Useful websites for home learning

Below is a list of useful websites that you can access from home to help your child. Find many more by following this link http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com

Phonics play

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/

PhonicsPlay is currently letting everyone sign on for free. Username: march20 password: home. Great to learn or revise sounds. 

Twinkl

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/

Twinkl are also offering free access with the code CVDTWINKLHELPS. Twinkl offers resources for all subjects from P1-7.

Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.

BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Futurelearn
https://www.futurelearn.com
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

Seneca
https://www.senecalearning.com
For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher level material.

Blockly
https://blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming

Ted Ed
https://ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos

National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons

The Kids Should See This
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos

Crash Course
https://thecrashcourse.com
You Tube videos on many subjects

Crash Course Kids
https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
As above for a younger audience

Crest Awards
https://www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.

iDEA Awards
https://idea.org.uk
Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.

Paw Print Badges
https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk
Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.

Prodigy Maths
https://www.prodigygame.com
Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.

Cbeebies Radio
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Listening activities for the younger ones.

Nature Detectives
https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetect…/
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning

Oxford Owl for Home
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age

Big History Project
https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home
Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.

Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!

Blue Peter Badges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

The Artful Parent
https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
Good, free art activities

Red Ted Art
https://www.redtedart.com
Easy arts and crafts for little ones

The Imagination Tree
https://theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Toy Theater
https://toytheater.com/
Educational online games

DK Find Out
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/…
Activities and quizzes

Welcome to our P4/5 Page,  It’s great to be back in school for a new school year. Here are some of the fun activities we will be taking part in this term.

September/October

What are we Learning this half term?

Literacy.

This term in Literacy lessons the pupils will be very busy.

Primary 4 pupils will be looking at life on the farm as we develop our literacy through stories with familiar settings.

The P4 and P5 pupils will be writing short stories with a focus on story introductions, setting the scene and audience. We are using both the app Book Creator and Microsoft word to develop publishing skills.

We will be developing our understanding of verbs and how they change when we look at tenses. Primary four will look at sentences and in particular questions and statements 

In non fiction writing we have been focusing on the different features of a non fiction text.

Class novel for this term is “The Twits”

Numeracy.

Pupils will-

Shape and Space

Learn about 2-D shapes and right angles. Kids will be making right angle finders and going on a right angle treasure hunt. P4 will revise pentagons , hexagons and octagons. Primary 5 will identify parallel and perpendicular lines and use this information to describe quadrilaterals. 

Data Handling.

Display and read information from Charts and graphs

Measures

Primary 4 pupils will be introduced to telling the time using AM and PM

Primary 5 pupils will be revising telling time to the nearest 5 minutes.

Number

Primary 4 and 5 will be completing a lot of work on place value

pupils should continue to improve mental math skills through apps and web sites such as top marks and “The daily 10”

WAU

In Primary 4 and 5 we will be looking at the topic “it’s all about me” this topic will look at the human body, local geography and personal history.

PE

Keeping fit and healthy is so important. This term we will be taking part in GAA coaching on a Wednesday and small sided games on a Friday.