Top LFH Tips for Parents
· Establish routines and expectations
· Define a space for your child to work in
· Monitor communications from your child’s teacher and the school
· Remind your child to check-in
· Take an active role in helping your child understand their learning
· Encourage your child to get active and get some exercise
· Check in with your child about how they’re feeling and help them manage stress
· Keep track of how much time your child is spending online and what they’re doing there (please discourage use of online gaming where not age-appropriate)
· Help you child to maintain social connection, but set clear boundaries and rules about use of social media or online forums.
Setting up a Learning Environment
Try to create a quiet, comfortable space where your child can do their schoolwork.
Your
child’s LFH space should be somewhere where you can see them and
supervise what they are doing, so a family space rather than a bedroom
is best.
It should be a space that can be quiet when needed and have good wireless/internet.
Most importantly, it should be a space where you or another adult is present to support your child’s learning.
Setting up routines and expectations
Your child’s teacher will have posted a daily timetable in their online classroom.
If your child cannot access their online classroom, please help your child to create a timetable for their day’s learning.
Their timetable should include regular breaks for exercise, food and drink. It is very important that students get up and move around regularly.
Don’t overdo things.
Take a look at this Time Expectations Guide for Families to see roughly how much time children should be spending on various activities.
Wellbeing
You and your
child’s regular class teacher are now a teaching team. You need to look after
yourself so that you can continue to support your child’s learning. Should you
or your child be struggling with the demands of Lockdown, you are not alone.
Our School
Counsellor, Learning and Support Teacher (LaST) and Intervention Team are all
still on duty (mostly working from home) and eager to support you and your
child when you need a hand.
Your child’s
classroom teacher is your first point-of-contact and will arrange extra support
if needed. All parents have the email contact of their child’s class teacher,
but can also contact the school by emailing tanilbabay-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au
