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The Federation of St Edmund's and St Joseph's Catholic Primary Schools

The Federation of
St Edmund's & St Joseph'sCatholic Primary Schools

Homework

COVID19 Home Learning page

 

If you would like to send any children's work in to school please feel free to do this using the following email address:

homelearning@st-edmunds.suffolk.sch.uk (for both schools)

Here are some links to educational websites that you might like to use at home. Please also check the document list at the end of this page!

Explaining the Coronavirus

https://nosycrow.com/blog/released-today-free-information-book information book explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler

Literacy

https://ukhosted100.renlearn.co.uk/2248266 ST JOSEPH'S Accelerated Reader

https://ukhosted100.renlearn.co.uk/2066971  ST EDMUND'S Accelerated Reader

http://www.renlearn.co.uk/keep-reading/ Accelareted Reader Online Library

https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb Spelling shed (Use St Joes logins, or sign up for a 30 day trial, extended for the current crisis)

https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/ Literacy resources for parents

https://librivox.org/  - Free audio books

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen Audible making children books free for all

https://speechandlanguage.info/parents Free speech and language advice

https://clpe.org.uk/ English resources, online books etc.

https://theliteracyblog.com/ Sounds, write, phonics resources

https://cornerstoneseducation.co.uk Reading resources for home

https://www.youtube.com/c/thetrainingspace Sentence stacking videos and lessons

https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/ printable, video resources and more literacy and more

https://teachyourchildtoread.co.uk/ Free phocs programme

https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/#!/ eBooks to download

https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-author-activities/ Children's authors doing read-a-longs

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/ 11am, you can listen one of David Walliams’ World’s Worst Children stories

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/ Free home learning for phonics phases 2-6  username: march20   Password: home

https://www.youtube.com/ Phonemic awareness lessons for free

https://www.explore-more.org/ Exploring stories

https://www.instagram.com/benfogle/ Ben Fgle sharing more stories of adventure and the wilderness at 4pm daily

https://twitter.com/ThriveApproach Thrive literacy resources and suggested activity timetable

https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/ £D animals from google. Good inspiration for a story starter etc.

https://www.roalddahl.com/things-to-do-indoors Lesson activities, everything Roald Dahl

Maths

https://ttrockstars.com/ Times Table Rock Stars. The sessions module has been released to us free during this time.  Once set, teachers can see whether children are doing those activities. 

https://www.mathletics.com/ Mathletics As well as the normal activities which are set for homework, there are a number of problem-solving and reasoning tasks that children can complete then submit. 

If you are experiencing a Mathletics issue whereby your child has completed the teacher-assigned activities but cannot move on to other areas of the site, please download the advice sheet below entitled  "Mathletics Issue Assigned Activities"

https://login.mathletics.com/ Mathletics

https://thirdspacelearning.com/ Guidance on home learning

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ White Rose Maths

As from 11th May, the White Rose worksheets are no longer available, please see attachment below for more detail.

https://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/ KS2 Maths question sheets

https://completemaths.com/teaching-tools/free-resource Free Resources from Le Salle Complete Maths

http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/ Daily maths video lessons

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10 Top Marks Daily 10 Maths

www.transum.org Maths resources

https://www.mathematicshed.com Maths resources

http://nrich.maths.org Maths resources

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/easter-fun/ White Rose Easter Holiday Challenges

https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/54432 NCETM Support for Parents and Carers supporting children with maths

https://nrich.maths.org/mathsfair NRICH Maths Fair Resources for 7-11 Year Olds

https://nrich.maths.org/14600 NRICH Maths at Home Activities

 

Science

https://sites.google.com/view/carolekenrick/science-at-home Science activities at home

https://www.chesterzoo.org Animal resources from Chester Zoo

https://www.stem.org.uk/sites/default/files/pages/downloads/Starters-for-STEM-4-Easter-edition.pdf STEM Easter Activities

Computing

Computing resources we use across the school 

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/ A range of free projects and activities

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ Online safety resources

https://studio.code.org/ Online courses for children, you can work through a range of activities

https://www.codeforlife.education/ Online coding activities getting progressively more complex

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ bbc dance mat typing activities

https://www.typingclub.com/ touch typing activities

https://scratch.mit.edu/ Scratch Online

https://twitter.com/LdnCLC/ Daily Scratch challenge

https://www.icompute-uk.com/ Free computing resources for the primary curriculum

https://app.senecalearning.com/ Seneca learning: online computing lessons for Y5&6

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/ Released every two weeks, these packs contain simple e-safety activities for a range of ages.

PE

https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html PE with Joe Wicks

Art

https://www.familydaystriedandtested.com/ Free virtual tours of Art Galleries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO-BE75faTs Draw with Ed Vere

https://abcdoes.com/home-learning/ Mainly creative ideas to do at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qjz5uNGSsU&feature=youtu.be Drawing with Illustrator Nick Sharratt

music

https://www.singup.org/singupathome/ Sing Up at Home Resources

RE

https://cafod.org.uk/ CAFOD activity resources

http://www.natre.org.uk/about-natre/free-resources-for-you-and-your-pupils/ Free activities

French

​​​​​https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z39d7ty BBC French Primary KS2 Bitesize

https://www.french-games.net/ French games for Upper Key Stage 2 and above

http://www.nicurriculum.org.uk/microsite/pl/french/index.asp story-based activities

https://www.rosettastone.co.uk/lp/freeforkids/ Free activities

General

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/ List of companies offering free subscriptions at the present time

https://www.mantleoftheexpert.com/ An approach to creative learning

https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/ 100 indoor activities from Bear Grylls and the Scouts

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ Links to many online resources

https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/calm-zone/ Staying Calm with Childline

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ 20 Learning apps for stir-crazy kids

https://www.actfastfirstaid.co.uk/act-fast-challenge/ First aid courses

https://app.senecalearning.com/ Seneca learning: a range of online lessons for various subjects for Y5&6

https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-learning-timetable Classroom Secrets Home Learning Timetable of Activities

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons A range of activities across most subject areas