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Home Learning

This page has a wealth of resources to support learning at home.  There are links to useful websites as well as materials that can be used for all age groups and subjects.

WEEKLY HOMEWORK WEBSITES

 

  • Mathletics Fun games and maths activities to support learning
  • Readiwriter Fun games and spelling activities to support learning
  • Nessy Reading and spelling activities

MATERIALS TO SUPPORT LEARNING ACROSS

A RANGE OF SUBJECTS

 

  • Purple Mash Lots of activities in many subjects. Why not have a go at some coding and see how far you can get!
  • Supermovers Learn and move at the same! Catchy songs with actions to help you remember tricky things!
  • Show Me Games, collections, videos, stories, homework help and family days out from museums and galleries
  • Funology Crafts, projects, science experiments and recipes

WEBSITES TO SUPPORT LEARNING: ENGLISH

 

EYFS & KS1
  • Read Write Inc. Filmed phonics lessons; phonics, word reading and spelling video lessons on YouTube
  • Sounds Write Online courses and videos for parents, interactive whiteboard resources, activity workbooks and games.
  • Book Club Phonics Bug Club Phonics has e-books, teaching material and practice games.
  • Jolly Phonics Teaching videos covering key skills needed for reading and writing. Access to guidance and a bank of activity sheets covering phonics, grammar, spelling and punctuation
  • Letters and Sounds Filmed phonics lessons that follow phases 2 to 5 of the Letters and Sounds programme for reception, year 1 and learning to blend. Parent guidance videos.
  • Phonics International Home learning resources include ‘Alphabetic Code and Phonics Skills’ and materials for reading, spelling and handwriting. The free series of 8 e-books include 200+ cumulative, decodable sentences and texts.
KS2
  • Sirlinkalot A fun filled website and app to help with learning those tricky spellings
  • Wacky Web Tales Make up your own stories by choosing some exciting words.
OTHER RESOURCES TO SUPPORT WITH ENGLISH
  • Pobble 365 A a new image is published each day as a basis for creative writing. Story starters, questions and drawing ideas are provided.
  • BookTrust A site with recommended book lists, categorised by age range and topic, including fiction and non-fiction. Family activities are included in the ‘Home Time’ section.
  • Authorfy Access to masterclasses on texts from a range of authors, including videos from the authors and activities linked to novels.
  • Love Reading 4 Kids A site with recommended book lists, categorised by age range and topic, covering fiction and non-fiction.
  • Royal Opera House A range of resources which allow you to explore theatre from home.
  • English Mastery Downloadable resource books providing 8 weeks of activities.
  • The Day Newsletter A daily newsletter for parents and carers at home with children, helping to enrich learning with real-world knowledge and skills.
  • The Week Junior Downloadable articles and activities adapted for parents and guardians for home learning.

MATHS

 

  • I see maths Join Gareth for a series of maths lessons using video and activity sheets

SCIENCE/GEOGRAPHY

  • Africam 24/7 interactive African wildlife safari cameras
  • Atlapedia Have a look at colourful world maps and key facts about countries of the world.
  • BBC Weather Find out what the weather is like at home and anywhere in the world.
  • Newsround Discover what's going on in the world.
  • Sea and Sky Explore the oceans below and the universe above.
  • Weather UK and world weather forecast
  • Space Space and NASA news - universe and deep space information
  • Hunkin's Experiments Cool cartoons that will have you experimenting with food, light, sound, clothes, and a whole lot more!
  • Switch Zoo Make new animals and write stories about them.

HISTORY

 

  • BBC History For Kids Enter ancient worlds, meet famous people and discover fascinating facts by exploring historical games and activities.
  • British Museum Search the collection online and take a tour of the museum from home.
  • British Pathe Watch video clips about important historical events.
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