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  • Safer Internet Day: 9th February is Safer Internet Day.  
    Due to lockdowns and other high-level restrictions, many children are spending more time online during the coronavirus pandemic. This new resource will help you keep children safe online at this difficult time. Follow this link to NSPCC resources.
     
  • Worship   New Feb'21
    Our Foundation Governor, Mr Illife, has very kind created some weekly Reflections & Prayers for the children. Follow this link
     
  • Picture News Special - Captain Sir Tom Moore   New Feb'21

   - Picture News Poster Special - Captain Sir Tom Moore           - Picture News Resource Special - Captain Sir Tom Moore

 

  • BBC Bitesize Daily: BBC Bitesize Daily 
    BBC Bitesize Daily is the government's answer to homeschooling, featuring daily lessons presented by celebs and 200 of the UK's top teachers. You'll find daily lessons for homeschooling in Maths and English for every year group, as well as regular lessons in Science, History, Geography and more. Bitesize Daily consists of homeschool lessons for all ages laid out in a daily format for pupils to follow from home. The homeschooling lessons have been created with teachers and other educational experts and feature a mix of videos, animations, practice activities, quizzes and games. The website has guides for parents on how to teach their child, advice for effective homeschooling, and guides for pupils with special education needs.
     
  • Virtual PE Lessons:  New on 12th Jan'21
    PH Sports, our lunch time and after school PE company, are working hard to produce some Virtual PE Lessons which can be completed at home or in school with minimal equipment or space. This term they have decided to focus on Gymnastics and Health & Fitness, each week we will release two lessons for both EYFS/KS1 and KS2. For each of the lessons, they have created a video that the children can watch and join in with, accompanied by a lesson plan, which details the lesson and will be easy to follow for children, parents and teachers. The lessons can be completed with the lesson plan alone if any children are unable to access the video. The resources will be uploaded every Monday and available from the link below: http://phsports.co.uk/resources-for-schools/
     
  • Talk for Writing - Pie Corbett   
    Talk for Writing is an engaging teaching framework developed by educationalist Pie Corbett. It is powerful because it is based on the principles of how children learn.
    - Yr.R - Mouse's Adventure
    - Yr.1 - Sayeeda, The Pirate Princess
    - Yr.2 - Rainbows, Rainbows Everywhere
    - Yr.3 - Journey To The Jungle
    - Yr.4 - Mission Possible
    - Yr.5 - One Chance
    - Yr.6 - The Gadgets Worksbook
     
  • Talk for Writing - Pie Corbett   
    Talk for Writing is an engaging teaching framework developed by educationalist Pie Corbett. It is powerful because it is based on the principles of how children learn.
    - Yr.R - Run, Rabbit, Run by Sue Cove: the story of Ned and his rainy day rabbit
    - Yr.1 - Bob the Bubble by Jane Ralphs: meet Bob, the bubbel who wanted to be useful
    - Yr.2 - The Qunagle Wangle's Hat by Emma Caulfield: inspired by Edward Lear's famous nonsense poem
    - Yr.3 - Unicorns Uncovered by Jo Pearce: learn about unicorns and create your own mythical beast
    - Yr.4 - Goblinology by Kathryn Pennington: the ultimate guide to Goblins from Dr.Fizzle's shop 
    - Yr.5 - The Ultimate Guide to Elves and Sprites by Pie Corbett: have you ever wondered what the world is like for an elf?
    - Yr.6 - Treasure by James Walker: imagine discovering hidden treasure when you are out with your friends
    - Working at Greater Depth  - Dreams by Jamie Thomas: art, poetry and famous speeches inspired by dreams
     
  • NRich Maths Project: Primary Students Homepage   
    Created by Cambridge University and features Maths resources to enrich learning, including games and activities. Both Primary and Secondary available.
     
  • National Centre for Excellence in Teaching of Maths: National Centre  
    Working with the Maths Hubs programme, these sets of questions, tasks and activities support teaching for mastery. These are mapped against the key topics of the primary National Curriculum for maths. They are produced in association with Oxford University Press
     
  • The  Literary Trust: National Literacy Trust  
    A selection of some brilliant literacy resources that you can access for free. To support families during the current school closures, they have developed a comprehensive web portal, grouped by age, with links to lots of free home-learning activities.
     
  • Easy Science for Kids at Home: Science Sparks  
    If you’re searching for child friendly science experiments, look no further! 90% of the science experiments on Science Sparks are perfect for science at home. It uses materials that are either easy to find or you already have around the house. All the science investigations and activities are super simple, easy to explain and just great science for kids of all ages.
     
