Virtual SEND Transition Meeting

25th November 2020A Hearn

Parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities are invited to take part in a virtual SEND Transition Meeting being held next month.

The Zoom meeting, on Wednesday December 9th at 1.30pm, is being held by Healthwatch South Tyneside and will include guest speakers from South Tyneside Council, South Tyneside College and Kooth providing updates and services that can support families and their children or young people.
The full agenda can be downloaded here: https://www.healthwatchsouthtyneside.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Transition-meeting-agenda-9th-Dec-2020.pdf

To join the Zoom meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81655346785?pwd=YW9rRUJQQk1kbS90cGZMd0RwcWxJUT09

Meeting ID: 816 5534 6785
Passcode: 748538

What To Expect From Your School?

17th November 2020A Hearn

An interactive session to find out what you can expect from schools if you have a child or young person with special education needs.

About this Event

  • Jennifer Breckon, School Improvement Officer from South Tyneside Council will share information on what you can expect from your child/young person’s school.

This includes:

The identification of your child/young person’s needs, the graduated response and the use of SEN support plans.

You will have an opportunity to share your views and ask any questions. Gillian Harte from SENDIASS will also be present to advise you on next steps if you have any queries about the support your child receives at school.

 

Coronavirus and your Wellbeing

13th November 2020A Hearn

Many of us are struggling to maintain our mental wellbeing during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Here are some tips to help yourself cope, including ways to support yourself during winter.

It covers- Understanding difficult feelings, Tips for taking care of your mental wellbeing and looking after your practical needs.

Coronavirus and your Wellbeing

Produced for https://www.mind.org.uk/

Staying Safe on Online Platforms

8th November 2020A Hearn

Here are some safety cards to help you stay safe when using various online platforms from the website https://oursafetycentre.co.uk/

Safety Card for You Tube

Safety Card for Whatsapp

Safety Card for Wink

Safety Card for Twitch

Safety Card for TikTok

Safety Card for Snapchat

Safety Card for Roblox

Safety Card for Reddit

Safety Card for Facebook Messenger

Safety Card for Instagram

Safety Card for Hoop

Safety Card for Facebook

Safety Card for Discord

 

 

Marvellous Maples!

3rd November 2020E Kincaid

We have had a very busy first half term in Year 1! In English we have been learning about traditional tales. We drew story maps, practised telling the story to our friends and even created our own actions to help us before we wrote our own stories.

Autumn Topic- The USA

3rd November 2020A Hearn

In Oaks we have enjoyed being back in school, working hard and showing what we are capable of achieving.

Our topic this Autumn is the USA. We have been learning about different American states and cities, geographical features as well as physical and human features. We have been comparing where we live to key places in America. We have enjoyed using different ways of locating specific areas and places using atlases as well as the internet and Google Earth.

As part of our topic we are thoroughly enjoying reading our class text: Wonder, which really gives us a good perspective of life in an American school and shows us how to be kind to others.

In the future we will explore key American dates such as Thanksgiving and look at the US presidential election.

Mr Graham and Mrs Holman

Reading skills

24th October 2020l Mitchinson

Blueberries love stories so we have been using different approaches to help us understand texts even better. We used different pictures from the story ‘The Lonely Beast’ to make predictions about what would happen, then used Colourful Semantics to help develop our vocabulary and understanding of characters and events.