Oral Language
  • Good news movement  https://www.thegoodnewsmovement.com/category/good-news/
  • FaceTime or video call family members and friends you can’t be with at the moment
  • Websites such as Pobble365 are fantastic – there is a new photo shared daily and lots of ideas for discussion.
  • Talk about the about the advantages and disadvantages of learning from home.
Writing
  • Write a recipe: How to make…… (procedural writing)
  • Design a menu for a family dinner.
  • Write a letter to an elderly family member or relative who you cannot visit at the moment.
  • Write a diary about your daily life.  This can be used for when the children come back to school and to recount the activities that they got up to.
  • Write a letter of thanks to the people who are helping us at this time. (doctors, nurses, lorry drivers, supermarket workers etc.)