Useful Sites

Just a reminder of some sites providing free educational activities which you may find useful at home:

​Reading and phonics
 

• Read, write, inc: https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/help-during-school-closure/

To help children learning to read at home during school closure, RWI are streaming 7 phonics, reading and spelling lessons every weekday on their YouTube channel for free -  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
 

• The Book Trust offers free access to a range of reading activities -
  https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/

 

• Phonics Play – All the resources on Phonics Play have been made free for the duration of the school closures - https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/

 

• Schoolastic Book Club has free activities and games, mostly aimed at primary pupils - https://clubs-kids.scholastic.co.uk/

 

•  Audible Stories has made all of its classic children’s stories free - https://stories.audible.com/discovery

 

• David Walliams is offering free story times at 11am each morning - https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

 

• ReadingWise has made their literacy materials free during the school closures - https://readingwise.com/coronavirus-support

 

• Researchify have free downloadable classic children's literature in audiobook and PDF - https://www.researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html

 

• Carly Hart has produced some free resources and videos for primary. They have been designed to encourage a love of reading and created by the author herself - https://www.carylhart.com/

 

• The Poetry Society have learning from home resources for parents to use with their children, or for teachers to set as tasks - https://poetrysociety.org.uk/education/learning-from-home/

 

• The Day Home provide daily newsletters for families to read. Subscriptions are free, so every pupil can have one - https://theday.co.uk/subscriptions/the-day-home

 
Mathematics

• Carol Vorderman videos and worksheets for maths lessons - https://www.themathsfactor.com/

 

•  White Rose Maths has videos and resources for home learning, as well as a daily hour of maths help for parents - https://whiterosemaths.com/

Writing

• Talk for writing provide access to a range of writing activities es for primary and KS3 - https://www.talk4writing.co.uk/category/resources-x/resources-unit-planning/ / Home / school booklets - https://mailchi.mp/talk4writing/batch2?fbclid=IwAR0ElJ2CqavTH3N1oIVLe3odMF6TnhzXGRE_Fki2XMSyrCy3ApY5e19emZs

Range of subjects
 

• The Education Endowment Foundation are offering free access to a range of resources - https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resources/

 

• BBC bite size: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

Website provides a range of age specific learning activities and includes the use of instructional videos and downloadable work sheets.  Age groups covered go from Year 1 to Year 10.
 

• Twinkl are offering a free month’s subscription with this code – CVDTWINKLHELPS

 

• Twig and TigTag Education  are offering free resources for pupils aged 4-16 - https://www.go.twigeducation.com/covid19-global

 

•  Khan Academy are offering free resources for children aged 2-18 - https://www.khanacademy.org/

 

• Classroom Secrets offers a range of free resources for primary school-aged children that include instructional video clips to watch - https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/

 

•  Robin Hood MAT provides free access to a range of learning projects for EYFS and primary school pupils - https://www.robinhoodmat.co.uk/learning-projects/

 

• Oak National Academy – free access to a range of online learning opportunities -  https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/

 

• Ark Mastery Programme  provides a range of free English and maths four-week booklets for pupils from Reception to Year 9 - https://www.englishmastery.org/our-response-to-coronavirus-covid-19/

 

• Purple Mash – Resources aimed at primary school-aged children have been made free now schools have closed - https://2simple.com/purple-mash/

 

•  Century Tech is offering free English, maths and science resources for primary and secondary students - https://www.century.tech/explore-century/parents/

 
 

• Rosetta Stone – For the school closure period, Rosetta Stone has given free access to its language learning resources - https://www.rosettastone.com/freeforstudents/

 

• The Natural History Museum has free virtual tours - https://www.nhm.ac.uk/

 

• NASA Kids provides pupils with an opportunity to learn all about the universe we live in by viewing online videos - https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

 

• The National Association of RE teachers have provided free RE resources - http://www.natre.org.uk/about-natre/free-resources-for-you-and-your-pupils/

 

• The FitNut has free PE resources for nursery and primary children - https://www.thefitnutprogram.com/

 

• Pearson are making resources free for home-learning. As well as offering free teacher training, Pearson are also giving free access to primary, secondary and revision online curriculum resources - https://www.pearson.com/uk/educators/schools/update-for-schools.html

 

• There are free STEM resources available from the British Science Association - https://www.crestawards.org/

 

• Rights Respecting Schools free learning resources available at https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/coronavirus-resources/

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