Reading, Writing, Maths and More
Reading, Writing, Maths and More
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Discover all things ECO with Eco Schools at Home. Click HERE for information.
Thanks to The Isle of Wight Zoo and The Wildheart Trust, children can learn more about tigers and tiger conservation with their education resource pack. Click HERE to discover more.
STEM Projects | Hydraulics and Mechanical Advantage
Using real life science to find out how thins work, these new learning bundles use examples from canals and rivers to explore forces - demonstating how hydraulics, levers, cogs and gears are used in the real world. The bundles are packed with exciting adtivities to engage children in teh classroos or at home. STEM: Hydraulics | STEM: Mechanical Advantage
Take cover! There's a storm brewing. Discover how to make a storm in a glass.
Can you peel an egg and make it bounce? Click HERE to find out more.
National Literacy Trust in partnership with Oak National Academy, have launched the Virtual School Library which will offer free books and audiobooks to pupils as they learn from home.
BBC to Put Lessons on TV During Lockdown
From Monday 11th January, CBBC will have a three-hour block of primary school programming from 9am each weekday. Watch on CBBC or on the BBC Red Button. alternatively, catch up on shows on BBC iPlayer.
Click HERE to access the resources for Primary schools on their website.
BBC Bitesize have also put together a Parents' Toolkit with top tips, useful links and expert advice to support you and your child's wellbeing and learning in a changing world. Please also see their support page.
Kick off the New Year with some learning resolutions for your child. By using MoneySense online resources children will discover basic money skills – helping them to feel more confident in their choices in the future.
The Count on Us Primary Challenge is an exciting pan-London maths programme engaging pupils in a range of maths activities to challenge, motivate and inspire. Our unique programme, with its focus on team work and collaboration, has been run in classrooms and clubs across London’s schools, even during the period of school closures.
The Edit: Be the change, shape it
From the National Schools Partnership, a digital storytelling challenge unlocking opportunity for young people of all backgrounds in the digital world. Be the change, shape it!
BP Educational Service - Spark their insatiable curiosity at home
bpES has hundreds of resources that are free to access and open to everyone. To support home learning, we’ve curated our top activities to support students, teachers and parents during these unprecedented times. We will add more resources to this page as they become available, so don’t forget to register and be the first to hear when the latest new activities go live.
Children's Author - Tom Palmer
Tom Palmer has provided lots of free resources and has also sent the children at the LEO Academy Trust a personalised message.
Click HERE to view the page
The Reading Agency - Winter Mini Challenge
Calling all Reading Heroes! We're delighted to announce that we're extending our Winter Mini Challenge - the Challenge will now end on 19 February 2021. You can sign up at HERE and join our reading heroes today!
Discovering Children's Books with the British Library Learning
Primary teachers & parents, help yourselves to free resources, inspired by the wonderful world of children's books: Create a comic or cookbook, dream up an imaginary school, write an animal tale, a limerick or a giant book.
Homeschool Resources and Support from LEGO Education
Medieval Manuscripts - British Library
Did you know: whenever you write down letter "A", you are part of a 5000-year story? See how the alphabet evolved from experiments on Sinai to qwerty keyboard
LGfL Reading Zone Live Home Learning
ReadingZone Home Learning is the first in a range of new resources aimed at supporting home learning by giving educational and fun activities that children at home can complete. There are four ReadingZone Live Home Learning projects ready to go, each project focuses on an individual author/illustrator and provides 5 activities that link to the author’s interview, each task has a video interview (staring the author) as well as a task video (staring me) and also has an example of work to show what the end product could look like, there is no order to do these projects but each project has 5 activities so you should do one each day. Click on the authors to access the projects:
Bud's Number Garden from BBC Bitesize
Here’s a great educational game to play with your child if they are in their first year of school or want to have a taste of what they’ll be learning when they start. This maths game has been especially created with the support of Early Years experts to help your child learn whilst having fun
On line lessons from Oak National Academy
10 Ways to Celebrate Children's Love of Books at Home
Caboodle have compiled a list of ways to help children explore their love of books at home, from drawing book characters and sharing stories to virtual story times and free activities – and it's fun for all involved!
Science activities to try at home from the Children's University of Manchester
Indoor Activities from The Royal Mint
The Royal Mint have pulled together a host of quizzes, games and educational tools – brought to life through iconic coins, and popular children’s characters such as The Gruffalo and Wallace and Gromit. Ideal for families and children staying home and looking to fill their time with fun, factual and coin-related activities
James Dyson Foundation Challenge
Dyson engineers have designed these challenges specifically for children. Ideal for home or in the classroom, they encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering. Download the challenge cards HERE
Learning at the Science Museum Group
While the Science Museum is sad that they can’t welcome you into the museums, they've made sure there are plenty of ways to enrich your child’s learning at home. The activities, games and apps explore science and maths concepts in lots of different ways
Wide Open School - Nursery to Year 4
Wide Open School - Years 5 & 6
Wide Open School is a free collection of the best online learning experiences for kids curated by the editors at Common Sense. There is so much good happening, and they are there to gather great stuff and organize it so teachers and families can easily find it and plan each day.
Calling all home schoolers… Tune in for FREE every Tuesday at 2pm (BST) for Space to Learn, an inspirational hour with an astronaut, for all children studying at home or in school. Hear the best space stories from a different guest astronaut each week with a LIVE 45 minute Q&A
We’re proud to be part of the London Grid for Learning, home of high quality online learning resources for over twenty years. You’ll find something here for every subject, for every year group, from Nursery to Year 6. Enjoy!