  • 3 Free e-books: The Insideouters - Fluff Has A Birthday Party
                          The Insideouters - The Insideouters Take A Holiday 
                          The Insiderouters - Peter The Penguin Saves The Day  
    T    hree free short stories for pupils, kindly donated by the author: "I hope your pupils get as much enjoyment from reading the stories as I did in the writing them for my grandchildren. I donate them as I believe in the imagination and excitement of reading and that the ability to read is a primary skill required of every child. Yet this seems to be being lost in today’s modern household. I wish your staff and school the best of luck during this terrible crisis. Regards, Mr. Hegarty".  
     
  • Online Music Lessons: YMES 
    Not Free but, perhaps, worth a look:     YMES have moved their instrumental teaching online. They are therefore in a great position to support families and keep musical learning going. A lot of planning has gone into making sure lessons are safe and effective. Take a look at this PDF about their Live Video Lessons.
     
  • Fun Kids Radio: Fun Kids 
    Stacks of free learning resources for you to share with your children. They're perfect for Key Stage 2 pupils of all abilities and are great accompaniments to lessons you're currently laying on, or as do-it-yourself homeschool replacements. They have daily learning activities and challenges. Each week there's a new topic and every week day they publish a page with an educational video, podcast, and a challenge for pupils to complete!
     
  • Science Fun at Home. 
    The Primary Science Teaching Trust is working with Science Sparks to create activities for children to have some fun with science at home. Each two page sheet has activities that are: clear and simple, using household resources; accessible and manageable for all; fun for children and their families to do; linked to follow up activities. 
    - Lesson 1: Science with Ice 
    - Lesson 2: Spinning Science
    - Lesson 3: Egg-citing Science 
    - Lesson 4: Sink or Swim? 
    - Lesson 5: Spider Safari 
    - Lesson 6: What a Gas! 
     

  • Challenge Chasers - 8 science activities presented as challenges to solve for older primary children (ages 7-11 years).
    - Lesson 1: Slow The Drop
    - Lesson 2: Race! 
    - Lesson 3: The Light Maze
    - Lesson 4: Mini-hovercraft 
    - Lesson 5: Escape 
    - Lesson 6: Egg Drop 
    - Lesson 7: Clean Me! 
    - Lesson 8: Blooming! 

  • Engineering Our World - 8 engineering challenges and fact sheets which introduce famous scientists, engineers and artists.
    - Lesson 1 - Stephanie Kwolek - Fact Sheet and Activity Sheet 
    - Lesson 2 - Rube Goldbery - Fact Sheet and Activity Sheet 
    - Lesson 3 - Mary Sherman Morgan - Fact Sheet and Activity Sheet 
    - Lesson 4 - Marie Curie - Fact Sheet and Activity Sheet 
    - Lesson 5 - Leonardo da Vinci - Fact Sheet and Activity Sheet 
    - Lesson 6 - Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Fact Sheet and Activity Sheet 
    - Lesson 7 - Gustave Eiffel - Fact Sheet and Activity Sheet 
    - Lesson 8 - Emily Roebling - Fact Sheet and Activity Sheet 

  • Roald Dahl Things To Do Indoors: Roald Dahl Learning
    Bring the magical world of Roald Dahn into your home with their terrific selection of resources. You'll find lesson plans around each story, as well as crafts, puzzles and activities to keep chiddlers of all ages entertained. Ages: 5-11 years Subjects: Art & design, design technology, drama, literacy & English, geography, maths, music, PSHE and science.
     
  • Home PE Lessons: SPIRAL PE 
    Keep your children active and meet expectations in physicual education. Get a unique insight into what is expected of children with regards to physical education, by year group, with these activities you can work through at home. Ages: 5-11 years

 

  • The Youth Sport Trust: Youth Sport Trust 
    This Trust has a variety of activities that can be completed at home and can be adapted to suit a range of ages and abilities.
     
  • Superkicks: The FA’s free SuperKicks app is available with hundreds of challenges with various levels built in for young people to try 
     
  • Gymnastics HQ: Gymnastics HQ have developed a series of activity plans to keep active and practising your gymnastics 
     
  • Early Movers: Early Movers has practical ideas to help with babies and young children’s physical development. 
     
  • Learning by Questions: Learning by Questions 
    A new free resource website for parents, carers and learners filled with interactive Question Sets. The questions are automatically marked and feedback is provided.With hundreds of scaffolded Question Sets covering basic understanding through fluency, reasoning and problem solving leading to mastery, you can develop classes with mixed abilities and stretch every pupil. A live lesson report enables you to verify learning as it happens so you can act now to help where it is most needed. No marking!
     
  • The Literacy Company: Literacy Resources 
    A wide range of Literacy resources to help support parents and students, EYFS-Yr.6. A wide range of resources, including Phonics, Reading, Writing, Poetry, and much more.
     
