Home Learning Resources

Learning at home

 

This Home Learning Page will be helpful if your child is at home as they are unwell, waiting for test results or taking a 2 week self-isolation.

Aim to do an English based reading and writing activity daily and a Maths activity. Then look at Science,  RE, History, Geography or Art so that your child has a balance of activities. On this page there are many good educational websites for you to use.

Please also find at the end of this page Home Learning Grids in a number of subjects – Reading, Maths, Art, Geography etc.

These include activities you can do without a computer.

Top Tips to encourage children to read – A list of ways to help primary-aged children read at home.

CELEBRATION OF WORK

Here is a Celebration Film of Home Learning!

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Learning Grids

Here are a selection of Learning Grids which you might like to use  if your child is not in school.

FREE online education resources

Please click on the links below for more information.

BBC Bitesize Daily lessons – broadcast every day

There’s an hour of dedicated programming for primary school children who are learning from home.

  • 5-7 year olds at 9am
  • 7-9 year olds at 9.20am
  • 9-11 year olds at 9.40am

The lessons are perfect as extra support for those children who are isolating.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/group/p089nk5f?dm_i=3YNL,17555,2M69I8,49ZSR,1

BBC Bitesize Primary

Great for all curriculum areas – includes videos, worksheets and interactive games.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/this-terms-topics

Oak Academy 

Great for all curriculum areas – includes videos, worksheets and interactive games.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/

Now Press Play

http://nowpressplay.co.uk/learn-at-home/
The children of St John’s love the Press Play resource. The company have provided the resources for children and families to use at home​. Your child can tell you all about Press Play! You can access our Learn at Home content here:

Password: nowpressplay

BBC Learning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there’s so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Scratch

https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming

National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

Duolingo

https://www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Mystery Science

https://mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons

The Kids Should See This

https://thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos

Blockly

https://blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills – fun and free.

Crash Course

https://thecrashcourse.com
You Tube videos on many subjects

Crash Course Kids

https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
As above for a younger audience

Paw Print Badges

https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

Cbeebies Radio

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Listening activities for the younger ones.

Nature Detectives

https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

Tinkercad

https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.

Blue Peter Badges

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

Red Ted Art

https://www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones

Geography Games

https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!

The Imagination Tree

https://theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Toy Theater

https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games

DK Find Out

https://www.dkfindout.com/
Activities and quizzes