♥We are in this together – even when we are all apart♥
Home learning resources for children
During the National lockdown, we will provide daily home learning resources for parents to use at home with their children in line with our contingency plan here
During lockdown, your child’s teacher will send work, videos and instructions to your contact email every day. Please make sure we have your correct contact details including email addresses.
The DfE guidance about supporting your child’s learning can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/supporting-your-childrens-education-during-coronavirus-covid-19
As well as videos and activities from you teacher, they will also use Purple Mash to set up specific tasks for your child to complete. Purple Mash resources are the ones we use in class, will and familiar to the children.
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/rokesly-infant
Parents/children will need to click on the ‘2Dos‘ tab to access the activities. When you have completed a task, your class teacher will be sent a notification. Then they will give you feedback through the Purple Mash platform.
It is important for you and your child to have reasonable expectations about the kind of learning activities you will be able to do at home together. This handy factsheet may be useful:
Contacting your teacher
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you need support. The next few weeks will be difficult for parents and I want to make it clear that we are here for you. If you need support with learning, you can email your teacher on the year group email:
nursery@rokesly-inf.haringey.sch.uk
reception@rokesly-inf.haringey.sch.uk
y1@rokesly-inf.haringey.sch.uk
y2@rokesly-inf.haringey.sch.uk
If you need to talk to a member of staff or need other support, please email or call the office.
We are in this together – even when we are all apart
Rokesly readers
Everyone should read to a grown-up every day. You might also like to hear the stories we have been reading.
Eat Your Peas – read by Marisa
The Tiger Who Came to Tea read by Marisa
The Emperor’s New Clothes read by Caroline
The Very Hungry Caterpillar read by Katarina
Rumplestiltskin read by Caroline
The Very Busy Spider read by Yael
The Little Mermaid read by Caroline
The Iron Man: Chapter 1 – read by Hazel
The Iron Man: Chapter 2 – read by Christina
The Iron Man: Chapter 3 – read by Becca
The Iron Man: Chapter 4 – read by Tracy
The Iron Man chapter 5 – read by Pat
Riley Knows He Can Read read by Charles Venn – We love the Riley books and we love reading. Enjoy this lovely story video, but make sure you enjoy reading your own books, too!
Sleep Well Siba and Saba read by Adjoa Andoh – Grant says “Just like Siba and Saba I always seem to be losing things. I hope I can stop worrying about lost things and look forward instead to the special things I will see, and even the lucky things I might find! This is one of my favourite stories read by one of my favourite story tellers.”
Audible are also offering a huge range of free audio books for children https://www.audible.co.uk/
Recommended reading
You can use the Booktrust’s bookfinder to look for recommended books that suit your child’s age, tastes and interests. You can also browse an archive of interviews with authors and illustrators, watch online storybooks, or see what has been recently published
Rokesly Art Page
Each week I will post a challenge for all you budding home artists. To find out more, follow the link below:
Espresso
We are making our Espresso resources available for parents to use at home. They offer a wealth of flexible resources for all ages:
Log in at: www.discoveryeducation.co.uk
When visiting the discovery education website, click “Login” from the top-right of the page and select Espresso to enter the following credentials:
Username – student20805
Password – rokesly
Additional Online Resources for Year 2
www.emile-education.com Maths, spelling and phonics
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/maths/maths-skills-ages-6-7/
Additional Online Resources for Year 1
https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-1
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/kids-activities/kids-activities-age-5-6/
Additional Online Resources for the Early Years
Learning at home EYFS 3 – Nursery
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds
Phonics: Can you join in with saying the sounds on these videos?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCBzNnSSxds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7hRbrpq5Bo
Resources for everyone
www.twinkl.co.uk/offer Free resources one month access
www.scholastic.com/learnathome 3h per day activities – any device
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for/home/find-a-book/library-page/ Free online reading books
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Join us every morning from 9am to 9.30 for a live PE session:
https://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/home-schooling-and-keeping-kids-entertained
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A book about Coronavirus
Award winning children’s illustrator Axel Scheffler has helped create a book for children that helps them understand the topic of Coronavirus.
Please click the link below to access a PDF file of the full story. Please read it with your child and pass the link on to anyone you feel would find it useful to read with their family.

New magazine for parents
Here is the link to the Jan/Feb issue of Families North London magazine full of articles and activities for local families and children
Remember that its important to strike a balance between time spent online on a computer, tablet or a mobile phone and participating in other activities. So think about some other things you could be doing throughout the day. These might include:
- reading a book
- playing a game
- solving a puzzle
- completing a jigsaw
- cooking
- drawing, colouring, painting or weaving
- resting

Telephone
020 8340 7687
Address
Rokesly Infant and Nursery School,
Hermiston Avenue,
London, N8 8NH