As you will be aware the country is currently working to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus and therefore schools across the country have closed. In order for this to be successful, we MUST adhere to the self-isolation and social distancing guidelines from the government.

In order to further limit the spread of COVID-19, the advice is that if children can stay safely at home, they should. The fewer children making the journey to school, and the fewer children in educational settings, the lower the risk that the virus can spread and infect vulnerable individuals in wider society. This is the reason why only those children who absolutely NEED to attend should.

Government guidance states that “many parents working in these critical sectors may be able to ensure their child is kept at home. Every child who can be safely cared for at home should be.” 

ONLINE SAFETY

As children spend more time at home, please ensure you have taken the time to look at our online safety information here to keep your child safe.

 

HOME LEARNING

Weekly home learning is being emailed out to parents and carers on a Friday. Please note, there will be no home learning set for during the Easter Holidays. If you do not have access to the internet or a tablet, computer or laptop – please notify the school office (office@courtwood.org.uk) 

Your child’s class teacher can be contacted via google classroom – https://classroom.google.com

Instructions on how to set up your account can be found here.

Personalised Log in details for various website for every child were emailed on Thursday 19^th March with the first home learning sheet. 

Master copies of the weekly home learning sheets for each class can be found on the website. Please navigate to the COVID-19 tab and select home learning.

 

DAILY LEARNING

• Reading – Your child should aim to read daily and record this in their contact book as normal.
• Maths – Please complete activities set by your teacher on White Rose Maths and Maths Shed,  if you would like extra maths tasks.
• Spelling – Please complete activities set by your teacher on Spelling Shed.

 

HOME LEARNING LINKS

Spelling & Maths Shed – https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login

Purple Mash – https://www.purplemash.com/sch/courtwood-cr0

Bug Club – https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0 (For Reception, Year 1 & Year 2)

Busy Things – https://www.busythings.co.uk/lgfl-login/

White Rose – https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

 

FREE WEBSITES

Phonics – https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/# and https://www.phonicsbloom.com/ (For Reception, Year 1 & Year 2)

Top Marks – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Pobble – http://www.pobble365.com/

Oxford Owl – https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/user/sign_up.html

Twinkl – https://www.twinkl.co.uk/

BBC Bitesize – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Classroom Secrets – https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/

 

If you have any questions please contact the school office (office@courtwood.org.uk) or your class teacher via google classroom.

The links above are for you to access to support your children working from home. This is a challenging time for all families and we fully appreciate that as well as continuing school based learning, it is also just as important to spend time as a family.

Don’t forget to catch our daily story time on our private parent facebook group (Courtwood Primary Parents) and tag us in all of your fantastic work on twitter @courtwoodschool.

If you have any concerns regarding a child’s welfare during the school closure, please contact one of our Designated Safeguarding Leads without delay, using the following emails: 

office@courtwood.org.uk or courtwoodprimary@gmail.com

Be safe and we will see you all as soon as we can.