What you should expect from home learning

The latest guidance states that

• children and young people who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can go back to school, college or childcare when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend

This means that children should now only be off from school if they are unwell. For this reason, online learning is now no longer required and school will revert back to it's pre-covid policy for attendance.

Useful websites to support home learning

• Oak Academy Online classroom

• BBC Bitesiz Lockdown Learning

• Hungry Little Minds Ideas and Activities for EYFS

• 20 Learning Apps

• Educational Games

• Oxford Owl Help your child learn

• Audible Stories Free during lockdown 2021

• TT Rockstars Practise your times tables -

• Craft Activities

• Jigsaw Ideas for personal, social, health and emotional education

• Young Enterprise Help children to understand the value of money

• Duolingo Help your child to learn a new language

• Challenging Learning Activities

• Vocabulary

• Kahoot Trivia quiz

• Minecraft Education Coding

• Spellzone Spelling practise

• Times Tables Me Times tables practise

• Spelling Frame Spelling practise

• Phonics Play

The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education.

Staff, parents and students can contact the helpline by telephone and email:

Phone: 0800 046 8687
Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk

The helpline is open from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday.

The government will continue to monitor the spread of COVID-19 and take further action as needed. You can find the latest information and advice on COVID-19 and the latest guidance for educational settings on the GOV.UK website.

Coronavirus Cartoon - Easy to understand information for children

www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus

Where to find the latest information

Updates on COVID-19:

Guidance for educational settings:

Travel advice for those travelling and living overseas:

Educational resources

Latest Department for Education information:

A huge hug from all the staff at Cookham Dean Primary School