Home Learning Activities - Websites and Ideas
During any period of self isolation, we would expect the culture of learning to continue in every home. In addition to the specific learning set by each class teacher, we would reccomend the following websites used within school for activities:
TT RockStars - https://ttrockstars.com/
Spelling Shed - https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb
Purple Mash - https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stonegate
Mrs Seakins' KS2 Book Club
Language Sites
Les salutations - practice speaking powerpoint/video in which i talk through some basic greetings for children to try. (revision)
https://vimeo.com/405814868
Cooking in French - a yogurt gateau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5bzhueWOi0
French websites
Username: beaconcrow
password: 20twenty
Then: click on beginner , click on French flag, then choose a topic. (year 1 and 2 can choose 'les bases' which teaches colours and numbers 1-10)
Duolingo - https://www.duolingo.com/
Learn languages for free. Web or app.
Science and Geography Activities
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!
National Geographic Kids - https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
Mystery Science - https://mysteryscience.com/
Free science lessons
Crest Awards - https://www.crestawards.org/
Science awards you can complete from home.
iDEA Awards - https://idea.org.uk/
Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.
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.
Geography Games - https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!
General Activities
FREE online education resources include:
Twinkl - https://www.twinkl.co.uk/
This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.
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This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision.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.
DK Find Out - https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac
Activities and quizzes
Blue Peter Badges - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.
Body Coach - https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Workouts which are accessible via YouTube. It has some great fitness workouts for children.
Maths Activities
Corbet Maths - https://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/ Daily maths challenges for pupils in KS2
Prodigy Maths - https://play.prodigygame.com/
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.
Literacy Activities
British Council - https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning
Oxford Owl for Home - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age
Creative Sites
Practice your Drawing and Painting - https://m.facebook.com/comepaintwithjames/
Practice your Drawing and Painting - http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
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.
The Artful Parent - https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
Good, free art activities
Red Ted Art - https://www.redtedart.com/
Easy arts and crafts for little ones
The Imagination Tree - https://theimaginationtree.com/
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.
Toy Theater - https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games
Videos
The Kids Should See This - https://thekidshouldseethis.com/
Wide range of cool educational videos
Crash Course Kids - https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
Wide range of cool educational videos
Computer Programming Sites
Blockly - https://blockly.games/
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.
Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming