For a recommended list of online education resources for home education, please visit gov.uk

 

The government will also be supporting parents and carers by delivering remote lessons via The Oak National Academy. This launches today and includes all ages from reception to year 10.

 

BBC Bitesize daily lessons are now live.

 

Stay safe and well

A number of celebrities are doing things for children through websites and their social media pages. 

 

Geography: Steve Backshall at 9:30am

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Science: Brian Cox - Science with Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince & Guests

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Literacy: David Walliams at 11:00am

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Gardening and Nature: Maddie - CBeebies and Greg - BBC at 11:00am

 

Dance: Oti Mabuse - Strictly Come Dancing

Find her on Facebook every day for a dance class at 11:30am.

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Music: Myleene Klass - Monday and Fridays at 10am.

​             Nick Cope - Online concerts for families. 

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Art: Rob Biddulph -  Draw with Rob every Tuesday and Thursday at 10am.

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Cooking: Jamie Oliver - Cooking with Kids, recipe ideas and cooking tutorials with Buddy Oliver.

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PE: Joe Wicks - PE with Body Coach Joe Wicks every morning 9am​.

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Yoga: Cosmic Kids Yoga - Yoga, Mindfulness and relaxation for children.

Dear Parents and Carers,

 

Due to current school closures, it is vital that we have your current phone number/s and email address to ensure that you receive the very latest communication.

 

Please email the school office if these need updating.

 

office@st-marysprittlewell.southend.sch.uk

 

 

 

Your child has access to Purple Mash, a whole world of fun and exciting learning opportunities in one safe place.

 

What is Purple Mash?

Purple Mash is a comprehensive suite of online learning tools and content, designed to be used by Primary aged children in the classroom and at home. It also includes Mini Mash, for Reception pupils.

 

Find out more here: https://2simple.com/parents

 

As the majority of pupils are now at home, we will not be able to demonstrate how to use Purple Mash until children return to school. Please visit the link below for more support.

 

2simple software (Purple Mash) have an excellent YouTube channel with videos on how to use some of their features: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbb6_NFaicpc4ef8CXlSoGw

 

Once teachers familiarise themselves with the program, they will be setting ‘2 Do tasks’ for pupils.

 

How to Access Purple Mash

www.purplemash.com/stmarysss2

The link above will take you to our unique portal.

 

As we are not currently in a position to individually send out unique usernames and passwords to every pupil, all usernames will be set to first name (with a capital letter) followed by the first letter of their family name (capital letter).

 

Every pupil will have this password: stmarys.

 

For example, a pupil registered at school as Joe Smith:

Username: JoeS

Password: stmarys

 

Double barrelled first names: Ava-Rose Smith

Username: Ava-RoseS

Password: stmarys

 

For technical support, please email ITsupport@st-marysprittlewell.southend.sch.uk

 

*This is a trial basis and we would love to hear your feedback. A Parent Pin will be sent once schools are open again for you to have access to your child’s progress.

 

With thanks for your support,

 

Mr. Jolly

We have added the following links to our Learning from Home page:

 

• BBC Bitesize
• Classroom Secrets
• I See Maths and White Rose Maths
• Science Bob