  • Online Phonics Lessons: Letters & Sounds 
    Written and presented by phonics experts and funded by the Department for Education, the online lessons are designed to cover new phonics teaching that that children would have received over the summer term had they been in school. This resource is for use by teachers and parents who will find planning and teaching phonics challenging when schools are closed due to Covid-19.
     
  • BBC Bitesize Daily: BBC Bitesize Daily 
    BBC Bitesize Daily is the government's answer to homeschooling, featuring daily lessons presented by celebs and 200 of the UK's top teachers. You'll find daily lessons for homeschooling in Maths and English for every year group, as well as regular lessons in Science, History, Geography and more. Bitesize Daily consists of homeschool lessons for all ages laid out in a daily format for pupils to follow from home. The homeschooling lessons have been created with teachers and other educational experts and feature a mix of videos, animations, practice activities, quizzes and games. The website has guides for parents on how to teach their child, advice for effective homeschooling, and guides for pupils with special education needs.
     
  • Oxford Reading Scheme: Oxford Owl 
    Free eBooks collection, developed for children aged 3–11 years old. They are making even more eBooks available here, for the duration of UK school closures, so that your child has more to read. If you'd like to learn more about how to support your child's reading, visit their Reading pages.
     
  • Maths Mastery Lessons: NCETM Online Lessons
    short maths videos aimed at primary age children
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  • BBC Teach: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/primary/zd7p47h
    A brilliant range of resources for Primary School Children (Secondary resources also available). Very well presented. Covers the whole curriculuam. Enough to keep any child busy for weeks/months. Well done BBC.
     
  • Top Marks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk
    A really useful site for Maths and SPaG
     
  • Mathematics Mastery: https://www.mathematicsmastery.org/free-resources
    Mathematics Mastery have also designed home learning packs with parent guides for each year group. 

     
  • Maths with Parents: https://www.mathswithparents.com/KWeb?startTime=1584687181077
    Maths with Parents have opened up all their resources for free. 
     
  • Maths Frame: https://mathsframe.co.uk
    Maths Games for KS2, a wide range of activities. Includes practice for the forthcoming Yr.4 times table tests; also good practice for Yr.3 
     
  • Times Table Rockstars: https://ttrocks.com
    A website which children in school are already used to using on a regular basis.
     
  • Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org
    An American website (therefore it uses the US grade system) but good for maths and computing at all ages. Other subject areas are more suited to secondary.
     
  • Prodigy Maths: https://www.prodigygame.com​
    In US grades, but good for UK primary age
     
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
    This site is onld and no longer updated but there is a huge amount on this site which is still available for use, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision.
    No TV licence required except for content on BBC iplayer
     
  • Mystery Science: https://mysteryscience.com
    Free Science Lessons
     
  • Code Camp: https://www.codecampworld.com
    Free coding lessons and resources, suitable for 7-12 years
     
  • Nature Detectives: https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk
    Lots of these activities can be done in your garden
     
  • Geography Games: https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
    Geography gaming
     
  • Toy Theatre: https://toytheatre.com
    Chock full of interactive and fun reading games, maths games, etc.
     
  • Blockly: https://blockly.games       
    Learn computer programming skills - it’s fun and free
     
  • Ted Ed: https://ed.ted.com
    All sorts of educational and inspirational videos
     
  • Scratch: https://scratch.mid.edu/explore/projects/games
    Creative and fun computer programming
     
  • National Geographic Kids: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk
    Activities and quizzes for younger children
     
  • Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com
    Learn languages for free – web or app.
     
  • The Kids Should See This: https://thekidsshouldseethis.com
    A wide range of educational videos
     
  • DK Find Out: https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/
    Activities, quizzes and games
     
  • Imagination Tree: https://theimaginationtree.com
    Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest
     
  • Red Ted Art: https://redtedart.com
    Easy arts and crafts for little ones
     
  • The Artful Parent: https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
    Good, free art activities
     
  • Oxford Owl for Home: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
    Lots of free resources for primary age
     
  • British Council: https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
    Resources for English Language learning
     
  • Cbeebies Radio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
    Listening activities for younger children
     
  • Caboodle Gymnastics Coaching: https://www.caboodlecoaching.co.uk/

    A series of 7 video lessons, lasting between 35-50 minutes. Each video lesson guides the pupils through warm up, stretch, body conditioning, and then a series of gymnastics progressions which develop into learning a full skill. This free account will be made available until September 2020 when it will be deleted.
    Log in email- caboodle@penninegymnastics.com        Password- Caboodle1
     

  • PH Sports: PE Activities for Children
    Lots of free PE resources and activities, kindly supplied by the guys who provide Ogbourne's lunchtime and afterschool provision. PHSports are also are also running weekly challenges on our facebook page for children and parents to engage with, you will probably see a few familiar faces in the challenges! Challenges start every Monday and hope to get people engaged: https://www.facebook.com/PHSports/

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