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• Caedmon Home Learning

  Fri 10 Apr 2020
   Caedmon Home Learning Website    
  
  Hello everyone, 
  
  We hope you are all safe and well. Whilst school has been closed, we have been thinking and working hard to make sure we can support you as parents/carers to facilitate home learning. 
  
  We wanted to give you a tool that you can use at your convenience with ease. With that in mind, the website at the end of the post has been created so that all of the resources we recommend and any tasks set can be easily found in one place, across a range of devices.  
  
  We believe that the website will allow parents and teachers to work as co-educators and guide our children through this difficult time. We want to try and remove as many barriers as possible and provide our children with an alternative, but broad curriculum, even if they aren't in the school building. 
  
  Every Thursday, each class page will add their home learning grid to the year group page. In addition, the website will be regularly updated and we will try to cater for as many requests as possible. If you have any suggestions please send them our way.  
  
  Mr Wynn has kindly provided a clear guide to help you navigate the website that can be found on our school Facebook Page.  If you have any additional questions, send them our way. 
  
  To access the website, click the link below. Please share the website with parents, carers and friend of Caedmon.   
  
  Caedmon Home Learning Website

  

• Accelerated Reader

  Thu 09 Apr 2020 Miss Donnelly

  Children in Year 3- Year 6 are still able to use Accelerated Reader to quiz at home after they have read a book.
  
  To log on to accelerated reader please use the following link, the children will log on using their username and passwords that they use in school.
  
  https://ukhosted42.renlearn.co.uk/2244860/    

   

  The following website is currently free and has lots of books which your children can read or have read to them and then quiz on .

  https://readon.myon.co.uk/

  
  I am setting a weekly challenge for each class- who will have the highest average score?  
  
  
  If any of the children have forgotten their usernames you can send us a message and we will get their details for you. 

  

• Help and Support

  Fri 03 Apr 2020 Miss Donnelly

  Due to the current situation caused by Covid-19, we understand that it may be more difficult to access
  support when needed.

  
  To help, we have included a list of some important and useful helpline numbers which can be used to gain access to support and information where required.
  
  MIND(0300 1233393)
  Mind offers mental health support and wellbeing.  There are lots of tips to help you through this particularly difficult time. 

   

  Family Lives (helpline 0808 800 2222)

  Family Lives offers a confidential and free* helpline service for families in England and Wales (previously known as Parentline).

  Please call us on 0808 800 2222 for emotional support, information, advice and guidance on any aspect of parenting and family life.

  Our helpline service is open 9am – 9pm, Monday to Friday and 10am – 3pm Saturday and Sunday.

  For callers from Scotland, Children 1st run Parentline Scotland and you may wish to contact them on 08000 28 22 33 Monday to Friday from 9am – 9pm.

   

  Childline UK (0800 1111)

  Childline is here to help anyone under 19 in the UK with any issue they’re going through.

  You can talk about anything. Whether it’s something big or small, our trained counsellors are here to support you.

  Childline is yours – a free, private and confidential service where you can talk about anything.

  Important update: Because of the coronavirus, we’ve had to make some changes to how Childline works. For now, you can only speak to a Childline counsellor online or on the phone from 9am – midnight.

   

  Samaritan’s (116 123)

  We’re here, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope, who needs someone to listen without judgement or pressure.

  Samaritans is not only for the moment of crisis, we’re taking action to prevent the crisis. 
  
  NSPCC (0808 800 5000) 
  NSPCC work hard to keep children safe and protect them from abuse.

   

  Citizens Advice Gateshead (0344 2451288)

   Advice on issues such as debt management and welfare benefits, housing, immigration and asylum, employment, consumer complaints and landlord-tenant disputes. 

   

  Gateshead Council’s Children’s Services

  (In confidence) on:0191 433 2653 (office hours: Monday – Friday, 8.30am to 5pm)

  
  0191 477 0844 (out of hours, at night, at weekends and bank holidays) 
  
  The Emergency Duty Team will help with personal or family problems that reach a crisis at these times. All calls go through to the Gateshead Care Call Service where a telephone operator takes all the calls. This service is the contact point for all council services out of hours. If the phone isn’t answered straightaway, please be patient as they will be dealing with another call.

   

  In an emergency always call 999.

• Competitions

  Fri 03 Apr 2020 Mrs Clennell

  As we approach the end of our second week off school, Mr Wisby and I would like to invite the children to take part in some exciting, Easter related activities to keep them busy over the next couple of weeks.

   

  🐣 We would like the children to decorate an egg, they can use any materials they like; paint, pens, fabric. The more creative, the better!

   

  🎂 We would also like them to do some Easter baking with the help of a grown up. They could make some Easter crispy cakes, Easter cupcakes, biscuits or anything else that might take their fancy.

   

  👶🏻 Mr Warren has also been busy organising a special quiz about the staff at Caedmon. More details to follow soon..

   

  We will choose a winner from each class!

  You have until Thursday, 16th April to send us a photo of your entry.

  Good luck,

  Mrs Clennell and Mr Wisby.