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Resources and Advice for Supporting Home Learning

Last Updated: 28th August 2020 (Not currently being updated, this page is in the process of being moved over into a permanent page to help support home learning. If you have any ideas or suggestions please email: [email protected])

Supporting learning can be a daunting prospect but it can also be creative, fun and bring families closer. It is important to remain relaxed and understand that it will take time for many children to adjust to learning at home and those with SEND may require extra time and support. It is key to remember that the government guidance on Coronavirus must be followed so that we can return to normal life as quickly and safely as possible. Your child's education provider should be providing appropriate learning materials for the duration of the lockdown and this should be your main resource. The aim of this page is to gather further resources, information and guidance that are available on the web to help aid and vary your child's learning at home. If you know of anything then please do share it with the Local Offer through facebook or by emailing [email protected].

National and Local Government Guidance and Resources to Support Home Learning

Central Government has generated further 'Guidance on Supporting your children's education during coronavirus (COVID-19)'. There are three sections to this which you can jump to below:

The UK government has published 'Coronavirus (COVID 19): list of online education resources for home education'. This article contains guidance on educational resources available that have been suggested by a range of leading educational experts. The resources are currently free. You can view the full article as well as jump to SEND specific guidance and resources .

The West Sussex Short Breaks Team have produced an Accessible Virtual Short Breaks Wiki. The Wiki is all about sharing fun and support from familiar, local faces and voices as well as to help bring activities, resources and other things that people with a range of SEND's can do at home. Open Virtual Short Breaks in a new tab.

The West Sussex Learning and Behaviour Advisory Team and The Autism and Social Communication Team have shared some resources, they have made or found, with the Local Offer that may be of use:

Mightey Moe Anxiety Workbook- aimed at helping 5 to 11 year old's understand anxiety with the help of an adult.
How to support a bereaved child/young person. A guide for school staff.
Resources for schools, parents and carers to support the mental well-being of children and young people during the coronavirus pandemic and school shutdown.
My Story About Pandemics and the Coronavirus - Carol Gray
Working at Home With Autistic Pupils. A helpful guide of things to keep in mind when working at home with autistic pupils. Contains advice and resources.

Educational Psychology Service (EPS)

Dr Audrey Hunt and Dr Denita Whitelock from the West Sussex Educational Psychology Service have produced on line resources for parents to support their children’s wellbeing and the positive return to school. For more information on EPS visit their Local Offer service card.

Supporting your child with their emotional wellbeing during the COVID 19 pandemic:

How parents can support their child’s anxiety about returning to school:

Strategies and resources to support primary age children’s return to school:

Preparing the return to school secondary age:

Support and Resources Shared With the Local Offer

Below here are a series of categories containing resources, advice and guidance to help support learning at home. The resources have been shared with the Local Offer from a range of sources. The most current shared resource will be at the top of each section.

Fun and Games

Exercise Activities

Kris at Parasport is releasing a series of videos for those in wheelchairs to help them stay fit and healthy! Watch part one on the Parasport website.

Bumble Bee Physio is a group on Facebook that has exercise routines for children in a wheelchair. They also do live sessions on Facebook.

Join 'Cosmic KIDS!' for lots of fun yoga stories including Frozen, Harry Potter, Minecaft and many more!

Jump Start Jonny has a range of exercise resources to help burn off some of the extra energy children or you may have yourself.

Wellbeing Resources

Music, Art and Drama Resources

Educational Resources

BBC Bitesize has a range of resources and revision exercises for all age ranges and abilities, they will also be sharing new content on a regular basis in response to the Coronavirus. They will also begin hosting online lessons from Monday 20th April.

Chatter Pack have developed a free list of resources to help with speech and language teaching at home.

Vocabulary Ninja has free resources to help with learning vocabulary.

Teaglo have lots of free resources available to help parents teach primary school aged children.

Barrington Stoke have gathered all their free reading resources into one place. They have colouring sheets, reading guides and run a Young Editors Scheme.

World Book have released free resources and e-books during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a wealth of eBooks and activities available! You must create an account to access the resources.

Country Living have gathered 12 live webcam feeds of a variety of animals from Pandas to Sheep. Or go to Earth Cam to search for webcams across the planet .

The British Dyslexia Association has guidance on helping a child with dyslexia to learn, spell, write and read as well as some resources to help with this.

Twinkl develops resources for teachers to use in their lessons across age ranges and abilities. They are a subscription service but they are currently offering free resources packs to help with teaching at home.

Other Resources and Activities

SEND Cast have a selection on podcasts available to listen to SEND education. They are mainly aimed at those who work in education, which right now many parents are so there may be some useful information within them that can be accessed by listening which some may prefer. Go to their website to listen to a podcast.

Neath Port Talbot Educational Psychology Service have produced a 65 page pdf document titled 'Supporting Children with Neurodiverse Conditions at Home' .

NHS England Specialised AAC and EC Services have collected resources that are available that might be useful at this time to support communication, for patients in acute care through to those in the community. These resources are primarily aimed to be used by professionals and can be found on the Assitive Technologhy Website .

The North West Regional SEND Network have created their own list of resources and activities in their newsletter.

Extratime who are based in Brighton have launched a new website and have also gathered lots of good activities and resources to help make learning at home easier. Go to their [email protected] page to view these resources. They also have a YouTube channel where you can join some of their staff in doing activities.

Wellspring West Sussex have also gathered a range of different ideas, links, exercises and more. Go to their website to find out more .

The SEND Group have a range of training available in regards to educating people with SEND, this is a subscription service that requires a monthly payment and is mainly aimed at teachers of those with SEND.

Resources and Advice for Supporting Home Learning

National and Local Government Guidance and Resources to Support Home Learning

Educational Psychology Service (EPS)

Support and Resources Shared With the Local Offer

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