Learning at home
Several companies were making their online resources available to families to use at home during lockdown. Click on the links below to visit some of these sites supporting home learning. Please note, these links may be taken down at any time and they are not controlled by St Margaret's Infant School.
Please click here for advice and tips on staying safe when working online at home.
Please ensure your child reads regularly at home when they are not in school. They can of course read other books that you have at home once their scheme books have been completed a few times. Please ask your child to retell the stories they have read and pick out any tricky words they encountered.
You could make a fun game for spelling tricky words or finding synonyms (different words that have the same meaning) for them using a dictionary or online resource. A book review shows an understanding of the story and characters (click here to choose a book review frame) or have fun creating your own.
To support your children's speech, language and communication needs, the launch of the new Parent Portal was fast tracked. The site has been live since Friday 20th March and provides FREE speech and language advice, resources and activities.
The site can be found at https://speechandlanguage.info/parents
Useful apps and websites for ongoing home learning:
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Reading Eggs
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epic!
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Beebot
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CBeebies Go Explore
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Subject Area | Description | Link |
All areas of the curriculum |
The Oak National Academy Online Classroom |
https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom |
& Keeping Healthy in Mind & Body |
Joe Wickes work outs for all the family.
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https://www.youtube.com/thebodycoachtv
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Oti Mabuse (from Strictly Come Dancing) children's dance classes. | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC58aowNEXHHnflR_5YTtP4g | |
Go Noodle dance, yoga and meditation exercises linked to popular music and TV shows. | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2YBT7HYqCbbvzu3kKZ3wnw | |
BBC Super Movers active learning across the curriculum. | https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers | |
Cosmic Kids Yoga tutorials and mindfulness techniques. Available online for free and via paid app. | https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga | |
Maths
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Carol Voderman's maths website - normally chargeable but currently FREE for 21 days! | www.themathsfactor.com |
Topmarks interactive maths games for all ages and all areas of the National Curriculum. | www.topmarks.co.uk | |
White Rose Maths home learning following the scheme used at school | https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ | |
BBC Bitesize daily maths lessons | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary | |
Literacy |
Phonics Play phonics games. | www.phonicsplay.co.uk |
Scholastic - currently offering FREE Julia Donaldson home learning activity packs. | www.scholastic.co.uk | |
Oxford Owl access to Oxford Reading Tree (Kipper, Biff etc.) scheme books online | www.oxfordowl.co.uk | |
Music |
Myleene Klass online music lessons for children. | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQh2wgJ5tOrixYBn6jFXsXQ |
Science
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Explorify science activities and experiments. | https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/ |
Geography |
3D Geography free resources for hands on geography learning. | https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/ |
History
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BBC Bitesize history videos | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zkqmhyc |