“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”

Thessalonians 1 5:11

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”

Thessalonians 1 5:11

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Learning at Home

Home Learning Links

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Online Safety

Learning at Home

The best support a parent can give to their child is to take an interest in their school life. Practising reading by being heard every night always makes an impact on how quickly they learn to read in school. It is also important to channel children’s energy into activities such as swimming, visiting places of interest and taking part in out of school activities to keep them happy, healthy and motivated.

At Godfrey Ermen we will ensure:

  1. Nursery children can take part in shared reading as their first experience of homework.
  2. Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils have a reading book to read at home.
  3. Homework will be set according to a child’s ability and we will not set homework they do not know how to do.
  4. Children will have all the resources they need to carry out their homework.

Towards the end of their time with us Year 6 are expected to take extra English and Maths to work on at home during the week. This is designed to help prepare them for secondary school.

1-2-1 sessions are coordinated by the school team and provide additional lessons to meet specific needs of children. Your child may be invited to a 6 week course which is run outside of the school day by staff at school.

Online Safety

The internet is such an integral part of children's lives these days. It opens up so many educational and social opportunities, giving them access to, quite literally, a world of information and experiences.  It is so important then that we make our children aware of how to stay safe online...   

Top Tips to Keep Your child Safe    

  • Help your children to understand that they should never give out personal details to online friends they do not know offline.
  • Explain to your children what information about them is personal: i.e. email address, mobile number, school name, sports club, arrangements for meeting up with friends and any pictures or videos of themselves, their family or friends. Small pieces of information can easily be pieced together to form a comprehensive insight in to their lives and daily activities.
  • Make your children aware that they need to think carefully about the information and pictures they post on their profiles. Inform them that once published online, anyone can change or share these images of them.
  • It can be easy to forget that the internet is not a private space, and as result sometimes young people engage in risky behaviour online. Advise your children not to post any pictures, videos or information on their profiles, or in chat rooms, that they would not want a parent or carer to see.
  • If your child receives spam or junk email and texts, remind them never to believe their contents, reply to them or use them.
  • It's not a good idea for your child to open files that are from people they don't know. They won't know what they contain—it could be a virus, or worse - an inappropriate image or film.
  • Help your child to understand that some people lie online and that therefore it's better to keep online mates online. They should never meet up with any strangers without an adult they trust.

 

Always keep communication open for a child to know that it's never too late to tell someone if something makes them feel uncomfortable.