Following the success of last week’s Pet Show & Tell, and appreciating how important it is for children to be able to have some form of social contact, we are holding a Whole School Show & Tell session on Monday 1st February at 1pm.
The theme will be “My Favourite Toy” and children are welcome to show and talk about the toy they like the most – the toy can be anything from a teddy bear to a train set, or an X-Box to a dolls house – whatever they like! They could share why they like it, how often they play with it, where they got it – absolutely anything at all – or children can just join to listen and watch! The purpose is to provide all children with the opportunity to see their classmates and friends and interact – virtually!
The link will be emailled out on Monday morning to parents’ email addresses, and we have certain guidelines that we ask you to follow to help make the session work smoothly –
- You ‘join’ the meeting in plenty of time, as with the numbers potentially being large it may not be possible to admit latecomers.
- Please ensure children are dressed and not in pyjamas.
- You select mute on joining the meeting.
- Miss Relph will be hosting the session and will manage the ‘show and telling’.
- Children will be invited to ‘show’ their toy and tell us some information about it. If there are a large number of participants we will have to limit the amount of information shared.
- To volunteer to speak we ask that parents select the ‘raise hand’ symbol on the icon bar, and then to de-select once your child has spoken.
It worked really well with the Pet Show & Tell – as long as everyone was on mute until invited to unmute!
If you haven’t used Microsoft Teams before – it is really easy to use and I have attached some simple instructions here.
Guidance on Microsoft Teams
Protocol and Communicating on Microsoft Teams