Useful Links

General/ All Subjects

• Class Dojo https://www.classdojo.com/

• Google Classroom classroom.google.com

• TT Rockstars https://ttrockstars.com/

• Spelling Shed https://www.edshed.com/en-gb/login?return_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.edshed.com

• www.amazingeducationalresources.com – A growing list of free resources and sites to support leanring at home. This site is evolving all the time!

• Purple Mash https://www.purplemash.com/sch/stmichaelsacademy

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General/ All Subjects

• BBC Bitesize - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary and http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools - Use BBC Bitesize to help with your homework, revision and learning. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes by level and subject.

• Cbeebies Radio - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio - Listening activities for the younger ones.

• Twinkl - https://www.twinkl.co.uk - This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closure

• Crickweb - http://www.crickweb.co.uk - Free interactive resources and games

• Ted Ed - https://ed.ted.com - All sorts of engaging educational videos with comprehension questions.

Maths

• Maths Zone - mathszone.co.uk - A great website full of games, mainly for KS2.

• Super Maths World - http://supermathsworld.com - Great games for KS2. Children can log in as a guest or create an account.

• Cool Maths - https://www.coolmathgames.com/ - Another website full of interactive games.

• Count On -http://counton.org/ - Full of maths games, activities and further links.

• NRICH - https://nrich.maths.org/primary - Challenging maths games and activities

• Times Tables Rockstars - https://ttrockstars.com/ - Interactive multiplication resource used to improve times table recall.

• Maths anxiety course - https://eedi.typeform.com/to/x01Ln08k#user_id=xxxxx&family_id=xxxxx

Reading

• Oxford Owl for Home - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/ - Lots of free resources for Primary age – lots of free resources for primary age.

• Storyline - https://www.storylineonline.net/ - actors reading stories.

• World Book Online - https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/#!/ - World Book Online have just made their fabulous collection of over 3,000 eBooks and audiobooks available for free for children to access at home.

• Storytime from space - https://storytimefromspace.com/ - films of astronauts reading stories in space!

Writing

• Literacy Shed - https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html - high quality films and animations that can be used as story prompts.

• Pobble - http://www.pobble365.com/ - pick a picture and use the writing prompts to write your own story.

ICT

• Blockly - https://blockly.games - Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

• Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/ - Creative computer programming

• ICT games - https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/ - free educational games good to play on a tablet or desktop.

Topic

• National Geographic Kids - https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/ - Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

• Big History Project - https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home

• Geography Games - https://world-geography-games.com/world.html - Geography gaming!

• Nature Detectives - https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetect…/ - A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

MFL

• Duolingo - https://www.duolingo.com - Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Science

• Mystery Science - https://mysteryscience.com - Free science lessons

• The Kids Should See This - https://thekidshouldseethis.com - Wide range of cool educational videos

• Crash Course Kids - https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids - A range of video/ lessons linked to science.

• Crest Awards - https://www.crestawards.org - Science awards you can complete from home.

Art & DT

• The Artful Parent - https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/ - Good, free art activities

• Red Ted Art - https://www.redtedart.com - Easy arts and crafts for little ones

• The Imagination Tree - https://theimaginationtree.com - Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

• Tinkercad - https://www.tinkercad.com - All kinds of making.

Challenge Ideas & Awards

• iDEA Awards - https://idea.org.uk - Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.

• Paw Print Badges - https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk - Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

• Blue Peter Badges - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges - If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

• British Council - https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find - Resources for English language learning

Games & Activities

• Toy Theater - https://toytheater.com/ - Educational online games

• DK Find Out - https://www.dkfindout.com/uk - Activities and quizzes

Theatre & Entertainment

• https://www.broadwayhd.com/ - a theatre streaming service has introduced a seven-day free trial (after which you’d need to pick one of the price plans). You can bring the world of theatre into your living room with man productions on offer including Cats, The Sound of Music and The King and I.

• https://www.willowsmusical.com/ - sign up here (only takes a second) to watch The Wind int the Willows the Musical which was filmed at the London Palladium in 2017.

• https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/search?query=children

Related Websites

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• CBBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc - The CBBC website - play free kids games, watch episodes & clips and find lots of things to do.

• BBC CBeebies - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies - Play fun games, watch clips and sing songs with your favourite CBeebies characters and shows. CBeebies helps pre-schoolers learn whilst they play.

• Pen Mill Infant & Nursery Academy - http://www.penmill.somerset.sch.uk - A friendly and caring school and where parents and children's participation in the learning process is seen as essential to progress for all.

• Reckleford Community School - http://www.reckleford.somerset.sch.uk - A successful Nursery and Infant School serving families across Yeovil. We take great pride in our children’s learning and progress and are highly skilled in supporting all children, no matter what their needs and abilities.

• Bucklers Mead Academy - http://www.bucklers-m.somerset.sch.uk - Buckler’s Mead is for students aged 11-16, co-educational, and converted to an academy on 1st August 2011. We are committed to working together with pupils, parents, directors and the Community, to realise the full potential of every child.

• Preston School - http://www.prestonschool.co.uk - A highly successful 11-16 Specialist Business and Enterprise Academy, judged by Ofsted (April 2012) as a good school with outstanding features.

• Fiveways Special School - http://www.fiveways.somerset.sch.uk - Fiveways School provides an ‘Outstanding’ (OFSTED 2008) education for the 67 pupils who are drawn from the South Somerset area. Each pupils needs are carefully and sensitively addressed, within the context of a well developed curriculum.

• Somerset County Council - http://www.somerset.gov.uk/education-learning-and-schools - Information on education, learning and schools. Selecting a school, school transport, school life and adult learning.

• Champion Music Group - http://www.championmusicgroup.co.uk - Champion music group is a Somerset based family run company run by professionals within the music business/industry. We pride ourselves on providing a high standard of service whether it be individual music tutors for you or your children, to organizing festivals for large crowds or supplying entertainment for that special day.

• Somerset Total Communication - http://www.somerset.gov.uk/education-learning-and-schools/school-life/somerset-total-communication/ - Somerset Total Communication aims to support people's speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in Somerset. Provides training, resources (locally and nationally) and ongoing support to share good practice and help overcome challenges.

• Change4life - http://www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/change-for-life.aspx - Change4Life has loads of healthy eating tips and recipes, and fun ways to exercise. Change4Life is here to help you and your kids eat well and move more.

• e-Safety consultancy, advice and training - http://www.esafety-adviser.com - e-Safety is a hugely diverse area and it is continually growing. There is no silver bullet, different schools have different needs; the key is effective management and high quality training. e-Safety is not about scaremongering, it is about engaging, educating and empowering (that’s what the “e” stands for).

• BBC - http://www.bbc.co.uk - BBC News and Events

• Yeovil Town Website - http://www.yeoviltown.com - This website provides information on places to stay, eat and visit, with listings of local businesses and voluntary groups, including Town council pages.

• Coram’s Child Law Advice service can be accessed through their website

https://childlawadvice.org.uk/information-pages/school-exclusion/ or contacted on 0300 330 5485 from Monday to Friday, 8am – 6pm.

• ACE education run a limited service and can be reached on 0300 0115 142 on Monday to Wednesday from 10am to 1pm during term time. Information can be found on the website: http://www.ace-ed.org.uk/.

• Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (known as IPSEA – www.ipsea.org.uk) is a registered charity. It offers free and independent information, advice and support to help get the right education for children and young people with all kinds of special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities.

• SEN Information Advice & Support Services Network (formerly known as the local parent partnership)