If schools get closed how to teach subjects from home

[KoalasandRabbit]

Looks like our secondary maybe shutting soon and looking into ways of teaching from home / helping kids learn from home during that period. Hopefully things will be provided by school but would like to have back-ups. Am also wondering how our rural internet will cope with 4 of us on at once as DH's work is also closing and he will be wfh too.

Maths we have books, science have a Kerboodle password so those are OK. Looking for resources for English x 2, Geography, History, French. Thanks very much. Year 8 and year 9 top sets and year 9 has started GCSE in English and History.

Look up the

Educator temporary school closure for online learning

Facebook group. It’s been set up just for this-it has over 62000 members already

Thanks very much - that sounds like what I need.

Am also wondering how our rural internet will cope with 4 of us on at once as DH's work is also closing and he will be wfh too.

I think this is an under-considered issue. Our local paper says schools are identifying which children have access to the internet at home "even if it's using a parent's mobile phone". That seems completely inadequate - the parent may need the phone, their data plan may not allow for lots of extra use, and are they factoring in how many siblings there are?

Even where families have enough devices, bandwidth is going to be an issue. I work from home, and the advice when using our collaboration software is that we may need to ask other members of the household to refrain from streaming video or online gaming.

All our pupils were asked about internet access yesterday as not everyone will have it.
We will be teaching via google classrooms and will be providing work - I am sure lots of work will be provided - you can work through any work set with them and make sure it gets done - I am sure much of it won't in some homes!

I don't see what difference it makes whether your children are top set. I would have thought those in bottom sets are most likely to struggle with no formal teaching

It's just for level of resources. I'm just after resources my kids and others might find useful. If anyone got resources please add them, that's all I did thread for.

I'm in Scotland and our Higher students have completed the course so are now working in assignments and revision, relatively easy from home, however the bigger picture is if schools close what happens re exams.

Yes it's not clear re exams - think just have to try and prepare for different situations at the moment but hopefully will be clearer soon what's happening though all unprecedented. We are getting an extra laptop today so DS has internet access, just incase a lockdown starts next week. Not really got money for it atm but looks like school trip to Italy may be cancelled so will get some of that money back.

Just copied and pasted this from a local group, hope it helps.

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School closures will no doubt come, for any parents worrying this list was put together by the home ed community 💗 feel free to share.

FREE online education resources

A non-exhaustive list that might help those affected by school closures due to coronavirus, compiled by home educators.
Feel free to share.

Khan Academy
www.khanacademy.org
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.

BBC Learning
www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Futurelearn
www.futurelearn.com
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

Seneca
www.senecalearning.com
For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher level material.

Openlearn
www.open.edu/openlearn/
Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some e.g. nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.

Blockly
blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

Scratch
scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming

Ted Ed
ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos

National Geographic Kids
www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

Duolingo
www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Mystery Science
mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons

The Kids Should See This
thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos

Crash Course
thecrashcourse.com
You Tube videos on many subjects

Crash Course Kids
m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
As above for a younger audience

Crest Awards
www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.

iDEA Awards
idea.org.uk
Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.

Paw Print Badges
www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.

Prodigy Maths
www.prodigygame.com
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.

Cbeebies Radio
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Listening activities for the younger ones.

Nature Detectives
naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

British Council
www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning

Oxford Owl for Home
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age

Big History Project
www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.

Geography Games
world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!

Blue Peter Badges
www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

The Artful Parent
www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
Good, free art activities

Red Ted Art
www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones

The Imagination Tree
theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Toy Theater
toytheater.com/
Educational online games

DK Find Out
www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac
Activities and quizzes

Twinkl
www.twinkl.co.uk
This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.

Also check out the British Library website for loads of academic articles for Literature and History.

www.bl.uk/teaching-resources

Mr Bruff on YouTube is great for English Literature. m.youtube.com/user/mrbruff

You're a star FloggingMoll that's exactly what I'm after. Hopefully school will provide good resources but it's very hard for them and they only appear to have started planning very recently. Also if staff get sick what happens then, school is struggling to stay open as lots of staff are understandably off atm.

Some possibly useful links here: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_staffroom/3845498-Remote-teaching-resources

Thanks very much noble, that's really helpful. Will check those and others out.

@KoalasandRabbit Absolute pleasure, hope they're of some use!

Whilst I remember, have a trawl on iPlayer for documentaries and such-like - I saw a brilliant one a while back presented by Ian Rankin on the historical context behind Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde. You can also buy the (fairly recent and excellent) BBC adaptation of An Inspector Calls on Amazon Prime, which is GCSE set text for many exam boards.

Thanks very much - sure they will be useful. Getting the kids motivated will a challenge but having the resources is half the battle so thanks for all your great ideas. I've given them all to DD.

Our school was testing online classes via Skype or the like for A level and GCSE students.
My daughter missed a month off school last year due to illness (Y9) and though she was given some work to do at home she coped fine and caught up no problem when she returned, and now all the kids will be in the same boat. I wonder of they'll consider extending the school day in the summer term to make up for missed time? My school did that when we were shut for two weeks due to blizzards. We went from an 8-2.15 day to 7.30-3 for a term.

Northern Ireland has announced schools are closed for at least 16 weeks so I'm assuming our closures may run until the summer. DD thinks they will go over work again but not sure, may depend how long it is - think the longer the less likely that is. Anything is possible though atm - DH is French and that's just gone into lockdown and my niece has no school indefinitely, both parents now wfh but have to school her in the morning and work until late in the evening. It will be challenging.

Schools are not closed in NI. Foster said that when they close it will be for around 16 weeks.

Thanks noble must have read that too quickly. So much happening today.

Mr Salles on You tube is better than Mr Bruff for Eng Lang and Eng Lit.

All schools have been prepped for closure and been advised that work should be made available for children to work at home.

Whilst I totally understand concern from parents, the teachers are still responsible for this - even if it’s web links to sites like the above.

At my children’s school they have set up Google classrooms for each subject and every child is expected to log on and do that subject during normal timetabled hours. The class teacher will also be available via messaging during that time to assist.

All schools have been prepped for closure

Er, hate to burst that bubble but no.

*All schools have been prepped for closure

Er, hate to burst that bubble but no.*

Agree. Dh can’t believe the difference between his school & ds’s school.

All schools in Herts received an email this week I believe. It should have been countrywide.

If this hasn’t happened then I am a bit WTF about the whole thing as our school has definitely been told to do this.