Remote Learning
Students in all year groups have remote learning and on demand lessons set via Show My Homework or Google Classroom.
Click on the button below for full details about our remote learning by year group:
Remote learning plans by year group
Parent & student guide to Google Classroom
Students should be checking Show My Homework and also their Petchey email account for work set for them.
Parents and carers can also check work set for their child via their own individual log in to Show My Homework.
If you need a reminder of your password and log in details, please email helpdesk@petcheyacademy.org.uk.
Click here to find out how to access Petchey emails remotely
Accessing remote learning
The government has also released additional laptops and data allowances so if your child is struggling to access online learning because they are sharing a laptop, or you do not have sufficient data, please do get in touch with your child’s tutor so that we can support you with this.
- It is completely understandable that students may be feeling apprehensive or anxious during this difficult time so our year teams will be in touch with students regularly to check-in. Students who do have concerns or queries should email their tutor in the first instance, or specific subject teacher.
- Parents and carers who have queries or concerns are also encouraged to contact your child’s tutor via email as all staff are working remotely.
Support with using Show My Homework can be found here
Support with using Google Classroom can be found on our Parents’ Hub here
Access over 5000 books for children from 5 to 18 for free!
The academy has signed up to a fantastic online library service called Myon
Family Support Services (housing, benefits, food banks)
Family Support Services
https://hackney.gov.uk/find-support-services Interactive map for families - including food, finances (local food banks)
https://hackney.gov.uk/coronavirus Information for Hackney residents and can also sign up to newsletter and pick which topics you want information on (housing, benefits, what’s on, jobs)
Food Support
Name |
Offer |
Referral Route |
Shoreditch Trust |
Hot Food |
020 7033 8501 or 020 7033 8587 |
Shomrim via Asado (Orthodox Jewish) |
Hot Food (Kosher) |
020 7118 7756 |
North London Muslim Centre |
Hot Food (Halal) |
020 8806 1147 |
Castle Food Service |
Hot Food (Vegan and Vegetarian) |
0208 706 0970 |
Open Kitchen |
Hot Food deliveries at large quantities (300+) |
|
The Flying Frenchman |
Hot chicken soup to be picked up |
020 7923 9828 |
Bags of Taste |
Bags of ingredients with virtual videos |
07788 651 042 |
Hackney City Farm |
Space |
Ken - 07443 549 285 |
Hubble |
Space |
07904 515 316 |
Tryd |
Deliveries |
0203 890 7474 |
Community Transport |
Trasport Hire |
020 7275 2414 |
Green Mo |
Loan of free e-scooters and e-bikes |
Richard Jordan (020 7859 4564 / 07968 055 978) |
Wolf & Moon |
PPE donation for frontline workers |
Advice on talking to young people and children about Covid 19 & isolation
These links have been grouped by age category to make it easier for you to find age-appropriate information for your child/ the child you’re supporting.
Self-Isolating
- Ehrenreich-May has produced a Vimeo on dealing with strong emotions when self-isolating with children
- BBC Bitesize – Advice on learning at home
- BBC Bitesize also has a range of home education activities
- 10 indoor activities for children if self-isolating
Resources for parents/ carers explaining COVID-19
- UNICEF’s 8 quick tips for talking to children about COVID-19
- The Flourishing Families Clinic (at the University of Sussex and Sussex Partnership NHS Trust) has produced some tips and advice on how to talk to your child about their COVID-19 anxieties
- The National Association of School Psychologists have produced a resource for parents for talking to children about COVID-19 anxieties
- Wandering Minds of a Psychologist explains why it is important to talk to children about COVID-19 and provides concrete examples of things to say/ questions to ask
- The Guardian – Advice on both how to talk to your child about COVID-19, and what to cover
Information for parents and carers on online safety
- Safety Net Kids – This resource has some really clear messages for children to help them stay safe online during social distancing
- NSPCC – This resource has some helpful information for parents, carers and professionals about online safety
For school aged children
- BBC’s Newsround has a COVID-19 website featuring a range of stories and videos on the outbreak
These include: - Facts and myth-busting
- Newsround advice on how to manage worries about COVID-19
For older young people/ adults
- The World Health Organisation has released this video containing facts about COVID-19 and ways in which the spread can be prevented
- The Centre for Disease Control has produced a 1 page COVID-19 fact sheet
- MQ: Transforming Mental Health has produced a resource list around Coronavirus (COVID-19) and your mental healt
Resources for children and young people with specific needs
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- Additude has published some advice for parents of children with ADHD
- Anna Kennedy Online has provided some advice for parents of children with ASC
- Advice for reducing the impact of routine disruption for those with ASC
- Social story about COVID-19
- The international OCD foundation has published advice for parents of youth with OCD
- Mencap easy-read
These are resources for Staff:
Resources for those working with children
- The National Association of School Psychologists has a resource preparing mental health professionals in schools for infectious disease epidemics and outbreaks
- UNICEF has published advice for teachers
- The Centre for Disease Control – General principles for parents, teachers and any other professionals working with children
- The British Psychological Society have published some tips talking to children about COVID-19 concerns. It refers to “your child” but the tips and strategies are the same for any adults working with children, not just parents
Videos and Podcasts
- BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour: How to talk to children about COVID-19
- This Vimeo provides tips and advice about how to talk to your child about natural disasters and news events
- Ehrenreich-May is a child psychologists and has produced a Vimeo outlining three tips for talking to your child about COVID-19
- The Child’s Mind Institute has published a video providing advice on talking to children about COVID-19
Resources for adults
- The University of Oxford’s Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma has shared useful mental health advice for adults.
