Learning at Home | Belfield Community School

If there is a time when school needs to return to a form of online learning we will follow the previously used schedule as can be seen below.

Whilst your child is off school, this timetable will help to keep them engaged in school work.

There will be 3 lessons led by their teacher throughout the day and will be up to an hour in length. These lessons will either be live or recorded, or use videoed lessons from providers such as Oak National Academy or White Rose Maths. The lessons will follow the curriculum children would have received if they were in school.

Teachers will send you a zoom link to the lessons so please check emails daily. If your child can’t access the lessons at these times, the videos can be found on your Purple Mash blog and you can watch them later (how to access Purple Mash - https://youtu.be/Zd17pNRzG6s)

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Home-Learning Timetable

9:15 - Lesson 1

10.30 – Lesson 2

LUNCH

1pm (Y5/6 1.30pm) – Lesson 3

Each day there will be an English/Phonics lesson, a Maths lesson and a Topic lesson. We will register your child at the beginning of each lesson so please join on time! Your teacher may do additional Zoom sessions and there are additional tasks to complete on Purple Mash, such as spellings and reading comprehension.

Your teacher will tell you how to record any work – this may be on paper or on Purple Mash.

Please use the Purple Mash blog to share your work with your teacher and ask any questions if you need help. Teachers will give children feedback on the work they upload and give advice on ways to improve.

Reception and KS1 children are expected to spend up to 3 hours learning each day. KS2 children are expected to spend up to 4 hours learning each day. This is made up of live or video lessons and jobs set by the teacher – they may be on-screen activities or more practical tasks.

Your child’s teachers will be monitoring the blogs until 4pm each night – if work is uploaded after this, it will be commented on the next morning.

Nursery

Nursery is open, however many of you have chosen to keep your child at home at present. Whilst not in school, this timetable will help to keep them engaged in learning.

When in Nursery, your child learns through a mixture of short, carpet-time teaching sessions and planned play opportunities. Therefore, their home-learning offer is a little different to that of older children:

There will be 3 lessons led by their teacher throughout the week. The lessons will follow the curriculum children would have received if they were in school. They will include story-time, counting and singing activities, with some phonics practise too.

Teachers will send you a Zoom link to the lessons so please check emails frequently. If your child can’t access the lessons at these times, the videos can be found on your Purple Mash blog and you can watch them later (how to access Purple Mash - https://youtu.be/Zd17pNRzG6s)

It is really important that your child joins in with home learning every day. If there are any problems at all, please give us a call or send us an email (office@belfield.rochdale.sch.uk)

We have already been in touch with those of you who have informed us that you cannot access a device or the internet and hopefully we have found a solution that works for you. If we can’t help with a device, or this doesn’t suit your child’s needs, we will put together learning packs and booklets for you to collect – we will inform you when these are ready to collect. These work packs will contain similar work to the work children receive in class or in online lessons.

If your child has special needs, the work will be tailored to their specific next steps and some activities may be play-based. We will endeavour to ensure continuity in the support your child receives from outside agencies, though some of these sessions and meetings, may need to be online.

It is important that children do their best to access the work provided – if you need any help at all, please don’t hesitate to give us a ring.

Whilst your child is off school, this timetable will help to keep them engaged in school work.

However, reading, talking and playing with your child is so important – please ask if you would like some help with ideas.

If your child has special needs, the work will be tailored to their specific next steps and most activities may be play-based. We can lend you resources you may need, so please get in touch. We will endeavour to ensure continuity in the support your child receives from outside agencies, though some of these sessions and meetings, may need to be online.

You can use the Purple Mash blog to share work with your child’s teacher and ask any questions if you need help. Teachers will give children feedback on the work they upload and give advice on ways to improve.

Your child’s teachers will be monitoring the blogs until 4pm each night – if work is uploaded after this, it will be commented on the next morning.

Zoom Calls

In line with Safeguarding procedures, Zoom video calls may be recorded – if you would like further information about this, please give us a ring.

PLEASE KEEP CAMERAS ON WHEN CHILDREN ARE ON ZOOM LESSONS.

Please treat a conversation with school staff whilst at home, in the same way as you would if you were in school – wear appropriate clothing, ensure there are no distractions, wait your turn to talk.

We would recommend an adult is in ear-shot of the call.

From today BBC Bitesize will have lessons available for every school year group from Year 1 to Year 10. The homeschooling lessons have been created with teachers and other educational experts and feature a mix of videos, animations, practice activities, quizzes and games. New lessons will be released each day.

BBC BITESIZE DAILY LESSONS

The White Rose Maths Team has prepared a series of five maths lessons for each year group from Year 1-8. We will be adding five more each week for the next few weeks. Every lesson comes with a short video showing you clearly and simply how to help your child to complete the activity successfully.

Oak National Academy provides a bank of high-quality, sequenced video lessons and resources for teachers to use as they wish. They cover a range of subjects including maths, English, art and languages. Every lesson will be free to use for every teacher and every pupil.

It is important that children do their best to access the work provided – if you need any help at all, please don’t hesitate to give us a ring.

Purple Mash for Belfield

To access PurpleMash blogs: log in, click on the green sharing button, click on shared blogs, then click on the blog to read the messages from the teacher and other pupils. You can also add your own post by clicking the green plus sign!

Mini Mash for Foundation Stage Children

Times Tables Rock Stars

Numbots for children in Year 1 & Year 2 can be accessed in Times Tables Rock Stars by logging in and clicking on the NumBots icon on the left-hand side.

Education City

PhonicsPlay Comics

PhonicsPlay comics are decodable comics featuring familiar characters from PhonicsPlay along with some new friends. They are short, simple, silly comics that can be viewed on-screen or printed out. They aim to provide opportunities for children to rehearse the precise knowledge and skills that they learn in school each week

National Geographic Kids

The National Geographic website is full to the brim with a vast amount of information on a whole host of subject areas including the environment, space, animals and even world music. A huge variety of photography is also available and would be great to help with projects and presentations

NASA - Learn all about space and travelling to the moon.

Early Years

M6 Theatre – Whatever the Weather

https://m6theatre.co.uk/latest/wtw/

The webpage includes a recorded performance of Whatever the Weather, an education pack and a storybook. Perfect for children aged 3-7

"The imaginary world of an alpine weather house is brought to life in this inventive, comical and highly visual show for the very young. The little lady comes out when it’s going to be sunny. The little man comes out when it’s going to rain. Never together, always alone. One magical day they come alive and discover that the beautiful and surprising world they live in, is better shared."

Tiny Happy People

Your words build their world. Tiny Happy People is here to help you develop your child's communication skills. Explore our simple activities and play ideas and find out about their amazing early development.

Hungry Little Minds

Simple, fun activities for kids, from newborn to five. Many little things light up hungry little minds. Kids take everything in, and even the smallest things you do with them can make a big difference.

They love it when you chat, play and read with them, even when they’re too young to understand everything. Whatever the time and wherever you are, you can turn almost anything into a game.

And every little thing you do together will help set them up nicely for the day they start school.