Useful Websites for Learning 2
Activity and Learning websites
Your child’s school may use websites and learning platforms and your child may have been issued with login details to access these. Some examples are:
- Letterjoin- https://www.letterjoin.co.uk
- Maths Shed- https://www.mathshed.com
- Picture News https://www.picture-news.co.uk
- Purple Mash - https://www.purplemash.com/login/
- Spelling Shed- https://www.spellingshed.com
- Spellodrome- https://uk.spellodrome.com/#/home
- Times Tables Rock Stars - https://ttrockstars.com/
The websites below have creative ideas, educational, games and lots of activity ideas
- Twinkl- https://www.twinkl.com/offer Code: UKTWINKLHELPS for 1-month free resources
- Learning and Exploring Through Play- www.learningandexploringthroughplay.com
- Primary resources - https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach
- Best Ideas for Kids- https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/
- Family Days Tried and Tested- www.familydaystriedandtested.com
- Arts and Culture- https://artsandculture.google.com/
Early Years
Audible – Free while schools are closed for kids to listen to stories.
Imagination Tree- https://theimaginationtree.com/
CBeebies- https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
CBeebies Radio- https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio
Messy Little Monster - https://www.messylittlemonster.com
Preschool Inspirations - https://preschoolinspirations.com
Teach Preschool- https://teachpreschool.org
Red Ted Art- www.redtedart.com
Music with Nancy- https://youtu.be/egt_2WBjeOM
Primary
The maths factor by Carol Vorderman is free of charge until schools open and is targeted for children aged 4-11 years old. https://www.themathsfactor.com
Audible – Free while schools are closed for kids to listen to stories.
Activity Village - https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/
BBC Bitesize- http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
British Council- https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Children’s University of Manchester - https://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/
Mystery Science- https://www.mysteryscience.com
Nature Detectives- https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
National Geographic Kids- https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Oxford Owl for Home- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Scouts- https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/
Scholastic- http://www.scholastic.com
Ted Ed- https://ed.ted.com
The Kids Should See This- https://thekidshouldseethis.com
Vooks- http://www.vooks.com
Secondary and Careers
Audible have released lots of audio books for free, no need to sign up or anything. Just click this link to get started- https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Ed Place - A revision app that covers the curriculum up to GCSE’s with exam style questions and practice papers.
Khan Academy have some free resources during closures- https://www.khanacademy.org
CGP Books- https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk
CPG also have some online resources to go with the CPG revision books for all subjects and year groups at this link- https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/resources/studying-from-home-during-coronavirus
GCSE Pod- https://www.gcsepod.com/
Scholastic - https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Top Marks- https://www.topmarks.co.uk
Twinkl- https://www.twinkl.com/offer Code: UKTWINKLHELPS for 1-month free resources
Secondary Maths
BBC Bitesize- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z38pycw
Corbett Maths- https://corbettmaths.com
Maths Duck- http://www.mathsduck.co.uk/
Maths Made Easy- https://mathsmadeeasy.co.uk/gcse-maths-revision/
Maths is Fun- https://www.mathsisfun.com
White Rose Maths Home Resources go from year 1 to year 8 at the moment but they are adding more year groups- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
Secondary Science
The University of Reading Virtual Experiments- https://www.reading.ac.uk/virtualexperiments/experiments.html
Chemistry Interactive Simulations- http://employees.oneonta.edu/viningwj/sims/
CK-12 Exploration Series- https://interactives.ck12.org/simulations/chemistry.html
GCSEScienceRevsion.com- https://www.gcsesciencerevision.com/equations
English
BBC Bitesize- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zckw2hv
Free Classic books are available at- Researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html
The Literacy Shed- Literacyshed.com
Languages
BBC Bitesize Modern Foreign Languages- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zhsvr82
Duolingo is an app with bite size online lessons that teaches up to 36 languages including French and English.
Mon Quotidien- https://monquotidien.playbacpresse.fr has French news at secondary level
S-Cool- https://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/french for French revision
Arts/Creativity
Bob Ross painting lessons on YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxcnsr1R5Ge_fbTu5ajt8DQ
Google Arts and Culture- https://artsandculture.google.com/
Just Dance videos on YouTube
Yoga with Adriene– this is a yoga YouTube video for teens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kgZnJqzNaU
Career and Y11’s post 16
Here's a list of resources that parents and carers could use with students when looking at career aspirations.
Buzz Personality Profile- https://icould.com/buzz-quiz/
This is an excellent source of Labour Market Information for the Leeds City Region. It includes career overviews and routes in for the major fields of work in the area:
https://futuregoals.co.uk/careerstarters/
And these are some basic but effective activities around career awareness:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/quick-starters-activities-for-careers-lessons-6334127