Power up your kids’ learning

SP Energy Networks is encouraging Monklands parent s to utilise its educational resource to help support children’s learning from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The PowerWise website aims to raise awareness of power safety among families with kids and young people in Airdrie and Coatbridge.

It helps children to understand how electricity is generated and distributed and how to stay safe around it.

The lesson ideas are fully interactive and engaging with different activities for kids in their early years, primary school and secondary school; the activities and challenges are also all linked to the national curriculum.

The online resource includes fun and educational tasks for children to enjoy while at home; and they can choose between taking on a safety, environment or science mission where, through different types of tasks, they can learn more about safety, biodiversity, fuelling the future and the science behind electricity.

There is an “exciting mission” to suit every child with challenges ranging from designing a fun comic strip, recording their own podcast or even taking part in electrifying experiments from home.

Craig Arthur, director at SP Energy Networks, said: “We know parents are looking for ways to inspire their kids and keep them busy for hours on end, so we’re making resources available online to help keep bright sparks entertained with fun, hands-on activities that can be done at home.

“We’ve included interactive minimissions specifically designed for kids that explain complicated science and technology in a really simple and fun way.

“We would love to hear what parents, carers and kids think of PowerWise, so post your PowerWise feedback and comments to our SP Energy Networks’ Twitter and Facebook pages using the hashtag #powerwise.”

Find out more about PowerWise by visiting powerwise.org.uk and for any questions or feedback on the resource, go to SP Energy Networks’ Twitter or Facebook pages.

Meanwhile, customers who have received a letter from the NHS advising them that they are “at risk” and should take additional measures to protect themselves from Covid-19 are being advised to sign up for the priority services register.

This provides free additional services to customers in vulnerable circumstances if there is an unexpected power cut; they should sign up at spenergynetworks.co.uk or text PSR to 61999.

In the event of a power cut, customers can call the national 105 hotline, no matter who they pay their bill to.