St Margaret's C of E Primary School

Home January -2021

To help you with your home learning we have put together some interesting activities to help you with your learning.
Click on the links to access the activities.
We hope you enjoy them.

Bookworms

Reading is one of the best ways to help you with your learning and at St Margaret's Cof E, we encourage our children to read 3 times a week. To help you to continue with this challenge, you are still able to change your reading books weekly. Your class teacher will inform you of the days when you are able to collect and exchange your reading books.

Scroll down in this section to find lots of useul links that will help to support your reading at home.

DfE phonics
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured?disable_polymer=1

British Library discovery service
https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books

First News
https://subscribe.firstnews.co.uk/free-downloadable-issue/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=downloadable-issue

Books recommendations by age and genre
https://www.booksfortopics.com/

Literacy Shed free reading resources
https://www.literacyshedplus.com/en-gb/browse/free-resources

Theatre stories for Kids
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAEEtplnZ3YkZ3FWfbwJPQ

Poetry for children
https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poetry-for-children/

Audio poetry for children.
https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/

Oak National Academy Library
https://library.thenational.academy/

Parklands Primary School Virtual Library.
https://www.parklandsprimary.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/VirtualLibrary-Parklands.pdf

Scroll to the bottom of the page for more resources.

Quiz Masters.

Keeping our brains active is really important, brain teasers, puzzles and board games are an excellent way to do this and have fun with the whole family.

Here are some usful sites that will help you whilst you are learning at home.

Brain teasers.
https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/brain-teasers-for-kids/

Cbeebies Puzzles.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles

CBBC Puzzles.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/puzzles

Find the Difference.
http://www.hellokids.com/r_260/free-online-games/find-the-differences-online-games

White Rose Maths, Problem of the day.
https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/classroom-resources/problems/

Kahoot!
https://kahoot.com/schools/

Healthy Body. Healthy Mind.

It is really important to keeping your mind and body healthy, especially during your time at home. Going for a walk and having plenty of fresh air will help you to do this.

To help you keep active and healthy, try using one of the links below.

CBBC supermover - curriculum based activities to help you learn on the move.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers

Change 4 Life - 10 minute shake up with Disney.
https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups

Joe Wicks - The body coach
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBodyCoachTV/playlists

Cosmic Yoga for kids
https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Mindfulness craft activities.
https://www.mindfullittleminds.com/5-fun-and-easy-mindfulness-crafts-your-kids-will-love/

Headspace for kids - 2 week free trial.
https://www.headspace.com/meditation/kids

BBC guide to healthy cooking.
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/guide-cookery-skills-age

Keep Talking.

Whilst you are at home why not take the opportunity to learn a new language or brush up on your language skills. Here at St Margarets the children have the opportunity to learn Spanish and French, and enjoy the conversational based activities.

Duolingo - learn a language for free.
https://www.duolingo.com/

KS2 Bitesize- Modern Foreign Languages.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zdmtsbk

The Lingo Show on CBeebies (for younger children)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/lingo-show

Calico Spanish - songs and stories for children
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV4cTDKZOZ_3Q8drnUAiDlw

Little Baby Bum en Francias – for younger children
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIpjSZeqahrnGTYsjcCBMw

Basho & Friends - language learning through music and rapping!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMdV1ynMzE4y0NoeTZa7GZA

Coding Wizards.

Learning how to code can be really beneficial in this computing age, especially when we are remote learning. It is important to keep safe online too.

Why not have a go at an activity below, you can email it to your teacher, using teams or Tapestry, to impress them.

Staying Safe
Cyber security - The National Crime Agency.
https://cybergamesuk.com/cyber-city

Being Internet Awesome - Google
https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/

Digital escape room.
https://linktr.ee/AlvaPSNursery?fbclid=IwAR2FGoJWJSwfI8Jox0BRuQrt0R6iFPmGDKO90Mzgf9aEsPu_bH3vENNZQic

Scratch - create stories, gamesand animations
https://scratch.mit.edu/

Barefoot computing - Problem solving using computational thinking.
https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning

Blob Orchestra - Test your muscial skills.
https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw?cp=e30.

BBC bitesize - coding and programming.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvsc7ty

Creative Creatures.

For all those aspiring artists and creative creatures in school, you might enjoy the activities below. Why not share your creation with your teachers on Tapestry or Teams.

The Great Big Art Exhibition.
https://firstsite.uk/download-artist-activity-pack/

Tate Kids
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids

Estorick collection.
https://www.estorickcollection.com/education

Architecture from home
https://www.fosterandpartners.com/news/archive/2020/04/architecturefromhome/

Royal Academy 'How to..' Activities
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/articles/tag/family-how-to

Workshops with Amy Leung
https://www.townereastbourne.org.uk/learning/live-making-workshops/amy-leung/

Early year- play live
https://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/learn/earlyyears/

Arts for kids - learn to draw.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5XMF3Inoi8R9nSI8ChOsdQ

Art Ninja
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/art-ninja

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
https://www.dsokids.com/community-education/dso-kids/

Music Games - test your musical knowledge.
https://www.musicteachers.co.uk/games/rhythm-bandit/index.html

British Council - learn to sing.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/songs

Other

Bookworms

Reading activities.

Quiz masters

Test your grey cells with these challenges.

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind.

Keeping active and being mindful is so important for our wellbeing and mental health. Try some of these activities to keep you fit and healthy.

Access to teams via Xbox and playstation

Do you know you can access your learning via your playstation or X-box? Click on the link below for the instructions to get you started.