Resources for online learning

• Little England Entertains – Our primary school English teachers have created a YouTube channel where you can find entertaining stories, jokes and lessons all created by our talented team of teachers. Please subscribe: CLICK HERE

• Little England Mr Rob’s reading list – Here you can find our English teacher Mr Rob Stephenson with his list of online reading resources: DOWNLOAD PDF

• Quizlet – Quizlet is a website that provides learning tools and games to help revise anything from poetry terminology to musical notes. Think flashcards but much more interactive and fun. You can use cards other users have already made, or make your own set specific to what your child needs to learn. Its nifty world map also shows you who else is studying on Quizlet. Try it here

• Wonderopolis – Wonderopolis sends subscribers a new ‘wonder’ to discover each day, posing questions as weird and wonderful as “Why don’t spiders get caught in their webs?” and “Who invented time?” Then there are quizzes to test your knowledge and vocabulary on the wonder, and links to resources if you want to find out even more. Try it here

• Atom Learning  – Atom Learning is an online KS2 teaching and learning platform. As part of their response to COVID-19, they’re now hosting free online lessons in English, maths, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, and all lessons are hosted by professional teachers. Sign up now to access their timetable for the week. www.atomlearning.co.uk
• Oxford Owl – Educational activities, online ebooks, and support for parents. Oxford Owl are offering a library full of free, tablet-friendly, eBooks for children aged 3-11, so have a look if you’re getting tired of reading the same books over and over again. home.oxfordowl.co.uk
• Phonics play – this popular site has made access to their website free during this period. The website has resources to help the children practice their phonics, as well as some helpful information for parents about how you can help your children at home. Have fun exploring! https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk
• Sublime Science – 101 free and fun science experiments to try at home. https://www.sublimescience.com/free-science-experiments/
• Twinkl  – lots of free resources from early years to KS2. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/
• School science – if you want some outside-the-box real-world science news http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/home
• Top marks – online teaching resources for fun learning. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
• Primary Resources – Here you can find lesson plans and ideas which can be adapted for home use. http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/
• Puzzlemaker – this is a puzzle maker to keep bored brains ticking over. http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
• Teach your monster to read – this is a fun game to help children with phonics and the art of reading. https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
• Reading Eggs – start your free trial now – it’s fre for the first four weeks and will really help your children with reading! https://readingeggs.co.uk/mn/
• Corbett Maths Primary – here you can find fun maths resources for the primary school. https://corbettmathsprimary.com
• Maths is fun – this is a great resource full of handy real-life demonstrations of maths problems. https://www.mathsisfun.com/
• Mathster – if you scroll down you can find free downloadable maths worksheets. http://www.mathster.com/free_worksheets.php
• BrainPOP – get access to a range of primary and secondary resources during school closures. https://www.brainpop.com/
• Tynker – they provide fun coding courses for kids aged 5+ (great for Minecraft fanatics!) https://www.tynker.com/
• Crash course kids – this is a YouTube channel with videos covering lots of scientific lessonshttps://www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
• Science channel – here is another science YouTube channel, this time for slightly older kids. https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceChannel
• National geographic kids – they provide a source of entertaining and educational content from around the world. https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
• GEOgraphy focus – learn about all the countries of the world through fun videos. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8HYERScBt-e0kV0fpe0asg
• Scholastic – they provide day-by-day projects to keep kids on their toes. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
• Funbrain – they provide a collection of fun, educational games that your children will actually want to play. https://www.funbrain.com/
• Storyline online – this is a huge American resource of children’s books read aloud. https://www.storylineonline.net/books/carlas-sandwich/
• PSB kids – you can find lots of online games, videos and stories for instant boredom-busting. https://pbskids.org
• Highlights kids – this is a really fun website which provides lots of resources. It can be accessed on the web, on YouTube and as an app. https://www.highlightskids.com/
• Cool math 4 kids – they provide a whole host of maths games and brainteasers for all ages. https://www.coolmath4kids.com/
• Seussville – this is the online home of the wonderful world of Dr Seuss, who is particularly well lived at Little England! This site also has games, videos and character profiles. https://www.seussville.com/
• Mystery Doug – they make 5 minute engaging educational videos to act as a quick break, emailed weekly. https://mysterydoug.com/
• Emerald Ant – they provide online resources relating to local history, geology and heritage, perfect for a little change of scenery. https://emeraldant.com/schools/
• Edshed – this excellent educational resource includes a Spelling Shed, Maths Shed and Literacy Shed. https://www.edshed.com/en-gb
• Art for kids hub – this is a YouTube channel of art activities for kids. https://www.youtube.com/user/ArtforKidsHub/featured
• Sir Linkalot app – this popular website provides lots of grammar, spelling and vocabulary work for all primary school ages on an interactive (and very well-animated) app. https://www.sirlinkalot.org/
• The brain scoop – take a look into how natural history museums operate (WARNING: definitely for older viewers, and not for the faint-hearted – think animal stuffing and flambéing insects) https://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop
• Century – an AI-powered learning in the form of English, maths and science courses for years 3 to 11. Free during UK schools closure! https://www.century.tech/explore-century/parents/
• Q-files – this is an online illustrated, comprehensive, up-to-date encyclopaedia. Free access for all until end of July 2020. https://www.q-files.com/
• White rose maths – maths lessons for years 1 to 5 and beyond with video. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
• Numbertime – is a BBC School Radio Series available on the iplayer and on BBC Sounds. Fun maths games and activities for children aged 5 to 7.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01wrmhd/episodes/player
• Mega maths – Maths quizzes for children aged 7 – 9 emphasising mental maths and problem solving.
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03g64py/episodes/player
• IXL maths & English – this is a website and app which provides excellent resources for English and maths https://uk.ixl.com/ela/
• Joseph and the amazing Technicolor dreamcoat – here Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber is allowing this free stream of Joseph and The Amazing “Technicolor” Dreamcoat. A much loved musical which the children love.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6XjXfQmZ4Q
• Elsa support mindfulness challenge – are you still doing your mindfulness exercises? Well it is important that we all take care of our mental wellbeing, especially right now. Take a look at this free 5 day mindfulness challenge and take a few minutes for yourself each day to complete them.
  https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/elsa-support-mindfulness-challenge/
• World of David Walliams – Have a listen to David Walliams’ free daily audio story on the link below. He releases a new story every day at 11am so see if you can make time each day to listen to the next one!
  https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
• Let’s Embark – here you can download and print your very own time capsule to document this particular moment in history: https://s3.letsembark.ca/long-creations/2020-COVID-19-Time-Capsule-Metric.pdf
  For an indroduction to this activity go to: https://letsembark.ca/time-capsule
• A magical forest – For a truly magical bilingual story for preschoolers called “A magical forest” created by Reggio Children go here: https://vimeo.com/395417061

