Some children struggle with reading and writing and we recognise parents might need some help supporting them in their learning whilst they are at home. We have been working with an organisation called Access to Literacy this year. They have delivered training to teachers on recognising and supporting children who have literacy difficulties. Their work comes highly recommended. They have shared some suggestions with us, for online resources that parents can access to support their children.

Nessy Reading and Spelling – reading and spelling skills for those struggling with literacy

Nessy are offering schools and parents a free 8 week trial:

https://www.nessy.com/free-trial/signup

British Dyslexia Association webinar for parents:
https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/events/free-webinar-for-parents-this-tuesday-how-to-support-your-dyslexic-child-during-school-closures

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This term we have been lucky enough to work in partnership with Black Prince Trust, Girls United FA and Fulham Football Foundation who have supported a league of 16 girls primary football teams. The games have been brilliant and taken place in all weathers. We hope to complete the league at a later date, but for now Girls United have shared some activities to keep children active and develop their footballing schools, avoiding contact.

For more ideas on staying fit and active and engaging with football, follow Girls United as they post on their social media channels. Their coaches will be releasing challenges and sharing tips over the coming weeks.

Girls United: on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter .

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Lambeth Covid 19 Mutual Aid Facebook A Lambeth Facebook Group For Mutual Aid A Lambeth Facebook group has been set up for offers, local needs solutions and ways to support the community. The group is acting locally and autonomously. JOIN NOW

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Drama Geezers are a duo with a passion for drama and want to share that with young people. The partnership includes Simon, who worked with many of our schools last year on our Confident Creators project and you may recognise from Channel 4s The Secret Life of 4 and 5 year olds. They have shared some great activities, both in school and for parents and children at home, on their You Tube channel . Find out more on the link!

https://www.dramageezers.com/youtubechannel

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Our partners at Oxford University Press are focussing on how they can support children whether at home or school over the coming months. Their weblink for parents gives a wealth of ideas for things to do at home, in addition to activity sheets and ebooks available for free.

www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/advice-for-parents/fun-ideas-learning-at-home/

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We wanted to share the web address of artist Keri Smith who has set up daily art ideas for children to do at home using objects around us.Here’s an example from yesterday:

Drawing to Sounds

Mar 18 Written By Keri Smith

Listen to all of the sounds in your environment. We are going to use these sounds to represent different drawing commands. For example, If you hear music, then you draw some squiggly lines. If you are hearing many sounds at once you must pick one at a time to draw. Here is a set of rules, but feel free to make up your own rules based on the sounds unique to your environment. You could also use different sounds to represent different colors.

music = squiggly lines

human voices = small dots

bird sounds = dotted lines

traffic/car sounds = fast scribbles

machine sounds = circles

dog barking = triangles

silence = cloud shapes

person yelling = dark, thick lines

airplane = smudges

Research: Pauline Oliveros

“Deep Listening is listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing.” -Pauline Oliveros

https://www.explorationoftheday.com/

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In these uncertain and unprecedented times, we want to share as many useful resources as possible with our school communities. The Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families has developed pioneering mental health care for over 60 years. They have shared the following guidance for supporting school communities. Please share with your networks.

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Anna Freud Centre supporting-schools-and-colleges.pdf

3. Low Cost 1st & 2nd Feb 2020.docx

Its been wonderful seeing how our friendly occasional matches and one off girls football tournaments for primary children have developed over the last few terms into a 16 team league! We are very lucky to have built a partnership with a local charity, Girls United FA, Fulham Foundation, Powerleague and The Black Prince Trust. Girls United works with girls and women promoting football opportunities for all ages. They are currently running a number of inspiring events open to everyone to come to, and a tournament on International Womens Day, 7th March, for teams to join – from beginners to intermediate and a men’s tournament. We look forward to developing lots more opportunities over the year.

Play like a girl – 7th March womens football tournament.docx

Here are just some of the activities families can do together this weekend.

Low Cost 25th & 26th Jan 2020.docx