School expectations for Home Learning

Dear Parents and Carers

Please see our school expectations for home learning below. We recognise that you are not teachers and we do not expect you to provide activities for children to do from 9am - 3pm each day. We would much rather your children do a little bit of learning at their own pace every day and enjoy it! We will update class pages each week with new ideas and activities and will be adding to the video resource log over time. These expectations can also be found on our website under Children > Home Learning.

Stay safe - Team Balliol

 

 Home Learning Expectations – KS1 

 

Daily Expectations: 

• Listen to child read for 15 minutes and read to them for 15 minutes.  

• Practice spellings on weekly spelling sheet. 

• Sentence writing – Practice creating sentences that include capital letters, full stops/exclamation marks/question marks and ‘wow’ adjectives. 

 

• Practice times tables (10, 5 and 2s). 

• Re-visit number bonds up to 20 using addition and subtraction – children are allowed to use number lines/objects to help them work these out.  

 

• Whilst government guidelines allow, ensure you spend at least half an hour outside.  

• Spend at least half an hour doing something active – there are many resources available online to support you with ideas.  

• Communicate! Make sure you’re talking to each other, especially about your feelings and emotions during this difficult time.  

 

 

Weekly Guidance 

 

Each week, a list of fun activities that you can encourage your children to complete will be added to the website. These will include science experiments, art projects and learning linked to our curriculum topics. These will be learning experiences that can be enjoyed together. You will also have lots of links to online videos, games and content that will help your children progress with their learning.  

 

Home Learning Expectations- KS2 

Daily Expectations 

• Log in to reading plus for at least 15 minutes. 

• Reading for pleasure with your child- read anything! 

• Practice spellings- weekly rule updated on the blog and on spelling shed.  

 

• Practice times tables- could use hit the button, maths shed or on paper is fine too!  

• LBQ quizzes- a QR code will be added to the blog for your children to access.  

 

• Whilst government guidelines allow, ensure you spend at least half an hour outside.  

• Spend at least 30 mins doing something active- there are many resources available online to support you with ideas.  

• Communicate! Make sure you’re talking to each other, especially about your feelings and emotions during this difficult time.  

 

Weekly guidance 

Each week, a list of fun activities that you can encourage your children to complete will be added to the website. These will include science experiments, art projects and learning linked to our curriculum topics. These will be learning experiences that can be enjoyed together. You will also have lots of links to online videos, games and content that will help your children progress with their learning.