• TTS  group – they sell amazing resources for schools and here you can download an activity book for your children to complete. One for different age groups:
  My Activity Book Years 5 7 – My Activity Book Years 7 11

PEARSON UK PROVIDES A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT FOR PARENTS:

• The Maths Factor –  your children can keep practicing their maths skills by having a go at Carol Volderman’s maths school online. We highly recommend it! It is now free for children between ages 4-11 until UK schools open again. https://www.themathsfactor.com/
• Home-school Planner
  Planners for each year group to help you plan a ‘school-like’ day at home with your children. With lots of suggestions for fun activities alongside links to learning, we hope this will help you to plan a day that works for you and your children.
• Bug Club Reading
  Bug Club, is proven to raise attainment – and loved by over a million children in the UK.
• Science Bug
  Fun activities to engage your children in science whilst at play.
• Grammar and Spelling Bug
  An English programme with spelling, punctuation and grammar activities across Year 1 to Year 6.
• Year 4 Times Tables Check
  The times tables check is an online test for children in Year 4, scheduled to take place in June 2020. Children must answer 25 questions on times tables from two to twelve. They have six seconds per question, with three seconds rest between each question, so the test should last less than five minutes.
• Phonics Screening Check
  Find out how to support your child with the Phonics Screening Check.
• Looking after yourselves -Mindfulness
  It’s easy to feel overwhelmed at this time. Some people will relish the idea of creating learning time at home whilst others will find it a challenge. The most important thing is to stay healthy in body and mind.
• Request a log in to access all their amazing resources:
  https://www.pearson.com/uk/learners/primary-parents.html

With children spending more time at home and using more online resources we have provided some useful links for parents to read about keeping your children safe online. The following websites provide information about how parents can help their children use the internet safely. The links also provide information about how to report any concerns and answer some questions parents might have about sites being age appropriate. The Think U Know website also has some online videos that help children understand about how to stay safe online. We have used these videos in school during our E-Safety units.

• www.internetmatters.org
  
• www.net-aware.org.uk
  
• parentinfo.org
  
• www.thinkuknow.co.uk