Home Learning
Start your day with a workout!
The Body Coach, Joe Wicks, will be hosting LIVE workout sessions every morning on his YouTube channel starting on Monday 23rd March 2020. You won't need any equipment just tune into his You Tube Channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout. www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Newsround
Keep up to date with what's happening in the news by watching the excellent Newsround everyday. Bulletin times have changed while schools are closed and will now be updated at the times shown.
Don't forget there are are plenty of informative and thought provoking articles on the website. Reading these all count towards your 20 minute a day reading expectation - so get exploring!
Get Writing!
Keep those creative juices flowing by writing regularly. Looking for inspiration? Use the online resources below.
The Write Stuff
Super Sentence Stacking with Jane Considine starting Monday 23rd March at 9:45am
Pobble 365
Starting with a weird, wonderful and/or thought provoking image, children are inspired to write creatively.
Authorfy
Children can learn new writing skills, complete fun writing challenges, hear authors read from their books & so much more for FREE at http://authorfy.com/masterclasses.
Maths
White Rose Maths
Free online maths lessons for years 1 -8 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
My Maths
Provides interactive Maths learning for the whole school www.mymaths.co.uk/
Times Table Rock Stars
Who will become a Rock Hero? Practise regularly to be top of the rocks!! https://ttrockstars.com/
Reading
Discount Ebooks
Get lost in a an Usbourne ebooks for just 99p. There are some great titles available on Kindle store. I highly recommend:
The House With Chicken Legs
A Place Called Perfect
Cogheart
Toppsta
If you are finding it hard to choose what to read, visit Toppsta. It has hundreds of children's book reviews to help you decide. You can even submit your own book review and if that wasn't enough there are book giveaways too!
Oxford Owl
Oxford Owl has a free ebook library where you can read and/or listen to books. There are lots of activities to support reading and learning at home.
Storyline Online
Sit back, relax and listen to a short story with the family. The stories on this site are read by actors, who help bring the stories alive. Some faces you may even recognise, like the lady reading the story below!
Ereading Worksheets provides teachers, parents, and motivated students with high-quality reading worksheets, activities, and resources aligned with Common Core State Standards. This website uses a skill focused approach where each activity targets a specific skill set, but you can also browse the reading worksheets by grade level (Ereading worksheets 2018).
Read Theory is a reading comprehension website that differentiates work (up to Year 12) based on your child's reading and comprehension abilities.
Science
Operation Ouch - Youtube
Great educational channel for children about the human body
SciShow Kids
Great education channel for children with a range of Science topics, including animals, the human body, friction, the world around us, etc
Spelling
Spelling
Learning your weekly spellings doesn't have to be a chore!
Increase your knowledge of the Year 5 spelling patterns and words lists by completing targeted practice sessions, playing games and testing what you have learnt on: https://spellingframe.co.uk/ or https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb
Internet Safety
Project Evolve is the current Internet Safety plan Earlsmead is following. The following video demonstrates how to locate resources that you might like to go through with your children, to ensure they are using Internet Safely.
Get Creative
