FYI

• Child care:
  • Child care spots for essential service workers in Vancouver will be allocated by Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre (WCCRC) as detailed in this news release: From the WCCRC: “For all the parents, essentials and non essentials, to register at a Temporary emergency child care they need to provide the child care facility with an ID number, which parents can receive through an online form.“
  • If the WCCRC determines you are eligible as a “Tier 1” essential services worker, you may be referred back to the VSB, who will ask you to fill out this registration form.

KEY POINTS

• “You’ll be ok”: Educational experts are advising parents to ensure that your relationship with your child and their emotional needs (to feel safe, engaged, active) take precedence over ‘academic progress’.

• Get connected and help others get connected: If you or another family you know isn’t on the school’s email list, please contact mcianelli (at) vsb.bc.ca immediately. 
• Check in on one another:  Consider a check-in phone or video call to a fellow parent/guardian in your division and ask them “How are you feeling during all of this?”

• Messages from VSB
  • Letter from VSB Superintendent (March 27, 2020)
  • Email from Principal Leung (March 27, 2020)
  • Still have questions? After reading the messages below, do you still have questions? Unclear about something? Submit your question here and we’ll try and get them answered.

RESOURCES: HOME SCHOOLING

General Learning

• Keep Learning BC 
• Khan Academy

Physical Activity

• Cosmic Yoga Kids
• Joe Wicks

Nature

• National Geographic Kids
• Smithsonian

 Science

• Mad Science
• Brilliant
• Science World
• NASA Kids’ Club 

Art

• Lunch doodles with Mo Willems 

Math

• Cool Math 4 Kids
• Funbrain
• Math Games

 Music

• Hoffman Academy (piano; paid with free)

Reading & Writing

• Epic!
• One to One Literacy
• Kids A-Z
• Scholastic Learn at Home
  • Scholastic Kids
• Bookflix
• Typing: Typing.com| Dance Mat Typing
• Journal writing prompts
• Cursive writing worksheets
• ReadingEggs
• Book: Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons

Languages

• Mango Languages (free access with VPL card)
• Duolingo

Misc

• Ted Ed
• Virtual museum tours
  
• Jarrett Lerner
• Cirque du Soleil
• Audible

• Harry Potter (Hogwart’s)
• Teleconferencing: | Microsoft Teams | Zoom | Google Hangouts | 8×8 
• VSB Continuity of Learning
• VSB Office 365

• Parent-generated content*

* This is not approved BC curriculum. It is content created by individual parents in our community; please use at your own discretion. 

Help build this list! Got a great resource to add to this list or did you create your own content? Send it to the PAC Chair (chair@vanhornepac.com) so that we can share it with the wider community.

RESOURCES: COVID-19

• Vancouver School Board
  • COVID-19 updates
  • Twitter / Facebook / Instagram
  • Keep Learning BC (a collection of free, everyday educational activities designed to support BC’s curriculum).
  • FAQs on the continuity of learning
  • Ministry & BCCPAC letter to parents | Le français |  ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پن٘جابی | 汉语
  • Sir William Van Horne Elementary

• Trustworthy sources of information
  • BC Government’s COVID-19 page
  • BC Centre for Disease Control COVID-19 page
  • Think you have COVID-19 symptoms? Take the Thrive self-assessment tool. If you do have symptoms, you can call 8-1-1 to pre-arrange health testing.
  • Have non-medical questions? Call 1-888-COVID19.