Tag Archives: Digital Resources

Covid-19 Advice for Parents and Carers

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This is a time of uncertainty and a lot of children and young people will be feeling anxious and worried about what is going on. This is a normal response to the situation and below we offer some advice about what adults can do to help and support children and young people. There is a lot of information becoming available – this is great but may also be confusing, so we have pulled together some advice and some of our favourite links in to one place. We hope this will be helpful. Given that the situation is changing rapidly at the moment we will make updates from time to time which you will be able to find here: https://emergingminds.org.uk/resources/.

Download the following info-sheet for more tips and ideas of how to cope during this difficult time:  Supporting Children and Young Adults with Worries About Covid-19.

 

PSCD Activities for Years 3 & 4

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Our College PSCD Team – Ms. Speranza Spiteri, Ms. Maria Falzon and Ms. Pauline Gingell –  have prepared the following worksheets for Years 3 – 4, which can be carried out at home during this time of school closures. Simply follow the instructions below: Continue reading →

Online Reading / eBook Websites and Resources

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During this time of school closures and home learning, it is important that students still find time to schedule some reading time during the day. Here is a list of educational websites which offer free eBooks for students to explore and read. Simply click on the name of the website in bold and you will be re-directed to the respective resource: Continue reading →

Daily Scheduled Home Activities for Students with ADHD – Additude

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A daily schedule comforts and guides children with ADHD through uncertain times — namely, the coronavirus outbreak of 2020. Use this expert advice to keep your child happily learning and achieving goals while also social distancing and working from home and banding together as a family. The big questions are: What can you do to set up a family plan that fosters more cooperation and less arguing during this unsettled time of COVID-19? How can you devise a plan that you can actually follow and your kids will buy into? We know that kids with ADHD benefit from structure, but what can you realistically pull off? Here is some helpful advice to get you started.

Continue reading this interesting article with resources for students and their parents/guardians on Additude – Inside the ADHD Mind.

List of Educational Websites by Heath Schembri

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Educator Heath Schembri has kindly compiled another list of websites which can be used during this time of schools lockdown, this time focusing on creative activities using movies. Resources, quizzes, worksheets, vocabulary lists, discussion questions and comprehension texts. Feel free to share:

1. http://teachwithmovies.org/
2. https://moviesheets.com/
3. https://www.eflmagazine.com/movies-lesson-plans/
4. https://lessonsonmovies.com/
5. https://busyteacher.org/classroom_activit…/movie-worksheets/
6. https://eslflow.com/teaching-language-with-movies.html
7. https://docacademy.org
8. https://www.owlteacher.com/teach-with-movies.html
9. https://frankwbaker.com/…/motion-pictures-online-film-less…/
10. http://film-english.com/
11. http://people.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/
12. https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-works…/search/movie
13. https://study.com/…/movie-lesson-plans-classroom-resources.…
14. https://dinus.ac.id/repository/…/film+review+lesson+plan.pdf
15. http://www.teachhub.com/video-writing-prompts
16. https://www.esolcourses.com/cinema/vocabulary.html
17. https://www.intofilm.org/resources
18. http://www.eslkidz.com/films–movies–cartoons.html
19. https://www.educatall.com/page/1138/Movies.html
20. https://heartlandfilm.org/…/upl…/TeachingwithMoviesguide.pdf

Free Digital Resources from Twinkl

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Twinkl has launched a range of School Closure Home Learning resource packs for distance learning due to school closures caused by the Coronavirus. Designed for LKS2 and UKS2, they offer comprehensive lesson plans in the event of school closures due to COVID-19, meaning that your children can keep learning while they are at home. Encompassing a wide range of worksheets, PowerPoints and cross-curricular activities, they provide a great online learning alternative to being in the classroom; all ready to download and use, again and again. We also offer School Closure Learning Links Interactive PDFs that are perfect for sharing with parents during school closures via your school website, Google Classroom, Seesaw or your Class Dojo. Visit Twinkl by visiting Twinkl Covid-19 Resources