Supporting Your Child

A resource to help your child understand about the Coronavirus:

Coronavirus resource

Newsround have created a very useful video that answers children’s questions about Coronavirus.  It is hosted by doctors from CBBC’s Operation Ouch.  To watch the video please click here.

ELSA Support have produced a short booklet that you can read through with your child about the school closing: School is closing

Elsa Support have also created a series of social stories to help children understand and process the current situation and the emotions they may be experiencing.  These and some home activity ideas can be found on their website here: ELSA Support.

The Autism Educator website have created a free PDF social story about Coronavirus which you can download here: Autism Educator.  Alternatively, Carol Gray has also produced a social story about the current pandemic which you can download by clicking here.

The Children’s Commissioner has created a guide for children about coronavirus, you can download it here.

Dragonfly Impact Education have created a Facebook group with some daily challenges and advice for parents.  You can read some of their advice in the documents below:

Parent Tips

ADHD and ASD Home Learning Advice

BPS have advice on dealing with school closures and talking to children about Covid-19: BPS News and Blogs.

For advice on how to support grieving children during the coronavirus outbreak please visit The Child Bereavement Network.

Information from Hampshire’s Educational Psychology service: HIEP-telephonesupportline-covid19

For ideas and examples of ways to look after your wellbeing during the coronavirus outbreak, please visit the websites below.

Action for Happiness

Safe Hands Thinking Minds

MindEd

Anxiety UK

Mind

Unicef Parenting Tips or download their resource here:  COVID-19 parenting tips

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

To create your own wellbeing plan based on NHS guidance please visit: Your Mind Plan

Steps for making family rules

Family Rules Example

Growing up checklist

Try a virtual tour of a museum

Try going on a virtual ride at Disney World!

Try watching one of these 25 nature webcams – you can observe the habits of all sorts of animals, from pandas to sharks!

Fun activities for you and your child

Try a Lego Challenge

Do you have a passion for music?  Try one of these lessons created by the Hampshire Music Service:

Keep Calm and Make Music – Discovering the Musical Dimensions KS2

Weekly Wonder – Man on the Moon KS2

KCandMM – Weekly Wonder – Read, Write and Remember Music – KS2 – Notation

Keep Calm and Make Music – Weekly Wonder – You got rhythm KS1 + Lower KS2

Love Maths? Design your own math worksheets – can you teach an adult how to do the methods you’ve learnt at school?

For recommended booklists, categorised by age range and topic visit Book Trust.  They also have some family activities in the ‘Home Time‘ section of their website.

Love Reading 4 Kids also gives recommended book lists and you can download samples of books for free.

On Pobble 365 a new image is published each day as a prompt for creative writing.  Story starters, questions and drawing ideas are provided.

Visit The Children’s Poetry Archive to hear a range of spoken poetry recordings which children can read along with.

BBC Bitesize Primary has helpful videos and resources for the whole curriculum.  From 20th April they will also be doing video lessons.

Visit Twinkl’s ‘Home learning Hub’ for activities that are updated daily and are sorted into different age ranges

Try some activities linked to storytelling and film making from Into Film

Third Space Learning have put together 25 Math games KS2 children can play at home

Try some online English and Maths games from Topmarks

Classroom Secrets have created a home learning pack for each year group with guidance (and answers!) for adults

Hamilton Trust are releasing Maths and English packs weekly for each year group

TTS have developed some lovely activity books that cover different areas of the curriculum

Improve your French skills using these booklets from Mr French

Use the STEM website to help support your child’s learning and interest in Science.

For a free, daily newsletter that helps to enrich learning with real-life knowledge and skills sign up to The Day Home.

Daily Challenge to Stay Active: Hampshire School Games Organisers (SGOs) have launched #HSGDailyChallenge to encourage pupils to stay active and compete to achieve their personal bests. #HSGDailyChallenge will involve daily physical activity challenges for primary and secondary school pupils. The School Games Organisers will publish a new challenge every day via @HampshireSGO Twitter and Facebook channels.

More online resources and activities, including YouTube lessons, are suggested further down this page.

Sing along and learn all about numbers with the Numberblocks!

Visit HelpKidzLearn for a collection of free apps that have been carefully designed to meet a range of special educational needs including switch access for those with physical disabilities.

Twinkl have created a SEND School Closure Home Learning Resource Pack.

Doorway Online is a collection of free and highly accessible educational games that learners will find easy to use independently.

Do2learn provides free activities and guidance including: learning songs and games, communication cards and academic material.

The Special Education Resource Centre has a wealth of resources categorised by resource type, education area, age range or condition.

Cosmic Kids make yoga and mindfulness fun for children by using well known stories that the children enjoy (there is even a Harry Potter yoga session!).  Their YouTube channel has lots of different yoga story sessions to try out.  These will help the children maintain their fitness levels and keep a positive mental state.  To try one of their videos go to their YouTube channel by clicking here.

GoNoodle gets kids up and moving to fun, engaging content and games. Every dance party, yoga session, mindfulness activity, and game session is an opportunity for kids to wake up their bodies, engage their minds, and be their best.  To make use of this free resource, please visit their website: GoNoodle.

Jamie Oliver has some fantastic recipes that are great to make with children.  If you would like to get your children involved in the kitchen, you can find his selection of child friendly recipes here.

Myleene Klass is creating a series of YouTube videos teaching children about different elements of music, including how to create basic rhythms and how to begin to read notation.  To join in with her music lessons you can find her YouTube channel here.

Parents can download free resources to keep their children healthy, happy and learning at home from Premier Education.  Premier Education provide our specialist P.E. provision in school.  They have created resources to support parents in physical activity, health and wellbeing and life skills.  To access these resources sign up here.

The BBC has some fun curriculum linked resources to get your children moving while they learn at home.  You can find a Super Movers’ video here.

While the Scouts normally love the great outdoors, they’ve pulled together some inspired indoor activity ideas (if they do say so themselves). Keep your children learning new skills and having fun all in The Great Indoors.

Looking for a guided writing session?  Try taking part in one of Authorfy’s masterclasses.  Watch the author’s videos, read the extracts from their books and download activities to do based on their writing.   You will need to register to use the website but these resources are free.  To try one of these masterclasses visit the Authorfy Classroom.

Change4Life and Disney have teamed up to bring you new Shake Up games inspired by Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 4 and Incredibles 2, and Disney’s The Lion King and Frozen. These 10-minute bursts of fun will really get your kids moving and count towards the 60 active minutes they need every day!  Try them out here: 10 Minute Shake Up Games.

Whilst we are all following Government lockdown guidance, here are some suggestions from Hampshire County Council to support households with making the most of the outside world during our daily exercise time: My Journey Hampshire. You can also download their leaflet for primary school children which has links and activities to improve wellbeing: Wellbeing for primary pupils

BorrowBox App

eBooks and eAudiobooks are a fantastic way to get children into reading.  BorrowBox is an app that lets you borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks for FREE using your Hampshire Library membership.  If you haven’t already joined the library, you can do so online here: Join the library.  Once you have an account set up you can then download the BorrowBox app and sign in.  For more details on BorrowBox click here.

Audible Stories

For as long as schools are closed, Audible are offering free streaming via their app.  You can use this app to instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help your child(ren) to continue dreaming, learning, and using their imagination.

All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.  These stories can also be played through devices with Alexa.

Go to: Audible

Explore the collection, select a title and start listening. It’s that easy!