Learning at Home
If your child is unable to come to school as they are unwell but are well enough to do some work at home or your child would like to continue their learning at home in the evenings, weekends or during school holidays, below are some useful website links.
Online Lessons
Choose some lessons from Bitesize or Oak Academy relevant to your child’s year group.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
https://www.thenational.academy/
Maths
Practise matsh fluency facts on TimesTables Rockstars (KS2) or Numbots (FS/KS1). Logins are in pupil diaries.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth
https://play.numbots.com/#/intro
Visit the White Rose maths site and choose a lesson to do.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
Visit the maths section of our website and play some maths games by clicking on the links.
https://www.stonecrossschool.co.uk/esussex/primary/stonecross/site/pages/curriculum/maths
English
Key Stage 2 children could log on to Bedrock and develop their vocabulary knowledge further.
https://app.bedrocklearning.org/
Visit the English section of our website and play some English games / activities by clicking on the links.
https://www.stonecrossschool.co.uk/esussex/primary/stonecross/site/pages/curriculum/english
Phonics (FS and KS1)
Visit the Ruth Miskin site for phonics practise or the RWI You tube page.
https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/parents/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Handwriting
Visit the Teach Handwriting scheme and practise letter formation (all years) and joins (Yr. 1 upwards)
https://teachhandwriting.co.uk/continuous-cursive-beginners-choice-3.html
Reading
Use reading prompts in reading diaries (KS1 and 2) to ask your child questions.
Write a book review for a book that has been read recently. Use the template below.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxxF0pb7VR9saWVnTklkekJTeDQ/edit
Listen to an audio book from the website below.
Storyline Online - streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books
http://www.storylineonline.net/
Oxford Owl -ebooks
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/%C2%A0
Writing
Using a picture from Pobble 365 picture, complete the writing activities. Click the small arrow to see the activities. There are different pictures to scroll through using the left and right arrows.
https://www.pobble365.com/message-in-a-bottle
History
Visit this website and take a virtual tour of a range of museums around the world.
Science
Visit this practical science experiments website for ideas of science to do at home
https://www.rigb.org/ExpeRimental
Visit this site for science games
KS1 science games to support learning at home
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1science.html
KS2 science games to support learning at home
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2science.html
Visit this site for stem ideas to do at home.
https://www.stem.org.uk/home-learning/primary
Visit this site for the world and natural science ideas
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/home-is-good/
PE
Complete a 5 minute workout with The Body Coach, Joe Wicks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w
Try some cosmic yoga
https://www.youtube.com/cosmickidsyoga
Change for life indoor activities for children
https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/activities/indoor-activities
Geography
Upper KS2 children can test their knowledge of capital cities (answers are on page 3)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzde65Qaqe9ZMjQ2OGEzMDgtYzFlNi00NmNmLTk0ODQtYTU2ZTk3MGYzY2Y2/view
18 suggestions of activities to do at home connected to the earth.
Primary aged weather activities
Art
Learn to draw with an award winning artist.
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
ICT
Logon to Purple Mash and complete some activities. Logins are in pupil diaries.
https://www.purplemash.com/login/
Visit this website to Practise touch typing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
Visit this website to practise coding using Scratch (KS2)
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted
Spanish
KS2 - visit these websites to practise Spanish vocabulary learning.
Music
http://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ks2-music/zfv96v4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zwxhfg8
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2bL2NL6Cwlsj2Cs4BXkvg9X/primary-music