WELCOME TO ST. MICHAEL’S PARENT WORKSHOP James Grimsby – Deputy Head Mairi Fraser – EY/KS1 Coordinator Sarah Reynolds – KS2 Coordinator
Aims of the workshop • Explain why we are looking at online homework • To share are policy on how it should be used in the home • Develop an understanding of Raz- Kids.com for Years One-Three • Develop an understanding of Espresso.co.uk for Years Four-Six
How Much Homework? The development of the whole child is important: Play, family time and other non academic interests. At each stage of school we only require a specified amount of time to be spend on homework. › Reception:30 min/week +reading Year 1 & 2: 1 hour/week +reading Year 3 & 4: 1.5 hours /week +reading Year 5 & 6: 2.5 hours /week +reading
Why do we set homework Homework is not set to move the child forward from where they are in class. Homework is set to reinforce and consolidate what has been covered in class to help embed skills and knowledge before the child moves on to the next level guided by the teacher IN CLASS .
Whole Child: Balance Children need to have their own time to explore their own interests and not only those set by the adults around them. Children need to engage with other human beings not just with a screen. Children need to engage in real life situations.
How you can help Learning is social and is best done interacting with others. Talk about what your child is doing in your home language. Your child may want to talk about things raised in the book/video. The important thing is that you are still sharing in the reading/learning process.
Online reading for Years One to Six
What is Raz-kids? Why are we using this resource? What you will see at home? What are the teachers looking at?
Over 500 interactive e-books
Over 500 interactive e-books Differentiated into 27 levels of difficulty
Over 500 interactive e-books Differentiated into 27 levels of difficulty Bench marking assessment to ensure your child is at the correct level
Over 500 interactive e-books Differentiated into 27 levels of difficulty Bench marking assessment to ensure your child is at the correct level Reading homework that can travel anywhere you have the internet
Over 500 interactive e-books Differentiated into 27 levels of difficulty Bench marking assessment to ensure your child is at the correct level Reading home work that can travel anywhere you have the internet Texts that can be modelled by a native voice, read with support for tricky words and assessed through quizzes.
Our children need to prepare for a world of digital literacy
Our children need to prepare for a world of digital literacy To provide a native voice in the home
Our children need to prepare for a world of digital literacy To provide a native voice in the home It is not always easy to think of questions
Our children need to prepare for a world of digital literacy To provide a native voice in the home It is not always easy to think of questions Our children lead mobile lives and books are heavy
Our children need to prepare for a world of digital literacy To provide a native voice in the home It is not always easy to think of questions Our children lead mobile lives and books are heavy An efficient link between home and school
A replacement for physical book
A replacement for physical book An independent task
A replacement for physical book An independent task Something to be used everyday
Different for parents and children than teachers
www.raz-kids.com SMISY? Child’s Name Password Parent access/Teacher access
Espresso Education www.espresso.co.uk
Aims and Objectives • To introduce espresso education to parents • To get to know the website and what it offers to parents and students at St. Michael’s • To learn about the on-line home learning activities on espresso
Aims and objectives
What is Espresso? • Espresso is a video-rich, cross-curricular service that has won multiple awards and is trusted by 10,000 schools. • Suitable for Foundation to Year 6 pupils, Espresso is guaranteed to make every lesson memorable. It saves teachers time and strengthens pupils' deeper learning and understanding.
Key Features • Espresso benefits all areas of the curriculum and school life. It’s resources cover all the core subjects in addition to a rich supply of resources for the Foundation subjects. • Espresso also has some superb support for non- specialist teachers in hard-to-resource areas such as gymnastics and Music. • An important strength of Espresso is its ability to support cross-curricular topics and a creative curriculum. Its Resource boxes cover themes from pirates to 'going green', and cross-curricular links to other areas of the service are highlighted.
Key Features • Espresso has over 151 CD-ROMs worth of resources including: 7020 videos, 3460 photos, maps and graphics, 323 interactive Factfiles, plus SATs resources and double the number of activities than any other provider. • Pupils never get bored with Espresso as there's always something new. The variety of Espresso's creative resources keeps pupils engaged across the different sensory routes such as visual, auditory, kinaestheic, musical and intrapersonal. • Research shows that the unique combination of resources on Espresso impacts strongly on three of the five critical aspects of learning: cognitive, megacognitive and social.
Key Features • Both teachers and pupils have the option to access Espresso from home. • Pupil Home Access An additional service that schools can add to their subscription, this feature provides parents and pupils with access to the full Espresso service from home as well as a Home learning area and Parents' guide. This add-on has been designed to strengthen school-to-home links, offering extended learning opportunities to Espresso users. • Espresso is not available for parents or home educators to purchase.
How will St. Michael’s be using Espresso? • St. Michael’s has now purchased Espresso and the children will be using this in lessons as well as for home-learning tasks. • Every week there will be an interactive espresso home-learning activity set by class teachers which will involve the children using espresso. • Espresso is a safe, secure site that children can use for research and home-learning.
Any Questions? www.espresso.co.uk
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