Holy Family Catholic Primary School

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Home Learning

Spring & Summer 2020

Please note Holy Family Catholic Primary School is not responsible for the content of other websites

Useful Websites and Links:

Health and Well Being

Headspace for kids

A useful mindfulness app, especially in the current climate to help children manage their thoughts and feelings.

Cosmic Kids Yoga (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

GoNoodle  (Online) https://www.gonoodle.com/

Great videos to get our children moving. Check out the Good Energy at Home button

National Trust: Currently free of charge (Cafes and shops are closed). This may change so keep checking on the website

 

English

Jane Considine (Twitter @janeconsidine)

Scholastic https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

Providing English activities for each age group. Click on For Families for free content. A different topic for each day. It is American so just click on the relevant age group:

Pre K and Kindergarten Reception and Year 1

Grade 1- ages  6-7    Year 2

Grade 2  ages  7-8    Year 3

Grade 3  ages  8-9    Year 4

Grade 4  ages  9-10  Year 5

Grade 5  ages 10-11 Year 6

 

Phonics

Phonics Play is now free to all users  https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

TeachYour Monster to Read   Free to all users    https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/accounts/sign_up

TeachYour Monster to Read   Free to all users    https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/accounts/sign_up

 

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)

Gareth Metcalfe

Starting on Monday free 20 minute lessons for Year 3,4,5 and 6.  Check his Twitter feed and website for more information https://garethmetcalfe.wordpress.com/

White Rose Maths – Website and Twitter   https://whiterosemaths.com/

Teachers will be using this weekly to direct your learning. This will be posted onto Dojo

Nrich Maths https://nrich.maths.org/primary

Some great activities to extend children’s mathematical thinking

https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/– American but some nice  science videos for curious kids

Scratch – A coding Website https://scratch.mit.edu/parents

Click the create and Explore buttons

Raspberry Pi  (Twitter @Raspberry_Pi     @astro_pi    https://www.raspberrypi.org/    )

Adds free content and activities for coding

Paper Construction Projects https://www.robives.com/

Lego ideas and play  https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/kids-lego-activities/

Science Kids - http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

Crash Course Kids (on YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources.html

 

Other Curriculum areas

Duolingo (App – our school language is Spanish)

Piano Maestro (App)

Horrible Histories

Geography Quizzes https://www.triviaplaza.com/geography-world-quizzes/

https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/geography/  (Other subjects too)

Jenniemalzels.com –  some great books to look out for in the library

   *Cost at the moment for the projects, but again look out for free activities

Online authors to look out for:

Oliver Jeffers (Twitter @OliverJeffers)

Alex T Smith (Twitter @Alex_T-Smith)

Holds live question and answer sessions. Holly Webb (Twitter @HollyKateWebb)

Anne Boyere (Twitter @AmusedNonQueen)

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