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• Queries/issues with accessing Home Learning E-Resources

  Wed 29 Apr 2020

  Any technical issues such as lost/forgotten log-ins or problems with the E-Learning resources  can be dealt with by emailing our IT support team: ITHOME@OAKHAM.SANDWELL.SCH.UK

   

  If you are changing devices and trying to log into Active Learn- Bug Club, you may be required to enter the school code: OAKH

   

   

   

   

   

   

• West Bromwich Albion Foundation - Sign Up for 'Stay at Home' Activities

  Wed 29 Apr 2020

  The Stay at Home Offer will allow youngsters to stay active with sporting exercises, maintain good wellbeing, and test the brain with educational activities.

   

  The Foundation will send out one task per day via its social media channels, and people taking part are encouraged to send a photo, video or message saying how they have fared with each day's activity. 

   

  Family is at the heart of the Stay at Home Offer, aiming to make all tasks suitable for individuals and families with progression based activities to cover all ages.

   

  The offer will run for five weeks from Monday, April 20 - Friday, May 22.

   

  CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

  

• Letter to all parents & carers from West Midlands Police: Covid-19

  Tue 28 Apr 2020

  Please CLICK HERE to read a letter received today  from West Midlands Police regarding the current Lockdown measures. 

   

• BEAM (Sandwell) offering support for children during the C-19 Crisis

  Mon 27 Apr 2020

  If you have a young person in your home who is struggling with emotions and concerns, you can contact BEAM. https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/beam/sandwell

   

  To help you understand a little bit more about BEAM this is taken from their website:

  'We understand that talking about how you feel isn’t easy, especially with someone you don’t know. You may worry about what to say, what the reaction will be or you may not understand why you feel the way do.

   

  It could be a bad day or an ongoing issue that's affecting your mood - for Beam, no problem is too big or too small. You can talk confidentially to someone in the Beam team who will listen, understand and provide advice and guidance to help you.'

   

   

  

• Some very special messages for you all!

  Fri 24 Apr 2020

  We have produced a short video to pass on some very special messages to all of the children..we hope you enjoy them! 

  Take care - stay safe!

   

  CLICK HERE TO WATCH

   

  

• Instagram page with lots of fun ideas for Early Years

  Wed 22 Apr 2020

  Our very own Nursery teacher, Miss Williamson has been busy collaborating with other teachers via Instagram. They have been creating and collating a wide range of fun activities to keep little ones busy and occupied. 

   

  If you are in need of a few extra ideas or fancy seeing what she has been up to, why not give Instagram a search!?

  

• Ongoing delays and issues with Edenred FSM Vouchers!

  Wed 22 Apr 2020

  We are becoming increasingly aware of ongoing issues and delays with the new Government FSM Vouchers scheme. 

   

  I would like to reassure all affected families that they have been added to the weekly orders to Edenred and will receive their allotted amounts and codes.  

   

  Our school business manager has ensured that all stages of our involvement in the process have been completed on time and unfortunately we are now reliant on Edenred to complete the administration of these to you.

   

  We have been informed that following our weekly FSM order being processed on a Monday, it may take up to 72 hours for these to reach your inbox. 

   

  Our shared frustration, with this delay, has been fed-back to the Local Authority and it is increasingly becoming apparent that this issue is affecting families across England due to Edenred struggling to meet current demand. 

   

  Please be assured that we are doing all we can to ensure our families are supported with this issue. In order to reduce the processing time for each family, we have combined each child's allowance into a single family amount e.g. 2 children = 1 family voucher of £30 instead of two separate £15 vouchers to process. 

   

  I would ask for your continued patience and support and that if you have still not received your weekly voucher by late THURSDAY please inform the school office on school.office@oakham.sandwell.sch.uk

   

   

• COVID -19 Advice for Children and Parents

  Wed 22 Apr 2020

  Further resources for supporting your children's understanding of the Covid-19 Pandemic have been released. These are to help them understand about what is going on by providing        child-friendly explanations about the situation and tips on staying healthy. 

   

  A PDF version is available here Coronavirus (COVID19) Hints and Tips for Young People in Sandwell

   

  A new video clip has been produced by the NHS. This explains about their universal services campaign and offers advice for parents/carers when their children are unwell. It can be viewed HERE.

   

   

   

• IT Issues - Oakham Helpline!

  Tue 21 Apr 2020

  Each Oakham pupil in KS1 &2 has their own username and password for online logins. 

  These were re-distributed before we closed but if you have any problems getting onto the sites or need these please email IThome@oakham.sandwell.sch.uk   and our IT boffins will look into the problem for you.

• New Free Home Learning Resources, Activities and Virtual Lessons

  Tue 21 Apr 2020

  Hello everyone - I hope you are all staying safe at home and  as we continue through Week 5 of 'Lockdown' 

   

  The DfE and BBC have produced a range of learning resources to help with some different home learning tasks - these are linked in the E-Learning Portal of this website. CLICK HERE to take you there!

   

  Many families will be spending more time online so it's important to remember how to stay safe while you do - CEOP have have produced some fun learning resources to help you.

   

  These will be updated every couple of weeks and can be found in the same place as the other learning resources above. 

   

  We all appreciate how hard lots of you are finding these strange times and although it's been a while since we were all together, please remember that this won't be for too long now and we will get through this!

   

  Staff are working on a secret mini-project at the moment - we will be sharing that with you all through the website and school app later this week.

   

  Keep on doing your best, make sure you are helping out at home and remember that we are all very proud of how brave you are all being!

   

  Mr Skett :)