Supporting Home Learning
If your child has access to the internet at home, we would recommend supporting their learning with online resources. We have put together a list of websites below which your child may be interested in. Please note that at the time of adding these links, the websites and their content were deemed suitable for KS2 children, although the content may change in due course. Always ensure that you regularly check which websites your child is using.
Online Learning
Information on the government recommended online resources: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-resources
BBC Bitesize
The BBC has launched an education package featuring celebrities and teachers, helping to keep children learning at home and supporting parents: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Oak National Academy
The Oak National Academy is a new collection of high-quality lessons and online resources. Backed by the Government, it has been created in response to the school closures: https://www.thenational.academy/
Online Safety
Please follow the links for support and guidance to parents for keeping our children safe online.
Support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online includes:
Thinkuknow provides advice from the National Crime Agency (NCA) on staying safe online
Parent info is a collaboration between Parentzone and the NCA providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations
Childnet offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, to set boundaries around online behaviour and technology use, and to find out where to get more help and support
Internet Matters provides age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls on a range of devices, and a host of practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world
London Grid for Learning has support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online
Net-aware has support for parents and carers from the NSPCC and O2, including a guide to social networks, apps and games
Let’s Talk About It has advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation
UK Safer Internet Centre has tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online, including parental controls offered by home internet providers and safety tools on social networks and other online services
Government has also provided:
support for parents and carers to keep children safe from online harms, includes advice about specific harms such as online child sexual abuse, sexting, and cyberbullying
support to stay safe online includes security and privacy settings, blocking unsuitable content, and parental controls
Maths
The National Stem Centre website - http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/primarymaths has a lot of good games – some links are below. You need a login but it’s free and easy to sign up. There are lots of examples of these games included in your goody bags.
http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html - lots of categories of games
Times tables
http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/649/tables-booklets - activity booklets for each times table depending on what your child needs
http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/list/19235/times-tables - games for times tables
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/times-tables - many games for times tables – the best ones are below. If you go to the top of the page, there are many different categories of games.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - hit the button is a great game for number bonds, doubling and halving and times tables.
http://www.transum.org/Software/Game/Connect4/ - lining up factors – good for a challenge!
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/maths/ma13time/game/ma13tabl-game-tables-grid-find/timestables_2.swf - good for logic skills and inverse problems.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity02 – good for factors and multiples
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm - times table games.
http://thisreadingmama.com/free-multiplication-games/ - some excellent times tables games
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/58135/paper-math-games-fractions-multiplication - make ‘fortune tellers’ with your child which they can use to practise with.
Calculations
http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/resource/5991/maths-games-in-the-classroom-books-1-to-11 - says in the classroom but can easily be used at home
http://nrich.maths.org/6499 - Countdown – children have to get to a target number using given numbers and using any operation they like.
http://nrich.maths.org/9296 - Adding and subtracting activities
http://nrich.maths.org/9297 - multiplying and dividing activities
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=loopcardsv6 - Fantastic for improving mental maths. Complete the loop against the clock. All types of calculations. You play the game similar to dominoes. NB The 75% section is faulty.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=MagicSquares – good for problem solving skills.
http://fun2think.com/maths/ - good for all calculations as well as times tables, number bonds and fractions
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html - Maths magician - can pick one operation or do mixed. Gets harder.
Fractions
http://www.maths-games.org/fraction-games.html - fractions games as well as many other categories on the left hand side.
English
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html
http://www.learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/kids-games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/
Science
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/onlinestuff/games/
http://www.ictgames.com/topic/index.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/
Other
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/index.php
http://www.ictgames.com/topic/index.html