- OCD-UK have published advice on managing OCD symptoms with COVID-19
- OCD-UK have published advice on managing OCD symptoms with COVID-19
- Rethink have published general guidelines on managing mental health during the COVID-19 outbrea
For younger children
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- Nanogirl Live has produced a couple of videos explaining COVID-19 and why it is important to wash our hands/ sneeze and cough into our elbows
- This comic strip provides a visual explanation of the COVID-19 outbreak and what we can do to stop its spread
Mental health & wellbeing support
You can find lots more resources and useful links to supporting children, young people and parents with their mental health and wellbeing in the Parents Resources page on our website here.
Online Safety Advice For Parents
School closure means that students are more likely to be spending a lot more time online, you can find lots of guidance and information on keeping your child safe online here.
Phe Home Office published guidance for parents and carers to keep children safe online. This covers a range of online harms including radicalisation.
Resources & ideas for students and home learning
Online learning resources from HM Government (primary & secondary)
BBC Bitesize are providing 20 minute daily lessons for all year groups on a wide variety of subjects.
Creative Isolation is a fantastic website with links to a wide variety of home based, creative ways to support mental health and entertain the whole family.
https://www.marchnetwork.org/creative-isolation
Free Children's Classics eBooks & Audiobooks
https://www.researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html
Find Great Literature Online for Free https://readgreatliterature.com/how-to-find-great-literature-online-for-free/
Storyline Online
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations. Readers include Viola Davis, Chris Pine, Lily Tomlin, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, James Earl Jones, Betty White and dozens more.
https://www.storylineonline.net/
Virtual Story-times happening now!
Josh Gad's Gad Book Club - the man who contains the voice of Olaf in Frozen has been live-streaming himself reading picturebooks on his twitter account (https://twitter.com/joshgad). You can find the videos of past performances under the hashtag #GadBookClub
Lunch Doodles with Mo Williams, the creator of the Pigeon and Elephant & Piggie has been live-streaming doodle workshops at 1pm ET every weekday, you can catch up with his videos here.
Museums Online
- Visit Museums & Art Galleries from home: https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en
- Imperial War Museum Online: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections
- London Transport Museum Online: https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online
- National Army Museum: https://collection.nam.ac.uk/
- Science Museum:https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/
- V&A Museum: https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections?type=featured
- Puppetry Workshops: https://puppet.org/center-for-puppetry-arts-home/
- National Literacy Trust Family Zone https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/
- RIBA Learning Resources: https://www.architecture.com/education-cpd-and-careers/learning/riba-national-schools-programme/learning-resources
Ballet & Opera
The Royal Opera House will be bringing the drama to your home, the theatre will offer a free schedule of both opera and ballet broadcasts so audiences can access world-class performances right at their fingertips.
Full details: https://secretldn.com/royal-opera-house-free-performances/
Music
TogetherAtHome Concerts
Musicians from John Legend to Chris Martin have been recording themselves playing concerts in their homes. You can catch up on these concerts here:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=togetherathome
Dropkick Murphys Streaming Up from Boston
The Dropkick Murphys broadcast their annual Saint Patrick's Day concert live online from an empty studio. The full concert can be watched online here: https://youtu.be/5j06g0TE_Ao
Full-length Performances to Stream Online for Free
https://allarts.org/2020/03/5-full-length-performances-available-to-stream-for-free/
Things to do if your school library is closed, by Sarah Pavey: https://slgtalkingbooks.com/2020/03/23/things-to-do-if-your-school-library-is-closed/
More resources for students studying at home.
Blockly https://blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming
Ted Ed https://ed.ted.com All sorts of engaging educational videos
National Geographic Kids https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/ Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
Duolingo https://www.duolingo.com Learn languages for free. Web or app.
Mystery Science https://mysteryscience.com Free science lessons
The Kids Should See This https://thekidshouldseethis.com Wide range of cool educational videos
Crash Course https://thecrashcourse.com You Tube videos on many subjects
Crest Awards https://www.crestawards.org Science awards you can complete from home.
iDEA Awards https://idea.org.uk Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.
Paw Print Badges https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.
Tinkercad https://www.tinkercad.com All kinds of making.
Nature Detectives https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetect…/ A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!
British Council https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find Resources for English language learning
Big History Project https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.
Geography Games https://world-geography-games.com/world.html Geography gaming!
The Artful Parent https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/ Good, free art activities