REMOTE LEARNING FOR EARLY YEARS - BARLOW BEARS, NURSERY AND RECEPTION CLASS
Additional to the daily class work which will be given by class teachers during any period of isolation your child may need to undertake, we have also drawn together a list af age appropriate links to websites that may provide further activities for your child to enjoy. Please see below for further details,
BBC Bitesize
Great resource covering a range of subjects for LKS2. This is a great website to support with understanding terminology in English and the methods used in Maths.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p
Times Tables Rockstars
This is a great maths game for children, which parents have already been emailed about. All children received logins and we have recently re-issued them. If you are unsure, please contact your child’s class teacher who will support you in this.
Times Tables Rockstars helps children to learn their multiplication and corresponding division facts.
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
NRich
NRich is a brilliant maths website where they have recommended ages for each activity.
Key Stage 2: https://nrich.maths.org/9084
Topmarks Maths
Topmarks is a brilliant maths website containing a huge bank of online Maths games to help children practise and consolidate skills across the maths curriculum.
Teach your Monster to Read
This is another website that is free to sign up to and has things such as animated stories and games.
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
Oxford Owl
Oxford Owl have free E-Books for ages 3-11 yrs.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
YouTube Kids
YouTube Kids is an app (rather than online like YouTube) that can be downloaded for free. It has far better parental controls that YouTube and so we would recommend its download. Once on, you can search for lots of games and activities, e.g. children’s yoga and mindfulness for when you all need a bit of calm (try Cosmic Kids), top 10 home science experiments, Dance etc
National Geographic Kids
Lots of activities and quizzes for children
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
DK Find Out
Lots of activities and quizzes to try
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR16NH79X2jGWHo3LdQWePseEUB4q46vu3mzOZSLC2hD6ZpVxQMwjpnCjEM
CBBC Newsround
CBBC Newsround is a children's news programme which is updated daily enabling children to keep up with current affairs on a child-friendly level.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround
IT Sites:
Dance Mat Typing
This is a great way for children to learn to touch type – a really useful skill to have and very important as online learning becomes more prevalent.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
Scratch
This is a coding program where you can create your own stories, games and animations.
City Creator
This is a design and create program where children can design and construct their own buildings, towns and cities.
Pivot Animator
A simple animating program which allows children to build their own figures or objects and load their own backgrounds.
Google Sketch-Up
SketchUp is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, landscape architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film and video game design.
Scribble Maps
Scribble Maps is a real-time mapping program which enables children to create and map different journeys to familiar places and beyond.
Think you Know
This website contains simple child-friendly advice on Internet Safety.
