Useful Links
Links for parents to support home learning:
Hungry Little Minds: activities for children in Early Years https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/
Oxford Owl http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Parental Engagement -ask questions, share your experiences and good advice http://www.parentalengagement.co.uk/
Phonics Play (KS1) http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Letters and Sounds: supporting the DfES phonics programme (Foundation) http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
Teaching Cursive Handwriting https://www.teachhandwriting.co.uk/continuous-cursive-beginners-choice-4.html
ICT Games (Foundation and KS1) http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
BBC Bitesize Maths (KS1) http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/
BBC Bitesize Maths (KS2) http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths
Primary Homework Help http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/
Words for Life http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/
ARCh (Assisted Reading for Children) is a local registered charity which operates in Oxfordshire primary schools to help children who are struggling with reading. www.archoxfordshire.org.uk
Staying Safe
Childnet: Learning about eSafety https://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers
SCASKids: South Central Ambulance Service website offering advice and information for children, parents and teachers to help them stay safe and healthy in a number of situations. http://scaskids.co.uk/
Thinkuknow: Advice for students, parents and carers and teachers. The latest information on the sites you like to visit, mobiles and new technology. https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
CEOP: Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online? Make a report to one of CEOP’s Child Protection Advisors https://www.ceop.police.uk/safety-centre/
Childline: Get help and advice about a wide range of issues or need to talk? https://www.childline.org.uk/
YoungMinds: Your one-stop shop for mental health, wellbeing and resilience. https://youngminds.org.uk/
Place 2Be: Improving children’s mental health. https://www.place2be.org.uk/
Parent Zone: Fortnite – everything you need to know about the online game https://parentzone.org.uk/article/fortnite-everything-you-need-know-about-online-game
National Online Safety: https://nationalonlinesafety.com/
Guides for parents and carers (contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.)
What parents and carers need to know about Rec Room
How to set up emergency mode on your Samsung
How to make an emergency SOS call on an iPhone
How to prepare for an emergency with your Google phone
Walking with children (OCC) Follow the Footsteps guide and help your child acquire the skills they need as a pedestrian, so they know what to do, whether we are with them or not.
Play Safe: A new national safeguarding campaign from the Football Association and the NSPCC to focus attention on the vital importance of safeguarding in football. At the heart of the campaign are three short films to emphasise the importance of safeguarding for key groups of people, crucially children themselves.
One aspect of the campaign is prompting parents to ask questions:
- Do you know your child’s club Welfare Officer?
- If so, do you have their telephone number in your phone, as well as that of the NSPCC?
- Are you up to speed with your child’s club’s safeguarding policies and procedures?
- Do you regularly check-in with your child to see what they are enjoying/not enjoying and why?
More information can be found here: https://www.thefa.com/
Links for Parents and carers
Ofsted Report http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/139298
Ofsted: Find and compare schools https://www.gov.uk/school-performance-tables
Ofsted Parent View: Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about your child’s school. parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
School Performance Tables for Harriers Banbury Academy on the Department of Education website http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=139298
SATs Link for Parents: Information about the national curriculum tests (often referred to as SATS) www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-stage-1-and-2-national-curriculum-tests-information-for-parents
Community Links
Banbury Guardian https://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/
The Sunshine Centre https://sunshinecentre.org/