Primary
This is certainly not the start to term that we had hoped for. I would like to thank all our families, students and staff for transitioning to home learning so positively. Our staff were amazing at creating the learning packs and Tuesday’s collection went so smoothly.
Thank you to our incredible parent community for collecting the materials so promptly and for all of your support. It has made a huge difference. We realise this phase requires a real team effort and we are grateful for your engagement with us.
As we are uncertain of the duration of home learning, I thought it may be useful to think about ways to set up good habits, should this continue for a while.
The Association of Independent Schools has created this poster:
We have also developed our own e-Manuel Primary posters that were sent to you last week. I encourage you to print these and have them near your child’s workspace to refer to as needed:
The Flow of the Day
Golden Rules
Guidelines and Tips
There are various external organisations who offer support in a number of different areas.
Here are some useful ones:
Online safety
Great information on the eSafety Commissioner
Online tours
Smithsonian Institute – Museum of Natural History:
Musee d’Orsay – just because it’s my favourite Museum
Taronga Zoo
NASA
Stories
A collection of wonderful children’s stories can be found here
Off-screen ideas
Of course, we are also all focused upon ways to get everyone off screens.
Here are some great ideas:
https://www.northshoremums.com.au/fun-home-activities-with-kids/
https://www.weareteachers.com/easy-science-experiments/
https://blog.prepscholar.com/easy-science-experiments-for-kids-at-home
https://www.danielaminns.com/mega-list-of-screen-free-activities