Home Learning

If your child forgets their logins for any of the above please contact the class teacher.

Reading at home

Here are some sites to help guide choosing books:

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/our-recommendations/

https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBuT2wdYtpM "Why we should all be reading aloud to children" - a highly recommended TED talk by Rebecca Bellingham.

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ - a highly useful website for checking the age-appropriateness of books, films, and video games.

You can access and search the TBS library catalogue here.

Other audio books recorded by TBS teachers

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - all by JK Rowling, Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, A Streetdog Named Pup by Gill Lewis, Voyage Of The Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O'Brien, I Swapped My Brother On The Internet by Jo Simmons, Matilda by Roald Dahl, Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo, The Twits by Roald Dahl, Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine, The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith and The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton on YouTube (roughly 1-2 chapters of each per video; the links are for playlists of videos).

Further links and ideas to support learning at home

• Earth School - 30 environmental quests to celebrate, explore and connect with the natural world. The quests can be undertaken in any order.

• Khan Academy - practice your coding or Maths

• STEM learning - a library of STEM activities to do in the home

• Science Kids - experiments at home

• The Ickabog - read J.K. Rowling's new story online

• Crash Course Kids - a range of educational videos focusing on science and engineering

• Cosmic Kids Yoga - new videos multiple times each week

• Art for Kids Hub - many drawing tutorials

• Melody Signs - sing and sign with Makaton!

• TED-Ed - educational videos about everything

• Pobble 365 - a new picture and story starter every day for creative writing

• AutoDraw - pairing drawing with Artificial Intelligence

• Newsela - read news and adjust texts for different reading levels

• Coronavirus: A Book for Children from the Alex Sheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo

• PE with Joe - daily PE sessions on Youtube

• AudioElevenses - a daily read aloud with best-selling author David Walliams

• Storytime Online

• Story Time From Space

• International Children's Digital Library

• Literacy Shed for creative writing ideas and inspiration

• White Rose Maths Home Learning - this site supports TBS's and Maths No Problem's approach to learning concepts

• Chatterpack - a list of online, free, boredom-busting resources

• Kids Activities Blog - a list of education companies offering free subscriptions