With the current lockdown now in place, you may be wondering how you are going to balance home-schooling with your other commitments-again! Remember, all of our circumstances will be different and there isn’t one solution that fits all. Don’t worry about having to teach new skills – you are parents not teachers – support your child as well as you can but don’t let it become a daily battle with each other. For Government advice on home-schooling, go to help-children-aged-2-to-4 and help-secondary-school-children.
Below you will see that our Family Learning Tutors have created some ‘tips’ and shared some ideas for activities that support the school curriculum that may support you and your family.
Back to School Information Leaflets
Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days 2020 Brochure
Tip Sheets
Tip Sheet – Historical January
Tip Sheet – Days of the week and months of the year activities
Tip Sheet – Reading and Phonics Activity
Tip Sheet – Quick English and maths
Tip Sheet – Independence Challenges
Tip Sheet – Create your own story sack
Tip Sheet – Children’s Centres
The BBC will be showing educational programmes on their regular TV channels Monday to Friday from Monday 11th January. The CBBC channel will have a 3-hour block of schools programmes for primary-aged children from 9am and BBC2 will also be running at least 2-hours of educational programmes for secondary school students. The daily lessons will also be available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Red Button too. Try BBC Teach Live Lessons too. This online resource has a range of interactive lessons designed to complement learning in the classroom but can easily be accessed at home.
Recommended Websites
Cbeebies – Topics
– Explore the subjects that kids love most!
BBC Bitesize Religious Studies – Knowledge and understanding of world religions, their traditions and views.
National Literacy Trust
– The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity working with schools and communities to give disadvantaged children the literacy skills to succeed in life.
Oak National Academy 
and The National Trust are now working in partnership to offer you a Virtual School Library. Every week a popular children’s author or illustrator will provide you with free books, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads. The Virtual School Library will complement existing school libraries and will ensure that children have access to the magical world of stories all year round, whether they are learning at school or at home.
Library Services In Lincolnshire
are still continuing to offer eBooks, eComics, eMagazines and eNewspapers, as well as a range of audio books, take a look and visit their Online resources page.
National Geographic for Kids
– Do you dream of becoming an astronaut, engineer or naturalist? Then you’re in the right place! Our science for kids section is bursting with incredible science facts about the way our world works.
Mathematical challenges for KS1 KS2
inspire+ are going LIVE during Lockdown 3.0! inspire+ Daily Distractions sessions have been created to help keep children active. Whether you’re at school or at home, let us help you stay Happy, Healthy and Active! The team have been working super hard to be able to provide two daily videos at 1pm and 4pm that will be broadcast live, across all our social media. Come take a look!
Visit Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGbjY1-5ZQxQoi36kkUOR3g