New free online adult learning platform to boost workplace skills

New free online adult learning platform to boost workplace skills

Information for parents & carers:

A new online learning platform to help boost the nation’s skills while people are staying at home, has been launched today (28 April) by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.

Free courses are available through a new online platform hosted on the gov.uk website, called The Skills Toolkit. The new platform gives people access to free, high-quality digital and numeracy courses to help build up their skills, progress in work and boost their job prospects.

These are the skills which are highly valued by employers and sought after in a wide range of jobs. With more people expected to be working and studying remotely in the coming months, the platform offers a great opportunity to learn new skills to help to get ahead online and gain the knowledge we’ll all need for the future. The platform also offers employees who have been furloughed an opportunity to keep up their skills development while they are at home.

Courses on offer cover a range of levels, from everyday maths and tools for using email and social media more effectively at work to more advanced training. Individuals will be able to access courses helping them to create great online content developed by the University of Leeds and the Institute of Coding, to understand the Fundamentals of Digital Marketing from Google Digital Garage and to learn how to code for data analysis from the Open University. All courses are online and flexible, so people can work through them at their own pace.

The Skills Toolkit is designed to help people gain new skills while they are staying at home and boost their confidence. The courses have been selected on the advice of experts and leading employers to make sure they meet the needs of business, not just for today but in the future. This is just a first step towards assisting with the longer-term recovery to boost employability across the country, helping people to build up the skills employers need during time spent at home.

Published 28 April 2020

From: Department for Education

CAMHS

Child and Adolescent Mental Health - NHS

The link below will take you to a site that was created for young people, carers and professionals to pool together lots of helpful resources from across the internet that are available to help support your mental health and well-being. I hope that you find it helpful.

https://www.camhs-resources.co.uk/

Emotions and Wellbeing

As adults, we all know that dealing with uncertainty and change can be a challenge. We rely on coping mechanisms that have been developed over time to support ourselves when needed.

So what about our children? I know from personal experience that my little one is finding the restrictions in place confusing, from not being able to see grandparents and family to all of a sudden not able to go to nursery and play his friends...it is hard.

And often, it's tricky to know what to do to support them especially when you might, like me, be seeing heightened or more frequent emotional outbursts than usual.

Research will tell you that a nurturing approach will bring comfort to a child who is in disarray.   The SEND team have, and will continue to, share some 'emotional support resources' on the school website (Learning at Home - SEND and Nurture) that might aid some of the emotional hurdles we are affronted with currently.

I have used the 'Relaxation Tips' and found it worked well.  Why not give something a go?

https://sites.google.com/learningfederation.org.uk/home-learning/home/send-and-nurture/send-emotional-literacy-support

Quiz Update

Good afternoon,

The family quiz  will now be published weekly on a Friday and the answers revealed on the following Monday.

 Here are the answers to Friday's SCIENCE AND NATURE quiz.

1)   Oak tree 

2)   Jupiter    

3)   Yellow                 

4)   16                  

5)   Product         

6)   6           

7)   Water 

8)   A                

9)   Elephant       

10) Violet 

11) Mars

12) Cat

13) Pear

14) Tadpoles

15) Megabyte​ 

17. It's Quiz Time! SCIENCE AND NATURE

Good morning everyone.  Here are the answers to Thursday's GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & FILMS quiz.

1)   Daffodil          

2)   Harp                  

3)   Libra (scales)                

4)   D                 

5)   Seven          

6)   Second           

7)   Ratatouille   

8)   How To Train Your Dragon               

9)   Scarlet Overkill          

10) Red 

True or False?

False (55)

True or False?

False (3)

True or False?

False (100 times)

Today's quiz is all about Science and Nature.

SCIENCE AND NATURE

1)   From what tree do acorns come?       

2)   What is the largest planet in the solar system?   

3)   What colour are dandelions?   

4)   How many ounces are there in a pound?   

5)   What term in mathematics refers to the number obtained when two or more numbers are multiplied?   

6)   How many sides does a hexagon have?   

7)  What has the scientific formula H2O?   

8)   Which is the only vowel not on the top row of a computer keyboard?   

9)   The African and Asian are the two main forms of which mammal, with their ear size being an easy way to

       tell which is which? 

10) What is the innermost colour of a rainbow?

11​) Which planet is known as 'The Red Planet'? 

12) 'Feline' means relating to what sort of animal? 

13) Comice, Conference and Williams are varieties of which fruit?

14) What are the young of frogs and toads called?

15) In computing, what is Mb short for?

Check back on Monday for today's answers and another quiz.

Have a lovely weekend.

🔎 Look Who... - w/c 20/4/20

🔎 Look who... 

w/c 20/4/20 

What a busy bunch you have been! A big thank you to the children and parents who have shared the activities and work they have completed at home.  It really brings to a smile to us all as we miss you terribly.

Enjoy the sun this weekend, stay safe, be ready and rested for Monday!

Below is a round-up of the resources shared this week via Facebook, just in case you fancy getting creative or doing something a little different.

Summary of resources shared this week

Activity	Link	Age Range
Wellbeing	The Happiness Project	All
Creative	Handprints	All
Maths	Maths Party	Rec+
National Curriculum	BBC Bitesize	Y1+
Newspaper	First News	Y3+

16. It's Quiz Time! GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND FILMS

Good morning everyone.  Here are the answers to Wednesday's GENERAL KNOWLEDGE quiz.

1)   168                 

2)   Green          

3)   New York             

4)   Bonjour             

5)   100               

6)   Asia        

7)   Sweden   

8)   Red and Yellow           

9)   England      

10) Apple

True or False?

False (2 hours 19 minutes and 17 seconds)

True of False?

False (58)

True of False?

True (£2.63 + £2.37 = £5.00)

Today's quiz is a General Knowledge and Films quiz.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE & FILMS

1)   What is the national flower of Wales?        

2)   Which musical instrument can have 47 strings and 7 pedals? 

3)   Which sign of the zodiac is represented by an object, as opposed to a person or animal?    

4)   In Roman numerals, which letter of the alphabet represents 500?

5)   How many events are there in a heptathlon?   

6)   Was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom the first or second film in the series? 

7)   In which film does Remy the rat aspire to be a chef?   

8)   In which film series would you find Hiccup and Toothless?     

9)   In the Minions film, what is the name of the world's first ever supervillainess?      

10) What colour is Superman's cape? 

True or False?

If you add up all the numbers between 1 and 10 the answer is 50

True or False?

There are five numbers between 30 and 50 that can be divided by 7 without leaving a remainder

True or False?

Two thousand five hundred is 10 times larger than 25​​​​