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Please see below for a list of useful websites and ideas to help support home learning during lockdown, and for further activities to help keep the whole family occupied. Items marked with * are new or updated since the previous lockdown.
Staying Safe Online
Please make sure you carefully monitor your child's use of the Internet and check the appropriateness of websites. If you or your child have any concerns, you can report this to CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) by clicking here. Our Acceptable Use agreements have been shared and signed by children at school and you can refer to these with your children. Please click here to see the agreements. The NPSCC website has a wide range of advice and resources for keeping your child safe online. Please click here for more information.
School Bookshelves - download copies of bookshelves to complete at home:
*Parentkind - free resources to help support learning.
*Audible - children's stories free to stream on desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
*National Literacy Trust - Words for Life - a comprehensive collection of reading, writing and language activities to support you and your child at home
*National Literacy Trust - Virtual School Library - Every week a popular children's author or illustrator provides a free book, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads.
*Save The Children - variety of ideas for keeping kids entertained during lockdown.
*Woodland Trust - winter lockdown activities for kids
*Twinkl - thousands of activities which support the national curriculum. Usually paid for but they're offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures - use code PARENTSTWINKLHELPS.
*PE with Joe - live PE sessions on Joe's YouTube channel at 09:00am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Joe Wicks' YOUTUBE channel: The Body Coach TV.
*BBC Bitesize - help with homework, revision and learning. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes by level and subject. Some lessons are also available on TV/iPlayer - click here for details.
Hamilton Trust - Hamilton Trust will be providing free packs for English and Maths for each year group, updated weekly.
STEM Survival Kit Please check carefully the minimum age for each activity.
Oxfordshire School Games activities to try at home.
Oak National Academy - online learning for all year groups.
French-Games - Free online French games and lessons for beginners
Blue Peter - earn Blue Peter badges
Kids Activities Blog - a list of all education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closures
Scratch Online - Some classes are already using Scratch (from MIT) in school . It is a great piece of software for teaching coding. The newest version, Scratch 3, is also online, enabling it to be accessed at home, school or anywhere else in the world.
BBC Learning - this site is archived and no longer updated, but still an excellent resource for all ages.
Change4Life - ideas for keeping the family active
Scouts Online - hundreds of family activities that can be done at home/indoors.
Dyson Foundation - Dyson engineers have designed challenges specifically for children to encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering.
Left Brain Right Brain - activities based around science, technology, engineering, art and maths.
Action For Children - inexpensive and easy things to do with younger children
Crash Course Kids - YouTube channel from the producers of Crash Course (adults), videos on a variety of subjects
National Geographic Kids - activities and quizzes for younger kids
Duolingo - learn languages for free. Web-based or app
IXL - Maths and English practice for all ages
Planbee - Free online learning sessions and resources
Please see below for a list of useful websites and ideas to help support home learning during lockdown, and for further activities to help keep the whole family occupied. Items marked with * are new or updated since the previous lockdown.
Staying Safe Online
Please make sure you carefully monitor your child's use of the Internet and check the appropriateness of websites. If you or your child have any concerns, you can report this to CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection) by clicking here. Our Acceptable Use agreements have been shared and signed by children at school and you can refer to these with your children. Please click here to see the agreements. The NPSCC website has a wide range of advice and resources for keeping your child safe online. Please click here for more information.
School Bookshelves - download copies of bookshelves to complete at home:
*Parentkind - free resources to help support learning.
*Audible - children's stories free to stream on desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
*National Literacy Trust - Words for Life - a comprehensive collection of reading, writing and language activities to support you and your child at home
*National Literacy Trust - Virtual School Library - Every week a popular children's author or illustrator provides a free book, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads.
*Save The Children - variety of ideas for keeping kids entertained during lockdown.
*Woodland Trust - winter lockdown activities for kids
*Twinkl - thousands of activities which support the national curriculum. Usually paid for but they're offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures - use code PARENTSTWINKLHELPS.
*PE with Joe - live PE sessions on Joe's YouTube channel at 09:00am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Joe Wicks' YOUTUBE channel: The Body Coach TV.
*BBC Bitesize - help with homework, revision and learning. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes by level and subject. Some lessons are also available on TV/iPlayer - click here for details.
Hamilton Trust - Hamilton Trust will be providing free packs for English and Maths for each year group, updated weekly.
STEM Survival Kit Please check carefully the minimum age for each activity.
Oxfordshire School Games activities to try at home.
Oak National Academy - online learning for all year groups.
French-Games - Free online French games and lessons for beginners
Blue Peter - earn Blue Peter badges
Kids Activities Blog - a list of all education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closures
Scratch Online - Some classes are already using Scratch (from MIT) in school . It is a great piece of software for teaching coding. The newest version, Scratch 3, is also online, enabling it to be accessed at home, school or anywhere else in the world.
BBC Learning - this site is archived and no longer updated, but still an excellent resource for all ages.
Change4Life - ideas for keeping the family active
Scouts Online - hundreds of family activities that can be done at home/indoors.
Dyson Foundation - Dyson engineers have designed challenges specifically for children to encourage inquisitive young minds to get excited about engineering.
Left Brain Right Brain - activities based around science, technology, engineering, art and maths.
Action For Children - inexpensive and easy things to do with younger children
Crash Course Kids - YouTube channel from the producers of Crash Course (adults), videos on a variety of subjects
National Geographic Kids - activities and quizzes for younger kids
Duolingo - learn languages for free. Web-based or app
IXL - Maths and English practice for all ages
Planbee - Free online learning sessions and resources
