Beat the Corona boredom with these free resources

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  Beat Corona Boredom

  Have you got time to learn something new while you're stuck at home? We've asked our tutors from different subject areas to put information together. Click on the links below to see their pages. 

  Carry on And Learn with Moodle (CALM) for adults with learning difficulties and disabilities (by our ALDD department)
  

   
  

  Emotional health and wellbeing (by our EHW department)
  

  
  

  Activities for kids (by our Childcare deparment)
  

  

  Help for carers (by our Health and Social Care department)

  

  Flower arranging and gardening (by our Floristry and Horticulture department)
  

  
  

  Create your own clothes, painting and drawing, photography and yoga (by our Art, Media and Leisure department)

  
  

  Improve your digital skills and working productively from home (by our IT department)

  
  

  English for Speakers of Other Languages (by our ESOL department)

  
  

  Maths is Fun! (by our Maths department)

  
  
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  Your feedback - Please get in touch!

  • Feedback form for Beat Corona Boredom URL
  • Your isolation good news URL

    We'd love to hear your good news stories and share them through our Facebook page. We'll choose one story per week to feature on this page as 'Good News Story of the Week'.

  •  Competitions and quizzes

    Maths quiz - test your skills and get feedback on your answers from one of our tutors

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  COVID-19 information

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19): UK government response URL
  • Coronavirus easy read information from Mencap URL
  • COVID-19 information videos in different languages (Leeds City Council) URL
  • Hillingdon Women's Centre URL
  • London Borough of Hillingdon Advice on Coronavirus URL
  • Mayor of London's information on COVID-19 for non-UK nationals URL
  • NHS Coronavirus information URL
  • London Borough of Hillingdon - Support for Vulnerable Residents URL
  • Volunteer for the NHS URL
  • The Skills Toolkit URL

    The Skills Toolkit is a new online learning platform launched by the Government. It gives you access to free, high quality digital and numeracy courses, to help you build up your skills, progress in work and boost your job prospects [while we’re staying at home]. Digital skills can be anything from using social media and staying safe online to coding, programming or digital marketing. There’s something for everyone, no matter what level you want to start at. Whether you just need a refresher or you want to learn something entirely new, you can choose from introductory courses, intermediate or advanced.
    

• Listening, Reading and Writing Exercises is not available