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Throughout these difficult times the Virtual School will continue to support schools to promote learning at home and maintaining routines for Children Looked After. Here are a few ideas for home learning.
Activity and Learning websites
Your child’s school may use websites and learning platforms and your child may have been issued with login details to access these. Some examples are:
The websites below have creative ideas, educational, games and lots of activity ideas
Early Years
Audible – Free while schools are closed for kids to listen to stories.
http://stories.audible.com
Imagination Tree- https://theimaginationtree.com/ CBeebies- https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies CBeebies Radio- https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Messy Little Monster - https://www.messylittlemonster.com Preschool Inspirations - https://preschoolinspirations.com Teach Preschool- https://teachpreschool.org Red Ted Art- www.redtedart.com Music with Nancy- https://youtu.be/egt_2WBjeOM
Primary
The maths factor by Carol Vorderman is free of charge until schools open and is targeted for children aged 4-11 years old. https://www.themathsfactor.com
Activity Village - https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/
BBC Bitesize- http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
British Council- https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Children’s University of Manchester - https://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/
Mystery Science- https://www.mysteryscience.com Nature Detectives- https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
National Geographic Kids- https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Oxford Owl for Home- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Scouts- https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/
Scholastic- http://www.scholastic.com
Ted Ed- https://ed.ted.com
The Kids Should See This- https://thekidshouldseethis.com Vooks- http://www.vooks.com
Secondary and Careers
Audible have released lots of audio books for free, no need to sign up or anything. Just click this link to get started- https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Ed Place - A revision app that covers the curriculum up to GCSE’s with exam style questions and practice papers.
Khan Academy have some free resources during closures- https://www.khanacademy.org
CGP Books- https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk
CPG also have some online resources to go with the CPG revision books for all subjects and year groups at this link- https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/resources/studying-from-home-during-coronavirus
GCSE Pod- https://www.gcsepod.com/
Scholastic - https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Top Marks- https://www.topmarks.co.uk
Twinkl- https://www.twinkl.com/offer Code: UKTWINKLHELPS for 1-month free resources
Secondary Maths
BBC Bitesize- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z38pycw
Corbett Maths- https://corbettmaths.com
Maths Duck- http://www.mathsduck.co.uk/
Maths Made Easy- https://mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/gcse-maths-revision/
Maths is Fun- https://www.mathsisfun.com
White Rose Maths Home Resources go from year 1 to year 8 at the moment but they are adding more year groups- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
Secondary Science
The University of Reading Virtual Experiments- https://www.reading.ac.uk/virtualexperiments/experiments.html
Chemistry Interactive Simulations- http://employees.oneonta.edu/viningwj/sims/
CK-12 Exploration Series- https://interactives.ck12.org/simulations/chemistry.html
GCSEScienceRevsion.com- https://www.gcsesciencerevision.com/equations
English
BBC Bitesize- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zckw2hv
Free Classic books are available at- Researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html
The Literacy Shed- Literacyshed.com
Languages
BBC Bitesize Modern Foreign Languages- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zhsvr82
Duolingo is an app with bite size online lessons that teaches up to 36 languages including French and English.
Mon Quotidien- https://monquotidien.playbacpresse.fr has French news at secondary level
S-Cool- https://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/french for French revision
Arts/Creativity
Bob Ross painting lessons on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxcnsr1R5Ge_fbTu5ajt8DQ
Google Arts and Culture- https://artsandculture.google.com/
Just Dance videos on YouTube
Yoga with Adriene– this is a yoga YouTube video for teens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kgZnJqzNaU
Career and Y11’s post 16
Here's a list of resources that parents and carers could use with students when looking at career aspirations.
Buzz Personality Profile- https://icould.com/buzz-quiz/
This is an excellent source of Labour Market Information for the Leeds City Region. It includes career overviews and routes in for the major fields of work in the area:
https://futuregoals.co.uk/careerstarters/
And these are some basic but effective activities around career awareness:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quick-starters-activities-for-careers-lessons-6334127
Further Guidance and Useful Documents
Support for Parents following School Closures due to COVID-19 (coronavirus)
Ministers Open Letter to the SEND sector
Touchbase - Support through this season
Touchbase - Five top tips for adoptive parents and carers
Advice from Bradford Educational Psychology Team during the COVID-19 situation
Government list of resources to support home learning
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