Online learning
During this period of uncertainty, have a look at some of these non screen activities that you might want to do
We have also put together a list of online learning which all children can access free of charge. We hope you will find them useful
| 2 Simple | https://2simple.com/blog/using-purple-mash-when-school-closed/ | Purple Mash is a website designed for children aged 3-11. It contains many creative tools ie: coding, animation, publishing, art and also applications for maths, spelling and grammar. Serial Mash gives you a whole library of e-books and corresponding activities. Both can be used on any tablet or computer with a web browser. Use your child's log in details to access even more of the site |
| Active History | https://www.activehistory.co.uk/ | Amazing resources for history teachers by the British educator Russell Tarr including interactive simulations, quizzes, games that can easily be used for online learning. |
| Babelzone | https://www.lcfclubs.com/babelzoneNEW/promotional-login.asp | Songs, Stories and Activities in Spanish for KS2 using the promotional code LCF2020sch |
| Chrome Music Lab | https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/ | Chrome Music Lab is a website that makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments. |
| Classroom Cereal | https://www.classroomcereal.com/ | Grammar practice in free, printable short stories. - aimed at upper KS2 |
| Classroom Secrets | https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-online-learning/ | Family Access BETA will create a parent account for you and the child accounts you need for the children in your family. Lots of activities for free. |
| Club SciKidz MD | http://www.clubscikidzmd.com/blog/ | Daily free science or cooking experiment to do at home. |
| Coloring Nature | https://www.coloringnature.org/ | Coloring Nature is for children and adults. We have more than 675 FREE printable coloring pages . Our coloring categories include serious science: biomes, anatomy, animals, plants and more, plus some pure whimsy – just for fun. |
| Coolmath Games | https://www.coolmathgames.com/ | Coolmath Games is a fun brain-training site for everyone, where logic, thinking and math meet fun and games. |
| Ducksters | https://www.ducksters.com/ | Information on a range of subjects for History, Geography and Science - good for research |
| Go Noodle | https://family.gonoodle.com/ | Physical activities to do with videos online |
| MathPlayground | https://www.mathplayground.com | Math Playground provides hundreds of math games, logic puzzles and educational resources. |
| Muddle Puddle | https://themuddypuddleteacher.co.uk/become-a-muddy-puddle-teacher/ | Activities for the outdoors - free trial for 30 days from sign up |
| Nessy Learning | https://www.nessy.com/us/virtualschool/ | For schools closed by Coronavirus (COVID-19), Nessy is offering the free use of our digital learning platform* to support the continued education of children. The structured language programs automatically guide the instruction of phonics, reading, spelling and writing to all children aged 5-12 years. Teachers may monitor student progress remotely. We are offering our programs at no charge to contribute to the community effort to stop the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and because we want to ensure children do not miss out on their learning. No credit card information is taken. Schools will not be billed. |
| Numbots | https://play.numbots.com/?#/game/game-mode |
For children to practise their counting skills and number bonds up to 100. Perfect for children in EYFS, KS1 and those in KS2 who want to refine their number skills. Use the Times Table Rockstars logins that have been sent home to access. |
| Oak National Academy | https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-4/#schedule |
A range of lessons tailored for home learning with Maths, English and Topic sessions covered. |
| PE at home | https://www.peplanning.org.uk/peathome.html | Fun, healthy activities for children and the whole family |
| Phonics Play | https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ | A useful resource which we use regularly in school for phonics games. This is now available at home. |
| Pobble | https://pobble.com/for-parents | Ideas for writing. You can register as a parent for a 30 day trial at no cost |
| Rising Stars | https://my.risingstars-uk.com/ | Access a range of e-books using your child's own log in details. This should be found in the child's reading records |
| Times Table Rock Stars | https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student | Use your child's log in details to practise times tables in a fun way |
| Twinkl | https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents | English, Maths and other resources available when you sign up for free |
| White Rose Maths | https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning | A set of home learning resources for maths from EYFS-Y6 and beyond |