An update on our progress and what to expect next.

School holidays begin Monday but as this is an unusual time and the normal range of options for the holidays are not available we will be providing some learning links to assist during the next few days and the holidays.

Tomorrow we will send out emails to all parents with your child's Google account username and password. We will also include Studyladder account details and the class code for Epic! so children can access these at home.

Each year group have come together as a team to design learning activities and will rotate through the live teaching responsibilities. This ensures learning will carry on no matter what is thrown our way. They will work from a centralised email address so that all your queries can be directed to one place. Contact details will also be provided in tomorrow's email.   

Your child will have been added to Google Classrooms for Literacy, Mathematics and Mini-projects for their year group but we will also provide class codes just in case. 

We will also send out a 'How to' guide to assist you and your child with logging on and navigating to and around Google Classroom. 

Google Meet will be activated on your child's account. This is so that they can participate in the live learning sessions after the holidays. You may want to use it in the meantime so children can 'hang out' with their friends while maintaining distance. 

Teresa, Alice and I will be available for live Q&A's Thursday and Friday to help with any questions you may have or if you just want to touch base with us or experiment with the technology before you use it with the kids. Info on how to do this will come out tomorrow. 

I'm sure the kids are missing their teachers already so here are videos from each of the teams (NUONI have joined in with the English-medium).

Junior School

Middle School 

Senior School

We hope the 25 offline activities we posted yesterday are going well! 

1. How many different words can you make from the letters in this sentence, below? Grab a pencil and paper and write a list!
   ‘Learning from home is fun’

2. Thank a community hero. Think of someone that helps you in some way and write a short letter to thank them.

3. Get building! You could build a Lego model, a tower of playing cards or something else!

4. Can you create your own secret code? You could use letters, numbers, pictures or something else! Can you get someone else to try and crack it?

5. Start a nature diary. Look out of the window each day and keep note of what you see. Birds, flowers, changes in the weather, what else?

6. Hold a photo session. Use a camera or a mobile phone to take some snaps. What will you photograph? Your pets or toys perhaps?

7. Build a reading den. Find somewhere cosy, snuggle up and read your favourite book!

8. Use an old sock to create a puppet. Can you put on a puppet show for someone?

9. Make a list of all the electrical items in each room of your home. Can you come up with any ideas to use less electricity?

10. Design and make a homemade board game and play it with your family.

11. Do something kind for someone. Can you pay them a compliment, make them something or help them with a task?

12. Can you create a story bag? Find a bag and collect items to go in it that relate to a well known story. If you can’t find an item, you could draw a picture to include.

13. List making! Write a list of things that make you happy, things you’re grateful for or things you are good at.

14. Design and make an obstacle course at home or in the garden. How fast can you complete it?

15. Can you invent something new? Perhaps a gadget or something to help people? Draw a picture or write a description.

16. Keep moving! Make up a dance routine to your favourite song.

17. Write a play script. Can you act it out to other people?

18. Read out loud to someone. Remember to read with expression.

19. Write a song or rap about your favourite subject.

20. Get sketching! Find a photograph or picture of a person, place or object and sketch it.

21. Junk modelling! Collect and recycle materials such as yoghurt pots, toilet rolls and boxes and see what you can create with them.

22. Draw a map of your local area and highlight interesting landmarks.

23. Write a postcard to your teacher. Can you tell them what you like most about their class?

24. Draw a view. Look out of your window and draw what you see.

25. Get reading! What would you most like to learn about? Can you find out more about it in books? Perhaps you can find a new hobby?