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)