Please complete the following documents and return in email to k.flanagan@holycrossprimaryschool.co.uk

Dear Parents,

The Summer Self Care pack is designed to help support children emotionally over summer in these strange times. Its full of fun activities and ideas which will keep the children busy so please do encourage your children to complete it. 

Mrs Reece

On Friday 24th April at 9:30 the LFC Foundation and the PL Primary Stars team will be hosting our very first online Big Red School Sports Day.

The day will be a mix of fun activities for kids and families to do at home. After each activity the pupil will have the opportunity to self assess their own performance and track the progress using the form attached.

Its basically a school sports day done at home via social media. We will be using both Twitter and Facebook for this and the activities involved use household objects. So its pretty much accessible to all.

There is also a downloadable Certificate for the kids and we may have a few special guest getting involved.

Gymnastics

As the pupils can not take part in their usually gymnastics lessons ran by Beth Tweddle Gymnastics they have set up some online resources for the pupils to use at home. 

Week 1- Team Work

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-teamwork

Week 2- Friendship

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-friendship

Week 3- Fun

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-fun

Week 4- Helpful

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-helpful

Week 5- Bravery

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-bravery

Week 6- Determination

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-determination

Week 7- Aspiration

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-aspiration

Week 8- Respect

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-respect

Week 9- Inspiration

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-inspiration

Week 10- Celebration

https://www.bethtweddlegymnastics.co.uk/news-all-celebration

More useful websites

• https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

Phonics Daily virtual lessons for children

From Monday 23^rd March we’re scheduling Read Write Inc. Phonics lessons on Facebook and YouTube for children to watch at home.

We will release three short Speed Sound lessons with one of our trainers every day for the next two weeks. The films will only be available at the times below:

• Set 1 Speed Sounds at 9.30 am and again at 12.30 pm
• Set 2 Speed Sounds at 10.00 am and again at 1.00 pm
• Set 3 Speed Sounds at 10.30 am and again at 1.30 pm

Please note: the films are streamed live and won’t be available at other times.

We’re also releasing a film of a poem for Reception and Year 1 children to join in with at 2.00 pm every day. The poems will be available on YouTube to watch again and again. 

A great opportunity for children to learn these by heart!

Films for parents

Films for parents to help their child learn to read at home with Read Write Inc. Phonics are available on our website and YouTube channel. The YouTube channel will have a quick face-lift to help parents find the films easily. We’re adding a parent film to Facebook every day too.

PE at home

The website address is: home.jasmineactive.com 
Parent email: parent@holycrossc-3.com
Password: holycrossc

real PE at home includes an online programme which supports families to be active, play and learn together. It includes a programme specifically for children in Early Years and Key Stage 1 with 12 themes, 6 areas, over 250 activities and challenges and 1000s of hours of fun and activity. This programme is also great for family play and fun.

It also includes a programme for children in Key Stage 2, with daily and weekly guidance provided for both programmes (starting from next week) in addition to an option to choose your own themes and activities.

There are so many benefits to being active, not only to our physical wellbeing but also to our emotional and mental health, especially in such testing times for all of us. We hope that the ideas help support you and your family to stay fit and healthy in the coming months. Here are the details to access real PE at home:

Free Websites to use 

Twinkl free resources https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search?term=school+closure enter UKTWINKLHELPS

BBC Bitesize- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Activity Village (Crafts) https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/

List of free places for resources https://www.scholastic.co.uk/blog/Top-50-places-to-find-FREE-teaching-resources-38551

https://www.teachitprimary.co.uk/

https://2simple.com/free-access-serial-mash/

Apps that pupils have individual log ins for:

• Mathletics
• Purple Mash
• Spelling Shed
• Times Table Rockstars

If you do not know your child’s log in please email k.flanagan@holycrossprimaryschool.co.uk

Oddizzi (Geography)- Class Logins

Year 6- Username Holycross6 Password HolyCross6

Year 5- Username Holycross5 Password HolyCross5

Year 4- Username Holycross4 Password HolyCross4

Year 3- Username Holycross3 Password HolyCross3

Year 2- Username Holycross2 Password HolyCross2

Year 1- Username Holycross1 Password HolyCross1

Premier League Primary Stars

Following school closures, to support those looking for ways to educate, entertain children and keep them active, we are making school curriculum-linked resources available for home learning, with no registration.

Resources will cover Maths, English, Physical Activity and Health and Wellbeing for Key Stage 1 (5-7 year-olds) and Key Stage 2 (7-11 year-olds), with fun activities to keep children active and learning at home.

Further activities and resources will be added to those below, including more maths, reading and writing challenges, so please do return for more.

These have been successfully used in thousands of primary schools and we are now making them available for families. Some resources have more detail and may require further support from parents, carers or teachers. 

PowerPoint may be required for some resources. 

To kick off your at-home learning why not try:

Fun activities

Football Fun activity pack - A range of fun activity sheets and puzzles covering Maths, English and PSHE.

You can also access more fun activities in the Families section of the website.

Super Movers

The Premier League and BBC have teamed up to get the nation’s primary-school children moving and learning, and these are also great for use at home.

People in the UK can explore the wide variety of video options via these links to the BBC site:

Super Movers - Short, fun, active learning videos to get kids active at home covering Maths, English, PSHE and languages.

Times tables – two to 12 times tables and maths featuring football club mascots!

Just for Fun – A wide variety of active videos featuring famous faces and shows from the Premier League and BBC – including Match of the Day, Strictly Come Dancing's Alex Scott and Burnley manager Sean Dyche! 

Maths

Solve, Shoot, Score - Can you add up correctly to score past Premier League goalkeepers? Try our interactive football-themed game with quickfire maths questions. 

Stick with Maths – Inspired by sticker packs and stats, tackle maths at home with these great taster puzzles and activities. You can also try our bitesize maths puzzles, using data from Premier League football stickers (ages 7 to 11).

Position and direction - What is above, what is below? Test your knowledge of positions and directions on the football pitch (ages 5 to 7).

English

Solve, Shoot, Score - Can you spell correctly to score past Premier League goalkeepers? Try our interactive football-themed game with quickfire spelling questions.