Hello families,

Today (2nd February) the government have updated resources/websites to share with families to help support you at home while schools are partially closed. The following list has support around engagement with learning, mental health and well-being, resources for parents with SEND children and additional educational resources.

I do hope they are useful.

Thank you

Ms Jones

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Engaging children at home

The Education Endowment Fund has produced support resources for parents. These include:

• ways to support your child’s reading at home
• advice on how to establish a routine with your child

Mental health and wellbeing

You can read guidance for parents and carers on supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Guidance for the public on the mental health and wellbeing aspects of coronavirus (COVID-19) is also available.

The following organisations offer information and support on mental health and wellbeing:

• Place2Be
• MindEd
• Every Mind Matters
• Public Health England
• Child Bereavement UK and the Childhood Bereavement Network
• Youth Sport Trust and Sport England
• Young Minds
• Think Ninja
• Barnardo’s See, Hear, Respond Support Hub

Young people can get free, confidential support at any time from government-backed voluntary and community sector organisations by:

• texting SHOUT to 85258
• calling Childline on 0800 1111
• calling the Mix on 0808 808 4994

Resources for parents of children with SEND

We have worked with a range of other organisations to create extra resources for parents of children with SEND:

• COVID-19 educational resources from The Sensory Projects
• SEND-specific resources for learning from home from Tech Ability
• advice on supporting children with a learning disability or autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) from the Council for Disabled Children
• resources for under 5s from the Early Years Alliance

Curriculum materials are also available:

• specialist content for pupils with SEND from Oak National Academy
• SEND-specific BBC resources and activities

Additional educational resources

Your child’s school or college may suggest resources on their website.

The following examples are used by many schools and teachers, but parents may find them useful too:

• Oak National Academy, including their Virtual School Library
• BBC Bitesize Daily
• LendED platform
• Isaac Physics

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