Supporting Home Learning
Updates to this page will be made on a regular basis, please check back often to see what we’ve added…
BBC Teach Live Lessons
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons
Description: interactive lessons featuring some of the BBC’s biggest brands and presenters
BBC Bitesize
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
Key stages: key stage 1 and key stage 2
Description: interactive resources covering the primary curriculum.
TED-Ed
Website: https://ed.ted.com/
Description: offers high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons on a daily basis, for free. Enter your email at the link to have a handful of engaging lesson plans organized by age group that span all subjects delivered to your inbox every day. Each newsletter will also include insights and tips collected from TED-Ed’s global community of students, parents and teachers.
Letters and Sounds
Toppsta Blog
Website: https://toppsta.com/blog/view/bookish-ideas-if-you’re-self-isolating-with-the-kids
Key Stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: Bookish ideas if you’re self-isolating with children – including lists of age appropriate books and a list of all the cool author and illustrator events taking place online – updated daily.
Audible
Website: https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: all children’s audiobooks are available for free while schools are closed.
Book Trust
Website: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/bookfinder/
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: a site with recommended booklists, categorised by age range and topic, including fiction and non-fiction. Family activities are included in the ‘Home Time’ section.
Elevenses with the World of David Walliams
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
Key stages: key stage 2
Description: one free audio book reading is available to listen to every day.
Love Reading 4 Kids
Website: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: a site with recommended booklists, categorised by age range and topic, covering fiction and non-fiction.
Poetry by Heart
Website: https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/
Key stages: key stage 2
Description: a wide selection of poetry covering different topics
The Children’s Poetry Archive
Website: https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: an archive of spoken poetry recordings. Children can listen to poems read out loud.
The Day newsletter
Website: https://theday.co.uk/subscriptions/the-day-home
Key stages: key stage 1 and key stage 2
Description: a daily newsletter for parents and carers at home with children, helping to enrich learning with real-world knowledge and skills.
Registration: is required
Remember that you can access RBdigital eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines for free with your library card. Follow this link to find out more: http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/libraries-ebooks
Literacy Trust
Website: https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/
Description: Resources for parents of children age 12 and under, with ideas and guidance for simple activities to support with reading, writing and language development.
Be sure to follow this link to ‘The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children in Lockdown’…
Numberblocks
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/help-your-child-with-maths
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: videos for numeracy development designed for children aged 0 to 6. There are fun activities that can be applied to everyday life and play.
White Rose Maths (home learning)
Website: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: presentations and downloadable workbooks which are easy to use for parents. New material is being released each week.
Hit the Button – maths games
Website: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Tables
Website: https://www.timestables.co.uk/
Numbots
Website: https://play.numbots.com/#/account/school-login/7033
Key Stages: early years foundation stage and key stage 1 (all pupils had a reminder of their log-in details supplied with their home learning packs)
The Maths Factor
Website: https://www.themathsfactor.com/
Description: Carol Vorderman has announced free access to her maths school for children aged 4 to 11 whilst schools are closed. This is matched to the national curriculum.
STEM Learning (Home learning)
Website: https://www.stem.org.uk/primary-science
Key stages: key stage 1 and key stage 2
Description: an online resource bank, which links to resources on external websites. The site features a live chat function offering support from subject experts. New home learning resources are being developed.
Thinkuknow
Website: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/
Description: guidance and resources to help you keep children safe online
Follow these links to view and download: Parents’ and Carers’ Helpsheets and ‘How to support your child at home’
For Early Years and Primary:
Click here for home activity packs for children aged 4-5
Click here for home activity packs for children aged 5-7
Click here for home activity packs for children aged 8-10
Thinkuknow website for 5 – 7 year olds: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/4_7/
Thinkuknow website for 8 – 10 year olds: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/
Government on-line safety advice and useful links
Website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-staying-safe-online
Code Studio
Website: https://studio.code.org/courses
Description: computer science activities and lessons.
Tynker
Website: https://www.tynker.com/
Description: offers computer coding lesson for children.
National Geographic Kids
Website: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Description: Contains educational games, resources, challenges, and videos and includes a child friendly explanation of Coronavirus.
