Lakeside Primary School

Welcome to our Online learning and resources for home learning section 

As a school, we have a variety of online learning platforms we subscribe to. These will prove invaluable to any pupil who is required to self-isolate and needs some home learning resources. Teachers will ensure that pupils are sent home with their login details to these sites to ensure they can access them at home.

Online Learning Platforms:

• My Maths – Teachers will set maths tasks on My Maths for children to complete. As teachers we can see how each pupil has achieved.
• Purple Mash – Teachers will set ‘To Do’ tasks for children to complete on Purple Mash. When these are saved, we as teachers can see how the children have done.
• Times Table Rock Stars – Children can do daily practice of times tables.
• SPAG.com – (This is registered for Year 6 only) Pupils will have SPAG questions set within SPAG.com and we can see how they perform to guide which tasks we then set next. 
• Read Theory – Some pupils are set up on Read Theory. If they are, children can spend some time each day practicing the reading comprehension tasks on there.
• Nessy – Some pupils have a NESSY account. They can spend some time each day completing their assigned tasks on here.

There is a wealth of additional resources available online that would also aid home learning. The details of these sites are listed below:

• Twinkl – This site has a variety of explanatory power points and then has a wide range of activities for pupils of all ages to complete. By entering the following code (UKTWINKLHELPS) at https://www.twinkl.co.uk/offer, parents can obtain free access to these resources during this current global situation. Further support can be found at https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents and https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-par-82-twinkl-parent-free-user-guide.
• Corbett Maths - https://corbettmathsprimary.com/ have worksheets on every area of maths with supporting ‘how to’ videos and answers. They also have a 5 a day section with mixed questions (bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels available).
• Literacy Shed –  https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html Has a variety of films available that can be used as inspiration for writing.
• Scratch – Ask pupils to develop their coding skills within the free online computer programming software.
• KODU – Computer game programming. This software is free to download on computers but can also be accessed on Xbox. Children design and code their own computer games.
• Scholastic – Here is a link to their home learning resources. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/resources/scholastic-learn-at-home--free-resources-for-school-closures.html
• Go Noodle – Exercise / dance videos to encourage some activity!
• National Geographic Kids - https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2npzi5cD0dFp70LMvMOyGT-lmPTwSrSoIlMzYZwWT0BhlARt10f1rzZVQ
• Vooks.com – Online streaming service of books. It is a subscription service but you can have a 1 month free trial.
• BBC and Cbeebies - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies?fbclid=IwAR2Yrd79xjImCm_pwu6UrrHn4fgU-ulvCAXBVnrV2wiCflMnLpBuwTptPts
• A long list of websites here - https://www.headteacherchat.com/post/corona-virus-free-resources-for-teachers-and-schools?fbclid=IwAR1oiWkrvhH6vMDLjKwuzxczVdcqDMMTT3eJKyKF5bf7nF6CGg0hoJ8_H6U
• Blockly - https://blockly.games Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.
• Ted Ed - https://ed.ted.com All sorts of engaging educational videos
• Duolingo - https://www.duolingo.com Learn languages for free. Web or app.
• Mystery Science - https://mysteryscience.com Free science lessons
• Crest Awards - https://www.crestawards.org Science awards you can complete from home
• 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.
• Cbeebies Radio - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio Listening activities for the younger ones.
• 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
• Geography Games - https://world-geography-games.com/world.html Geography gaming!
• 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.
• DK Find Out - https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac Activities and quizzes

 

If your child has a smart phone or tablet with the Kindle App on, or a Kindle itself, and would like some recommendations for reading material, the following website has 50 recommended reads for each year group – www.booksfortopics.com.

https://www.booksfortopics.com/reception

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-1

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-2

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-3

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-4

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-5

https://www.booksfortopics.com/year-6

 

Phonics Resources to use at home for KS1

https://global.oup.com/education/content/children/issues/phonics-for-parents/?region=uk - Has lots of information and guidance for parents

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/  - Has lots of information, printable resources for each of the Letters and Sounds phonic phases, and also links to games aligned with each phase.

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ParentsMenu.html- Offers a selection of interactive games for all phonic phases. Mostly simple games.

www.ictgames.com/literacy.html  - Has a great selection of games that link well with games in Letters and Sounds.

http://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/magneticletters/  - Make any words with this useful game.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/the-alphablocks-guide-to-phonics lovely short videos to demonstrate the different phonemes and alternative spellings

YouTube – Geraldine Giraffe – lovely videos for all sounds

http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Useful Apps for tablets:

http://www.nessy.com/hairyletters/  - Useful app with interactive activities which we use at school.

http://www.letterschool.com/  - a good app for practicing letter formation. You can purchase the full version, or download the free version (LetterSchool Lite), which contains all the features of the full version for a subset of letters and numbers, at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/letterschool-lite/id481067676  .

 

For updates throughout this situation, don’t forget to keep checking your emails and our school and year group Twitter pages for more information!