Useful Websites to Support Home Learning

 

BookTrust

Website: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/bookfinder/

Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2

Description: a site with recommended booklists, categorised by age range and topic, including fiction and non-fiction. Family activities are included in the ‘Home Time’ section.

Registration: not required

 

Classroom Secrets

Website: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/

Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2

Description: downloadable resource packs which cover a range of subjects, including reading and writing.

Registration: not required

 

The Children’s Poetry Archive

Website: https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/

Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2

Description: an archive of spoken poetry recordings. Children can listen to poems read out loud.

Registration: not required

 

Big Maths

Website: https://www.BigMaths.com

Key stages: key stage 1 and key stage 2

Description: maths resources to support teachers and parents with interactive challenges and games aimed at making maths fun.

Registration: not required

Maths with Parents

Website: https://mathswithparents.com/teachers/

Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2

Description: videos and activities for home-based learning, with resources for both parents and teachers available.

Registration: is required

Nrich

Website: https://nrich.maths.org/

Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 4

Description: a range of activities and articles aimed at students, parents and guardians, and teachers, categorised into age groups.

Registration: not required

 

BBC Bitesize

Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary

Key stages: key stage 1 and key stage 2

Description: interactive resources covering the primary science curriculum. Suitable for pupil/parent use.

Registration: not required

 

Super Movers

Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers

Key stages: key stage 1 and key stage 2

Description: videos which help children move while they learn. They support curriculum subjects, including maths and English.

Registration: not required

 

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families

Website: https://www.annafreud.org/coronavirus-support/support-for-early-years/

Key stages: early years foundation stage to key stage 2

Description: wellbeing advice for all those supporting children and young people.

Registration: not required