Learning at Home with Your Child
​These really are unprecedented times and many families and schools finding themselves in new and challenging situations. We are trying to greet this challenge with optimism and vigor at Rachel Keeling. 

Remember: you are doing your best, we are doing our best, you are not home schooling. Home schooling is a choice, none of us have a choice in this. Try not to feel stressed or guilty about what you are able to do.
Schools are trying to find our way and what works best.

Here are a few ideas to make our learning time with families at home fun and exciting. 
Try to make a routine and have screen-free time (no TV and tablets or phone) for part of day.
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  • Read together every day.
  • Draw together every day.
  • Practical maths - setting the table, cooking together.
  • Make a small batch of playdough.
  • Building with Lego or bricks.
  • Build a den with a sheet over two chairs or under a table.
  • Tidying up together.
  • Physical exercise.
  • Music and singing together.
  • Imaginative/free play.
  • Breathe and try to minimise stress.
  • STAY HOME and STAY SAFE!
Keeping Active

Get children moving to calm and refocus their minds, get those wiggles out and learn important social-and-emotional lessons through movement.
TWINKL
Twinkl have created a Home Learning Hub wit lots of resources and activities for learning. Click on the link to visit their Home Learning Hub and their Parents Hub pages.
You'll be able to access free reading and writing resources, audiobooks and videos. 
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Family Zone
As a response to school closures, The National Literacy Trust have developed a comprehensive web portal for parents, to support you during this time. You will find ideas and guidance for simple activities that will engage your children at home, while also benefiting their reading, writing and language development. 
BBC CBEEBIES Things to do at home. Click for more information.
Resources and activities for children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) from Phoenix School in Tower Hamlets
Reading with your child
Lovemybooks brings together brilliant books with creative reading activities specially designed to engage and excite young children’s interest. The specially chosen books are arranged in topics and themes that young children love, with ideas for ways to share the books and lots of exciting things to do.
Hungry Little Minds
Many little things light up hungry little minds. Children take everything in, and even the smallest things you do with them can make a big difference. Here are a few ideas and fun activities you can add to your routine.
Keep young minds busy in the coming weeks with National Geographic Kids.
The week is run by children's mental health charity Place2Be to focus on the importance of children's mental health. This year the theme is Express Yourself. Click on the image to find out more.
​Tales Toolkit
​A Toolkit for creating Tales. Story has been shown to improve all types of learning and increase engagement and memory capacity. The symbols for Character, Setting, Problem, Solution give children a tool to independently weave magical tales.
​So TalesToolKit created stories for you to watch together and some ideas for stories to create at home. You can download and print out some useful templates.
​How to register for access to Home Learning:
​Our School Code: RACHEE20PS
Rachel Keeling Values
Our values permeate everything we do: children refer to them to support each other, often independently problem solving and managing their own behaviour; children know they will be listened to and their words valued; many children have learned to speak up for what they believe and feel trusted to; families have reported the effectiveness of the Rachel Keeling Values at home and that children have shared them with wider family members. ​
​PURPLE MASH
2Simple are offering free access to their Purple Mash online tools and resources.
Half Moon Theatre Live
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​Free online shows to watch together at home. Click on the image to visit the website and find out more.
Click on the image to discover lots of creative ideas for families at home.