VE Day Celebrations /May Bank Holiday

One of our two May bank holidays, the early one, known as May Day, was moved by the Government to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day, or Victory Day in Europe. VE Day marks the the day in 1945 when the Nazis surrendered to the Allies in the Second World War, which ended the Second World War in Europe.

However, like all other mass gatherings and general activities involving leaving our homes, all public VE Day events have now been cancelled - so all commemorations will have to be kept indoors.

UK Parliament have produced new videos and resource packs for primary pupils which are suitable for use at home.

 http://www.parliament.uk/ww2

https://learning.parliament.uk/resources/uk-parliament-and-world-war-ii-video-primary/

 https://twitter.com/UKParlEducation/status/1252575800781688832

Or some other resources you could try are:

Listen to the Horrible Histories VE day song

Design a VE medal

Make a Spitfire Model Plane

Morse Code

Wartime Recipes

Colouring Page

You may wish to view some of the links on Friday when school would have been closed.

BBC Two Minute Tales Story Competition

Two Minute Tales, BBC Northern Ireland’s short story competition for 5 – 16 year olds is now open for submissions. You can find out more details here along with some creative writing tips and previous entries for some ideas. Why not have a go and your story may be published!

ThinkUKnow

The third #OnlineSafetyAtHome pack is now available with new activities for parents and carers to use at home! Access them here. 

Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress

We’re delighted that many of our pupils have been enjoying Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress during this extended time away from school. I’ve included a link on the Covid-19 page of our website with an overview sheet they have published that signposts parents to many of the ‘forgotten’ features within the program, e.g. the library of reading books at each child’s unique level, spelling lessons and story writing sections.

Safer Schools App

The Department of Education has produced this app.

Letter to Parents

Flyer

Coronavirus: advice and support for children and parents

To support different forms of learning, ineqe, Safeguarding have prepared a short animation, a story book and an activity that supports parents to tackle misinformation and help children understand Coronavirus. The aim of these resources is to be informative and reduce heightened levels of anxieties about the ongoing pandemic.

Childline has created a new webpage with information for children and young people about coronavirus. The page includes information about: what coronavirus is; where children and young people can find help if they are worried; coping if they are staying at home; and what to do if they are feeling unwell.

The NSPCC has created an online hub providing advice and support for parents and carers during the coronavirus outbreak. Content includes: information on keeping children safe from abuse; tips and advice to help parents working from home; and ways to talk to a child who is anxious or worried about coronavirus.

ThinkUKnow have produced a page intended to provide parents and carers with support and resources to help them learn about online safety at home with their child. Each fortnight, they will be releasing new home activity packs with simple 15 minute activities parents can do with their child to support their online safety at a time when they will spending more time online at home.

Keep Reading - AR Book Library Free Online

To help support students and parents to keep reading there are thousands of enhanced digital books through myON and articles from myON News now available here for free. These books are linked to the Accelerated Reading scheme. When you have found the book you are interested in, if you click the ‘I’ or ‘Details’ tab at the top you can see the ATOS level. This is the book level your child will have been familiar with for choosing books in school. This also gives you how many points each book is worth.

NI4kids Magazine

NI4kids have asked us to share the link to their online magazine and the information below.

It's an Easter like no other but despite the dramatic changes to our lives, happy family life must go on. That's why we've created a new digital version of Ni4kids Magazine.

Inside, catch up with the thoughts of dads Alex Kane and Alan Meban, Dr Sharon Jones has helpful advice for learning together at home, Dr Marie Hilldiscusses how to maintain positive mental health during isolation, we have a special focus on Autism plus lots of family food suggestions, activities, games, craft ideas, science experiments, books, movies and more!

School Assemblies, Hope for Youth Ministries

Hope for Youth Ministries, a children’s ministry in Northern Ireland has previously been to our school for lunchtime bible clubs.
He is presently doing online assemblies for primary school children. The assemblies are 11am, Monday, Wednesday & Friday. These are screened from the Hope for Youth Ministries YouTube Channel.

Action for Children, Suggested Health and Well Being Apps

This list of suggested apps to support children who may be feeling anxious or worried at this time has been produced for all schools, therefore some apps are more suitable for older children.

Book Trust

BookTrust have launched a new digital hub, www.booktrust.org.uk/hometime which is packed with reading advice, ideas, activities and resources. 

On Monday 6 April they launched a Northern Ireland page, where they feature local authors, illustrators and initiatives. The BookTrust NI facebook page allows them to connect with families and share the work that authors and illustrators post on Facebook.  www.facebook.com/booktrustni

Science and Technology Challenges

Sentinus are going to send out challenges three times per week. Please see information below on the first challenge. If you are interested in doing more of these check out their social media on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Welcome to Day 1 of our Sentinus Challenges! We hope you are as excited as we are 😊

Your first challenge is attached here in a PowerPoint document explaining what the challenge is in a few steps. Once you have completed the challenge you can post the outcome onto social media or you can email your photos/videos to us at info@sentinus.co.uk

When you email your response, can you please let us know if it is okay to post the pictures and your name onto our social media sites, as we would like to share your work.

All challenges will be posted at 11am every Monday, Wednesday and Friday so keep an eye out on social media to complete the challenges. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Good Luck!!

Sentinus 

Road Safety Competitions

Please see below for information on two Road Safety competitions for when the children are off school.