Nields Primary School

1st July 2020 - Here are some links to research supporting mixed age classes for you.

RESEARCH ON MIXED AGE CLASSES

(please click on the links in blue below)

Lillian G. Katz – The Benefits of Mixed-Age Grouping

https://playvolutionhq.com/development/lilian-g-katz-the-benefits-of-mixed-age-grouping/

Mixed-Age Grouping: What Does the Research Say, and How Can Parents Use This Information?

by Debbie Reese; May 1998

http://www.kidsource.com/mixed-age-grouping-what-does-research-say-and-how-can-parents-use-information#sthash.WtLQ49Wx.dpbs

Negative perceptions about composite grades persist, despite research showing students can thrive in multi-age classrooms by Coleen Ricci.

https://www.smh.com.au/education/many-parents-dislike-composite-classes-but-the-evidence-does-not-support-their-anxiety-20150413-1mk4g9.html  

Where age is just another number by Helen Ward

https://www.tes.com/news/where-age-just-another-number-0

Kind regards

Leigh Brown

Head teacher

Nields JIN School, Slaithwaite, 01484 842154

SCHOOL LOCKDOWN INFORMATION/ADVICE LINKS

Please also look at the Family Wellbeing page for more useful links.

LOCALA

We would like to remind you that you can text a nurse at Locala thriving Kirklees Health Service for advice during this time, in the Covid 19 pandemic the service runs Monday to Friday 8am until 8pm with qualified nurses and nursery nurses The numbers to text on are Chathealth Text for parents/carers 07520 618867 for young people 07520 618866. They also have the Locala Facebook page which is updated daily.

• CORONA VIRUS SCAMS please click this link to read the West Yorkshire Trading Standards newsletter about COVID-19 related scams.
• PDAP   please click the link to see information and telephone number for  Pennine Domestic Abuse Partnership who provide specialist high quality support, advice and safe accommodation for all victims of domestic abuse aged 16 or above.
• WELL-BEAN CAFE The Well-Bean Café is a safe and confidential 7 day service offering mental health support to anyone in crisis living in Kirklees, currently operating as a phone service only please click on the link for details.

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The following links and information have been sent to our school from Kirklees.gov.uk

• KIRKLEES COUNCIL COMMUNITY RESPONSE Council hotline: A new freephone number has been added. Freephone 0800 4561114. The local number for the helpline, 01484 226919 will continue to be available, and we will happily call people back if they would like us to. Both numbers are answered by the same team at Kirklees Direct. This is not a new service - the advice and support given will be the same on both lines, as part of our co-ordinated Community Response.

  We’ve added some information about this to our blog (click on this link)  Freephone Covid-19 Community Response helpline

• SMOKING CESSATION HELP FOR EXPECTANT MUMS - offer.

• KIRKLEES MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP Are you looking for Mental Health & Wellbeing support in Kirklees? We are the commissioned, Community Adult Mental Health service providers from the voluntary sector, working together to provide a better mental health service in Kirklees.​

• BTM This website has resources and information which maybe useful for those with or supporting children with Learning Disabilities. BTM is an organisation that is passionate about making information accessible to as many people as possible. We work with, and support, a broad range of individuals and communities who find ordinary print difficult or impossible to read. Central to our work is the inclusion of these people in the development and creation of accessible materials.