Where can I go to get support to help keep my child safe online?
There is plenty of support available to keep your child safe online. Below are some useful links to help parents and carers:
- Thinkyouknow (advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online)
- Internet matters (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Parent info (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- LGfL (support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online)
- Net-aware (support for parents and carers from the NSPCC)
Useful websites for supporting curriculum learning at home
Follow the link below to our page which lists useful websites for children to use to support their learning in all curriculum areas.
https://buckinghamparkschool.co.uk/wsussex/primary/buckinghampark/staging/pages/learnmore/
childrenslearningzone/mathematics?designMode=true
https://www.thenational.academy/
The BBC is providing additional learning resources, many presented by celebrities.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons
WSCC has issued guidance on a number of learning websites to compliment work that is already being provided by the school. Please see the guidance document in the 'parent/carer communication' sections.
Albion in the Community have free football based activities available for children:
https://www.albioninthecommunity.org.uk/resources-and-downloads/
The UK Space Agency has published a collection of space related educational resources that schools, parents and carers can use when teaching their children at home.
The resources are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/space-related-educational-resources-for-home-schooling
The RNLI has produced a number of resources to promote the issues of water safety at this time. Please see the links below:
- Help us to promote our Water Safety from Home Resources. Educating young people about how to keep safe, in on and around water is fundamental to saving lives at sea and a core part of the RNLI’s water safety activity. This term we have put together two downloadable packs of resources focusing on keeping safe this Summer.
- Please help by sharing the RNLI & MCA’s Beach Safety Campaign with parents, guardians and your wider network.
- Our beach safety resources are also available for download to use on social media and online.
The DfE has brought together a number of simple and fun learning activities aimed at early years children. Please follow this link to access the website: Hungry Little Minds scheme
Buckingham Park Primary - remote learning and support
DB Primary /Google Classroom
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School work is available on DB Primary and Google Classroom for all remote learners. All parents/carers have received details of their child's login and passwords for accessing these sites. However, if you have any issues please email the school office on office@buckinghampark.co.uk for help. Pupils in Year 1 to Year 6 will access their home learning via Google Classroom. Pupils in Reception classes will continue to use DB Primary for their learning. All childern will be able to contact their class teachers directly through their learning platforms. Class teachers will contact all children working from home on a weekly basis and will also post a recorded message to them every week. If you feel that your child is particularly anxious or is struggling with their work please let us know and we can arrange further contact and support. Further details of our remote learning provision can be found in our Remote Education policy (in the letters and documents section). |
Reading
All children should continue to read regulalrly. There is a link in the above section for the WSCC library service. Please register for this free service and continue to develop a love of reading in your child. This will have a massive benefit on their long-term education.
The Accelerated Reader website can be used to establish the AR level of any book if you enter the title.
https://www.arbookfind.co.uk/UserType.aspx?RedirectURL=%2fdefault.aspx
SEND information and resources
Buckingham Park's Senco, Mrs Salter, has produced a list of helpful websites and resources for parents/carers of children with SEND. A copy of this letter together with a WSCC guidance booklet for children with autism can be found below. This information may also be useful to children without SEND, who are currently learning at home.
WSCC's most recent SEND & Inclusion newsletter also contains helpful advice on home learning. PLease follow this link for further details: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKWSCC/bulletins/2889081
Families who have English as an additional language may find the following website helpful:
https://www.reallearners.co.uk/family-fun-language-activities-for-lock-down/
The council’s SEND commissioning team have partnered up with its Short Break providers to produce a public Wiki full of helpful information for families about Covid-19. As well as providing a wealth of useful resources, the interactive Wiki is also full of practical suggestions for activities for children, young people and their families and carers during these challenging times.
There’s resources for young children to young adults, including YouTube videos, links to online activities and lots of ideas for keeping busy and learning new things.
The Wiki can be accessed here: https://wiki.rixwiki.org/west-sussex-mmm/home/short-breaks-6
Fire safety awareness
Resources on fire safety for primary school children are available to help educate children from home during lockdown.
Find out more.
West Sussex Library Services
WSCC library service is available online, providing free digital access to thousands of books. Follow the link below to register and start reading:
https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/libraries/elibrary-electronic-library/
Please also see the document below, issued by WSCC in January 2021 detailing how the library service can assist with online learning.
Easter Holiday 2021 Library Activities
Are you looking for somewhere to take children during the Easter school holidays?
As part of the Holiday Activites and Food Programme (HAF) in West Sussex this Easter, Education & Skills have partnered with our fabulous Library Service to present a new and EGG-citing blend of virtual and face to face opportunities. Families can find stories and activities each Tuesday and Thursday of the Easter holidays online or via the Family Corner Facebook page. There are competitions and challenges based on some of our favourite stories about food and growing, as well as ‘science in your kitchen’ experiments to try at home. There are also some exciting recipes from our friends at UK Harvest.
For anyone not online, everything is available to collect in a bag from the door of your local library. If you make a trip to the library, you will find that all 36 West Sussex libraries are offering a Staff Select service. Just fill in the online form or phone ahead to specify what you would like to read, and the library will do the rest, including letting you know when everything is available for you to collect from the door. Joining the library is free for everyone - adults and children. Join online
to access a huge range of e-books and magazines.
West Sussex will be further developing the HAF offer for future holiday periods and we will keep you up to date with those developments as they happen.