Useful Websites and Apps
We have put together a list of resources which will be useful to help continue your child’s learning whilst they are at home. We will continue to keep in touch over the coming weeks.
Look at the section for your year group for more guidelines for your child’s class.
Useful to all
https://www.robinhoodmat.co.uk/learning-projects/ (mixture of projects across Key Stages).
Twinkl has a wide range of resources for across the curriculum and are offering free access for parents for 1 month . Go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS
Hamilton Trust have provided 2 weeks worth of free Learning from Home packs for Maths and English. Go to www.hamilton-trust.org.uk to download them.
Maths
Times Tables Rockstars (for Key stage 2 children)/Numbots (for Reception and KS1 children) - https://ttrockstars.com/ (logins have been sent home with children/ will be emailed to you).
Doodle Maths - https://www.doodlemaths.com/ or through the app which you will already have. (Your child should already know their Doodle Maths login. If you have any problems, please email class teacher. Login details for Reception have been sent home with children.)
http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/ - Maths Lessons during school closures hosted by maths consultant Gareth Metcalfe.
White Rose
The White Rose Maths Team has prepared a series of five brand new maths lessons for each year group from Years 1-8. Every lesson comes with a short video showing you clearly and simply how to help your child to complete the activity successfully.
Finding and using the lessons
The lessons are all available on the White Rose Maths website at www.whiterosemaths.com/homelearning where you’ll also find clear instructions on exactly how access and use the right material for your child’s year group.
White Rose Maths is all about helping children to love maths by really understanding what it’s all about, so you can certainly expect to enjoy these learning sessions with your child!
Join in the daily maths!
A regular daily learning routine will help your child to learn more effectively at home, and just one 20-30 minute White Rose Maths session each day will really help your child to keep them learning and motivated. What’s more, the White Rose Maths Team will be online each weekday between 10.00 and 11.00am – great opportunities for your child to show and share their work, questions and ideas every day via any of the White Rose Maths social media channels.
https://www.mathematicsmastery.org/free-resources – Maths resources across the year groups.
English
https://peters.co.uk/100-books-for-parents - list of recommended books
https://www.researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html - Free children’s Classics: pdfs and audiobooks
https://www.literacyshed.com/ - ideas for writing with video and picture resources.
www.radioblogging.net – Pie Corbett (the brains behind Talk for Writing which is the process we use to teach writing in school) and his colleagues will be broadcasting a live radio show Monday – Friday at 9:30. A live blog with resources will support the activities being set.
www.stories.audible.com – Amazon audible are streaming free stories for the duration of the school closures.
Science & DT
www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/gsc-at-home Glasgow Science Centre will be bringing a bit of science into your home every day at 10am
P.E.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ - Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) will be doing live PE lessons for children at 9am Mon-Fri.
https://family.gonoodle.com/ - the children will be familiar with lots of these dances and activities.
Music
Dudley Performing Arts are working on ways that they can help with music tuition during the period of school closure. Plans will be shared next week and will be published on their website and social media channels. Check www.dudley.gov.uk/dpa after Monday 23rd March and follow @dudleyperformingarts (facebook) or @arts_dudley (twitter) for updates.
March 27 – The Big Play
Please encourage children to experience the Big Play on Friday 27th. This is an online celebration of music making in schools and incudes nearly 40 short films made in Dudley – you might even be on one! The ‘One Minute of Music’ films showing music in their classrooms will be shared on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook on Friday 27th March.
You could do the following:
March 31st – The Big Sing
On Tuesday 31st children will be able to take part in interactive singing sessions and watch a virtual concert filmed by schools who would have taken part in a big concert at Symphony Hall this week. This will be broadcast on YouTube and will let thousands of you sing along in your homes. Again, follow the social media links above to get more information as the day approaches.
Computing
Art
https://www.accessart.org.uk/art-covid-19/ - AccessArt are offering free-to-access art projects for all ages
Useful for EYFS and Key Stage 1
English
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ - free subscription to phonics play
www.teachyourchildtoread.co.uk - a full, detailed phonics programme to download for free
Maths
Early Years Maths
How can I help at home?
Ask questions such as “How many more?”, “How many altogether?”, “How many would I have if…”
Other
The following are available on youtube –
Jack Hartmann – does a range of videos to help children learn number bonds, other areas of maths but also does videos for brain breaks.
Jolly Phonics – songs to learn how to say the sounds correctly. If you can mention that don’t use Jolly Phonics in school but it useful for parents and fun for the children especially Kindy and Reception.
Below are also a range of resources which are aimed at helping children understand the virus and to manage anxiety around what is happening:
