Learning at Home
We are pleased that parents/carers are so keen to support your children develop and grow as learners. Below are some useful websites to help you to support your child/ren with learning outside of school. We will endeavour to update this page when new or more relevant resources are brought to our attention.
We hope you find these helpful!
Curriculum Support
Advice for Families
Topmarks have published a series of articles aimed at parents and carers. Articles provide advice regarding how families can help their children in positive ways - including support in education. The articles have an emphasis on encouragement and show how learning activities can be fun:
Curriculum Support - General
BBC Education have produced a wide range of curriculum support materials for pupils between the ages of three and 11. The website below may be a useful resource for home learning projects.
Primary Homework Help | Online Games For KidsEnglish
For Children:
Homework Help
BBC Bitesize:
Oak National Academy:
Spelling Shed:
Games
English games:
Read-along animated stories:
Reading Eggs:
For Parents/Carers:
Phonics:
Little Wandle - Resources for Parents
The resources on this page will help you support your child with saying their sounds and writing their letters. There are also some useful videos so you can see how they are taught at school and feel confident about supporting their reading at home.
Here are some websites to help support you and your child with their reading:
Learn English Kids - British Council
These websites provide lots of reading recommendations:
Mathematics
As a school we subscribe to Times Tables Rock Stars - TTRS. All children from Year 2 have a personal login. Please do ask if you need a reminder of their password!
We also have access to 'Maths Shed' through your child's Ed Shed login details, where there is an array of suitable activities
The 'Maths Frame' website is full of maths games for KS2 children to play:
One particular useful game on Maths Frame is the 'Times Table Check' which replicates the government MTC (multiplication tables check) that all year 4s take every June
Multiplication Tables Check - Mathsframe
In mathematics will mainly follow the White Rose Curriculum and they provide free downloadable parent booklets for parents to help support their child's maths journey at:
Parent resources | Maths workbooks
White Rose also produce a free '1 minute maths' app, (designed for KS1, but appropriate for all!) which is particularly useful to support rapid recall of key facts and our school KIRfs.
BBC bitesize wise gives us a wonderful quest game for KS2 children where they need to add, subtract, multiply and divide their way to victory!
Play Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica Game – KS2 Maths
BBC bitesize also gives us a great challenges game where KS1 children can earn bronze, silver and gold cups
KS1 Maths free game - Karate Cats
STEM
Starters for STEM are a set of activities that parents and carers can use at home to help children develop their science, technology, engineering and maths skills. These activities are easy-to-resource and provide children with the stimulus to talk about the world around them. Explore all the past activities, which cover everything from making a telescope to investigating the science of baking bread.
Primary resources for home learning | STEMOak National Academy
Oak National Academy provides free video lessons, slides and worksheets to support pupils with their learning. Created by teachers in response to coronavirus, the resources are freely available. Lessons cover a broad range of subjects, from reception to year 11. There are no sign-ups or logins required.