Home learning support and ideas

As lockdown continues and many of our children aren’t in school, we know that children (and adults!) may be suffering from some fatigue of certain resources or websites, so we have put this document together to try and highlight some of the other amazing things out there.

*Don’t forget to look at your Year group packs here as well though:

https://www.merton.leics.sch.uk/homework/

**And please remember these ideas banks that have been created already:

http://www.merton.leics.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/04/KS1-KS2-Home-

Learning-Links.pdf

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-

resources

A few of our favourites are illustrated below:

Newsround

https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/

page/57739/petition/1

Sign up to the Wildlife Trust’s ‘30 Days Wild’ program for free! Loads of great outdoor activity ideas for you to do.

https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/ Books, resources and activities to support reading, writing & language development for children of primary age.

https://www.duolingo.com/ Discover a love of languages for free. It starts really easily, on the website or the app, and is a lovely thing to do together.

https://www.makemegenius.com/ An American website with lots of videos about a range of subjects. Great for research and learning about new things.

https://artfulparent.com/ This website is full of interesting art and craft activities you could try.

https://ed.ted.com/lessons? Educational video resources that you can filter by subject and age. A great resource bank.

https://rivet.area120.com/# Rivet is a free app helping get kids excited about reading. It has over 3,500 free digital books for kids.

https://wonderopolis.org/ Ever wondered...anything? This super website is full of interesting wonders and amazing answers.

https://www.leicester.gov.uk/leisure-and-

culture/museums-and-galleries/staying-at-

home-activities/

Keep it local by visiting the Leicester museums website and checking out their online collections.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons You’ve been on BBC Bitesize, but have you visited this site full of live lessons? Well worth a try - Year 3 have used it loads for their Treasure Island work.

Wellbeing resources:

www.partnershipforchildren.org.uk/what-

we-do/childrens-wellbeing-activities-for-

teaching-staff-and-families.html

Resources to help your child find healthy ways to deal with their feelings and reactions to the Covid-19 situation.

https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-

involved/teaching-resources/kindness-

resource-list

Kindness resources from the British Red Cross.

https://www.mindheart.co/descargables A free downloadable book about Corona-virus aimed at children under 7.

hwww.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-

content/uploads/2020/03/cco-childrens-

guide-to-coronavirus.pdf

The Children’s Commissioner’s guide to Coronavirus. Another good resource to go through with children to help with worries or as useful reminders.

https://parentzone.org.uk/ A great website that has teamed up with BBC Children in Need to offer support, advice and articles for parents on all sorts of things from screen-time to self-esteem.