events into a chronological list. Whilst a few of these videos are live, most are available all day. That means if there’s things that clash, you can watch it at a time that suits you. We have indicated if it’s an event only available at the indicated time.

We’ll continue to update over the weeks. Check back in to keep an eye out for different activities.

 

Bitesize have created a ‘Learning at Home’ section with lots of interactive lessons. 

 

Oak National Academy has a HUGE bank of online lessons. Each lesson starts with a quiz to check learning before starting, followed by a video teaching the concept, then a worksheet for practise and finally ending with a quiz to check progress.  P1 = Reception / P7 = Year 6

 

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White Rose Maths offers a daily video teaching a new numeracy and maths concept every day.  It’s organised into year groups (P1 = Reception / P7 = Year 6). It even directs you to find further practice where relevant. 

 

 

8 – 9am ⏰

9 – 10am 😅

10 – 11am 🔬

11am – 12pm ✍️

12 – 1pm 🗞️

1 – 2pm 🎵

2 – 3pm 🤷

3 – 4pm 🔮

4 – 5pm 📝

5 – 6pm ✏️

6 – 7pm 📚

 

Click here to get a daily schedule for book activities. There are draw-alongs, authors reading their books, writing challenges and more. It’s updated daily.

 

CHECK OUT THESE IDEAS TOO!

WELLBEING ACTIVITIES

These activities encourage discussion about feelings and offer ways to manage emotions during these unsettling times.

This Covid-19 time capsule sensitively explores ways of remembering these unprecedented times. It focuses on how we’re feeling, what we’ve been doing to stay positive, etc.

Click this link to download the 2020-Covid-19-time-capsule-sheets

 

This journal page is a great way to explore feelings. It can be printed out or used as a prompt for a conversation.

Click here to download this Wellbeing-Check-in

 

 

These are the ‘wellbeing cards’ referenced in the ‘wellbeing check-in’ document. There’s great ideas that can be used independent of the journal pages.

Click here to download the Wellbeing-Cards

 

 

 

Coronavirus: a book for children is a FREE digital information book for primary school age children to help explain the coronavirus and the measures taken to control it. It answers lots of questions in a child-friendly way, and aims to both inform and reassure. Click the document linked to access it —> Coronavirus-A-Book-for-Children

 

Everybody Worries is a brilliant free ebook for children which explores feeling worried during this pandemic. It reminds children it’s ok to feel worried and explains the importance of talking about your worries, and finding healthy ways of dealing with worries. Click here to read the book for FREE!

 

 

 

 

Stay at Home! Is a collection of beautifully illustrated poetry and prose which is relatable and uplifting.

Click here to visit the FREE book.

 

 

 

 

The Tale of Going back to School is a booklet for families to complete in preparation to returning to school. It opens up discussion about worries about returning to school whilst offering space for reassurance about going back to school.

Click here to download The Tale of Going Back to School

 

 

Rain before Rainbows is a beautifully illustrated story exploring hard times before easier times. It’s a story of hope and optimism – a perfect story to read together before returning to school.

Click here to read Rain Before Rainbows

 

 

GREENBEAN HOME ECO ACTIVITIES

We need your help to continue working towards our Eco flag. Please enjoy these activities and take a picture to show us what you have been doing. Pics can be posted on the school Facebook page or sent to cambps@glow.sch.uk

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ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE

Scotland’s Enterprising Schools have released a project to spark creativity and build on skills for learning, life and work – design your own FASHION BRAND! This is their second challenge and it ends May 1st. Click here to give this exciting challenge a go. 

FREE SERVICES FOR FAMILIES DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FROM CLASS TEACHERS

Click on the classes below to go the class page where you’ll find more activities suggested for each class.

 

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