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This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision.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 and here are some of the fun activities we have been doing this term.

May /June

What are we Learning this half term?

Literacy.

This term in Literacy lessons the pupils will be very busy looking at all areas of punctuation that we have covered over the year. We will be continuing to develop using our skills in using speech marks and commas. This work will be enhanced with activities in school and Seesaw activities at home.

The P4 and P5 pupils have been developing characters and using these interesting characters to create interesting short stories. We are continuing to use the app Book Creator to develop talking story books and we have created our own illustrations. 

We will be following the BBC live lessons and have had the opportunity to hear authors discuss how they have developed characters.

In non fiction writing we have been focusing on instructional writing.

Class novel for this term is”My sister has a spoon”

Numeracy.

Pupils will-

Shape and Space

Learn about co-ordinates

Data Handling.

Display and read information from Charts and graphs

Measures

Primary 4 pupils will be introduced to weight /mass and the kilogram. Pupils will convert Kg to g

Primary 5 pupils will be using a half and a quarter Kilogram

Number

Primary 4 and 5 will be completing a lot of work on multiplying and dividing. We will be linking this division to Fractions. 

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 living things. We will be sorting living things and looking at the topic of habitats.

PE

Keeping fit and healthy is so important. This term we will be taking part in sports day practice. Mr Mc Veigh will be preparing for the long jump as he is representing Ireland in the up coming Tokyo Olympic Games.