Pembrokeshire County Council’s Children and Schools Directorate is
committed to supporting learners, parents and carers with distance
learning.
That’s the message from Cllr Guy Woodham, Cabinet Member for
Education & Lifelong Learning and Acting Director for Children and
Schools, Steven Richards-Downes.
A range of learning resources have been made available to learners
via digital platforms while paper packs are being prepared for use
where required.
Online learning activities created by schools across Pembrokeshire
are available via www.dysguarlein.com
The website was launched last month to support parents juggling
working with online learning.
The high quality resources are created by local teachers with Council
support and are accessible from any device, including smart phones.
Each week a new set of resources is dropped onto the website to
help families with online learning.
The resources are proving popular with parents and children alike
with pupils enjoying lessons ranging from storyboard animation to
fossil finding.
Cllr Woodham said: “We are incredibly grateful to the teachers
that are sharing their activities and suggestions on the platform.
“Our admiration and thanks to all parents and children keeping it
together during these challenging times.
“We hope you enjoy dysguarlein.com.”
Schools are also creating bespoke online resources for learners in
their schools using a range of tools such as Microsoft and Google.
These will be in ways that learners are familiar with in their usual
school setting.
Parents can access support about online learning via hwb at
https://hwb.gov.wales/distance-learning/distance-learning-tools-
through-hwb/parents-and-carers/”
In addition, schools are preparing paper based packs which they will
make available to families who require them through collection,
following social distancing measures, or other means in certain
circumstances.
Mr Richards-Downes said: “Schools are also showcasing examples of
online learning on a regular basis via social media.
“Please send examples of your work to the Twitter pages
@schoolspembs @pembrokeshire.”
Mr Richards-Downes added: “We have a wide range of services
providing online learning and opportunities these can be accessed
again via our social media platforms for the music service, the youth
service and Sport Pembrokeshire using their social media accounts.
https://www.facebook.com/PembsMusicService/ | @MusicPembs
https://www.facebook.com/PembrokeshireYouthOutreachTeam/ |
@PembsYouthZone
https://www.facebook.com/SportPembrokeshire/ | @Sportpembs