Why not try today's online safety activity
Home Learning Resources List for Schools and Families
New FREE resources now available from Lift Lessons for everyone who creates an account in April. Videos and digital resources for independent home learning. Lift Lessons are passionate about supporting all students with the language for learning in Science.
Th UK Literacy Association has an amazing opportunity to indulge in reading with children. Many of us will not be lucky enough to have a huge array of books to explore and so they have pulled together some websites that enable you to explore stories with their authors
Sutton Heritage Learning Resources
Learn about the History of you local area with Sutton Heritage's new Home Learning Resources. Download the packs for your area by clicking on the links below:
Discover Sutton
Discover Carshalton
Discover Chea
Learning resources that span over a thousand years of British History - so if you're #learningfromhome look no further
A resource for families with children of different ages and areas of interest
Check out the Authorfy 10 Minute Challenges, hosted by a different children’s author every day. They’re fun, inspirational and perfect for homelearning
The Brilliant Club have launched a series of free online resources, suitable for pupils aged 10-18 and available free of charge. The resources include masterclasses on a range of academic topics, study skills sessions and workbooks for independent learning
Rivet for free daily reading practise
Access to books: 3,500+ free books across 14 categories and 8 levels in a child-friendly interface. Download up to 10 books per profile in offline mode.
Download the app from Google Play Store or Apple Store.
STEM Learning have added lots of resources to their Primary Home Learning page covering science, maths, computing and D&T
Premier League - Spelling challenge game
How many football words can you spell? Take on the spelling challenge - and you can use a timer to make it trickier
Premier League Primary Stars - Writing Challenge
The challenge is to work together to create a poem on ambition, dreaming big for yourselves and the world around you.
And to help you we have a message from Cressida Cowell, the Waterstones Children's Laureate and author of the popular children's books How to Train Your Dragon
Our pupils can also access a further range of high quality online learning resources thanks to our friends at Quality First Education Trust.
Charles Dickens Virtual Primary School
Throughout the Easter Break Charles Dickens Virtual School will be hosting daily workshops on Music, Art, Book Making, Cooking, Dance and more
Our pupils can also access a further range of high quality online learning resources thanks to our friends at Earlsfield Primary School in Wandsworth.
kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
An excellent website to develop your children’s writing and reading skills using a wide range of visual resources.
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.
Award winning writing projects to help develop leaders of the future using the 21st century skills needed for success.
Learn from exam experts with your very own private exam tuition. Perfect for children in Year 5 and 6 who are working towards KS2 SATs or 11+. Available to all Year 5 and 6 children in the LEO Academy Trust using the username and password which was shared with you earlier this year.
Lingotot - Learning languages made easy for kids
Lingotot is providing weekly online video lesson including songs, stories, new vocabulary, games and even karaoke songs
Downloadable worksheet to complete at home
Five interactive online games per week
Click on the language to access the resources: French Spanish German Italian Mandarin
A full curriculum of free-to-access digital education and support resources for people of all ages being affected by the coronavirus - including those self-isolating and in quarantine.
myON Digital Library from Renaissance
Free access for all LEO Academy Trust to thousands of enhanced digital books through myON and articles from myON News. Happy reading everyone
The Literacy Trust have apps like @BorrowBox and @meetlibby that let you virtually borrow audiobooks and ebooks from libraries for free!
A structured number of free home lesson plans focusing on healthy choices/lifestyles, such as:
• Healthy Eating • Being Active and it’s benefits • Being Inactive and it’s associated health risks • Why is it important to stay hydrated • Why do we exercise (with a workout on the spot)
The lessons will be simple to deliver, allowing children and siblings of all ages to actively become involved, taking the strain off parents/guardians to be able to facilitate home learning.
'HomeLearningUK' is being led by educators who have come together to offer time and expertise to support colleagues, parents and students in the UK and beyond. In light of the Covid19 pandemic and potential school closure this website is designed to share ideas, solutions, plans and support
National Literacy Trust - Family Zone
A comprehensive web portal for parents, to support you during school closures. Split up by age group below, you will find ideas and guidance for simple activities that will engage your children at home, while also benefiting their reading, writing and language development. You'll be able to access free reading and writing resources, audiobooks, videos, competitions and reading challenges. Every resource is available for free, although to access some you may need to create a free account
Fun educational games.
Lit Film Fest - Pupil Prime Minister
This 10 hour KS2 persuasive writing project leads pupils through writing a political manifesto. With the political experience of ex-Defence Minister Peter Kilfoyle, this is the perfect way to teach persuasive writing whilst engaging with citizenship
From 6 April, Shakespeare's Globe are releasing six free #GlobePlayer films, including: Hamlet 2018, Romeo & Juliet 2009, A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2013, The Winter’s Tale 2018, The Two Noble Kinsmen 2018 and The Merry Wives of Windsor 2019.
There will also be a new series 'Love in Isolation' which will see artists, including Christmas at the (Snow) Globe creators, Sandi and Jenifer Toksvig, and award-winning actress and director Kathryn Hunter, share some of the greatest words ever written by Shakespeare from their places of solitude and sanctuary
To support schools closing due to Coronavirus, all children will be able to get free access to Purple Mash.
Literacy is every student’s passport to academic achievement. Thus award-winning assistive technology solutions for reading, writing and language learning is used daily by students and educators worldwide.
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