Year 1 & Year 2 | Silver Springs Primary Academy

Year 1 & Year 2

Be realistic about what you can do

You're not expected to become teachers and your children aren't expected to learn as they do in school.
Giving your children some structure at home will help you.
Experiment, then take stock. What's working and what isn't? Ask your children, involve them too.
Share the load if there are 2 parents at home. Split the day into 2 hour slots and take turns so you can do your own work
Take care of your own health and wellbeing.

Keep to a timetable wherever possible

Create and stick to a routine if you can. This is what children are used to.
Involve your children in setting the timetable where possible.
Check in with your children and try to keep to the timetable, but be flexible. If a task/activity is going well or they want more time, that's fine.
If you have more than 1 child at home, consider combining their timetables. For example, they might exercise and do maths together – see what works for you.

Make time for exercise and breaks throughout the day

Other activities to keep children engaged throughout the day

Where you have more freedom in the timetable, make time for other activities. Add some creative time or watch a dance video from Go Noodle to get the heart-rate going.

Get your children to write postcards to their grandparents

Ask grandparents to listen to your children read on FaceTime (or ask grandparents to read to younger children)
Give them chores to do so they feel more responsible about the daily routine at home
Help you to cook
Accept that they'll probably watch more TV/spend time on their phone – that's ok but you might want to set/agree some screen time limits

Examples of home-learning timetables

Horniman Primary School in Lewisham created this timetable for its parents
Five Minute Mum has a timetable including lots of activities for younger children