3D Geography
Website: https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/
Description: Printable paper templates to help make geographical models, fun facts and lots of ideas.
BBC Horrible Histories
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/horrible-histories
Description: Episodes and clips, games, and sing-along songs.
Boogie Beebies
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mvsc
Key stages: early years foundation stage
Description: videos that get younger children up and dancing with CBeebies presenters.
Disney 10 Minute Shakeups
Website: https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: 10-minute videos based on Disney films that count towards a child’s 60 active minutes per day.
Super Movers
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers
Key stages: key stage 1 and key stage 2
Description: videos which help children move while they learn. They support curriculum subjects, including maths and English.
Duolingo
Website: https://www.duolingo.com/
Description: offers free language lessons specially designed for school children. Duolingo’s mobile app (for iPhone and Android) starts by assessing fluency, then helps to develop skills by introducing words and phrases, with regular quizzes. It covers both spoken and written conversation, and its quick, bite-sized lessons and instant feedback make it convenient to use.
Fender Play
Website: https://try.fender.com/play/playthrough/
Description: bite-sized online guitar lessons for free. Sign up for an offer code which will end on Mon 20 Apr or when 100,000 codes have been claimed. *Offer has been extended to the first million who sign up!*
64 Million Artists #Create to Connect
Website: https://64millionartists.com/
Description: To keep us connected, curious and creative in these extraordinary times, 64 Million Artists are hosting a month of creative daily challenges in May.
Get Creative Festival
Website: https://getcreativeuk.com/
Description: The Get Creative Festival also normally takes place in May and has moved online this year with #GetCreativeAtHome. Over 200 participatory activities are now listed on the website, including the biggest life drawing class ever, and a new series of online masterclasses by leading artists including Sir Antony Gormley and features artist Clare Twomey.
Celebrating 800 years of Spirit and Endeavour – Virtual Art Tour at Salisbury Cathedral
Website: https://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/spirit-and-endeavour-virtual-art-tour
Description: This remarkable show brings together work from some of the most important and influential contemporary artists of the 20th and 21st century, including Antony Gormley, Shirazeh Houshiary, Henry Moore, Grayson Perry, Conrad Shawcross, Stanza and Mark Wallinger.
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Website: https://www.annafreud.org/what-we-do/anna-freud-learning-network/coronavirus/
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: wellbeing advice for all those supporting children and young people.
BPS
Website: https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-blogs
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: advice on dealing with school closures and talking to children about COVID-19.
Children’s Commissioner
Website: https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/publication/childrens-guide-to-coronavirus/
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: a downloadable guide for children about coronavirus.
MindEd
Website: https://www.minded.org.uk/
Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2
Description: an educational resource for all adults on children and young people’s mental health.
Registration: is required
Coronavirus – A book for children
Fantastic free information book from @NosyCrow explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler: https://nosycrowcoronavirus.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Coronavirus_ABookForChildren.pdf
COVID-19 – Looking after yourself, looking after your children
Covid-19-advice-and-support-for-parent
ThinkNinja
Website: https://healios.org.uk/services/thinkninja1
Description: Before coronavirus, ThinkNinja was a commissioned service only, made available in parts of the country through the NHS, schools, local authorities as well as charities working with young people. During COVID-19 it is free for all and provides a range of content
- Fears relating to the virus
- Isolation struggles and how to stay connected to family and friends
- Worries about personal health and health of family members
- Mental strength
- Coping techniques to use during the crisis
- Plus many other helpful tips
(Apps must be downloaded onto a compatible device)
Brain Parade
Website: http://www.brainparade.com/products/see-touch-learn-free/
Description: a visual instruction app, including flash cards and picture-choosing games, for children with autism and special needs.
HelpKidzLearn
Website: https://www.helpkidzlearn.com/
Description: a collection of games and resources designed for a range of educational needs and stages. It includes provision for school closure.
Sensory App House Ltd
Website: https://www.sensoryapphouse.com/
Description: a range of apps are available for pupils with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) or Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD). All are interactive and many do not require significant coordination abilities.
Visuals2Go
Website: https://www.visuals2go.com/
Description: an all-in-one app created to support people with communication and learning difficulties. For verbal and non-verbal learners.
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