Guest blog from Fundamental Learning.
How’s home learning going in your house?!
We know that times are strange just now with children at home and parents trying to get to grips with home learning, as well as juggling their own work (which seems to come a distant second to being IT support, model makers and maths tutors!) Hats off to our teachers who have been working hard to enable children to keep studying. We thought we’d share a few of our favourite online resources too.
General
This popular website needs no introduction with games and activities covering the whole curriculum for KS1, KS2 and beyond.
Free resources which usually need to be paid for:
This accessible site has an easy-to-use Coronavirus Home Learning Support Page with access to maths and literacy activities for each key stage (up to and including KS4). Plenty of downloadable resources.
The maths team at Trinity MAT have created a Home Learning section from EYFS to Year 8. There are five maths lessons for each year group with a short video explaining the activity.
Over 5300 maths and literacy resources available for EYFS through to year 6 as well as online history resources. Premium membership usually costs £49.50 per year and is currently free.
For more ideas of maths and literacy online resources take a look at our Fundamental Learning website.
We know learning isn’t all about maths and literacy so here are a few more ideas to get your kids tuned into their inner artist, scientist and athlete…
Get Creative
Kids Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen
Visit Michael’s YouTube channel for free poems, stories and jokes.
Resources covering many areas of the primary curriculum including art & design, crafts and music.
BBC Food has a great guide to teach KS2 English, maths, nutrition French skills while cooking together.
Elevenses with the World of David Walliams
Join David Walliams for elevenses as he reads an audio story from one of his best-selling books.
Get Scientific
Bring a bit of science into your home every day at 10am with daily posts/videos/experiments from the Glasgow Science Centre.
This site breaks down the curriculum by year group and has fun science activities you can do at home. Also has good resources for maths and literacy.
Although the Science Museum has closed its doors they have some excellent learning resources divided into the relevant key stages.
Children’s University of Manchester
Take a look at the science pages of their website for handy topic-related games.
Space-related topics, the lowdown on NASA’s missions and have a go at roving on Mars.
Get Physical
The Body Coach: Kids workouts to do at home
Meet the nation’s new PE teacher. As well as running free daily PE lessons on his YouTube channel (9am Monday to Friday), Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) also has a range of workouts for children to try at home.
Get cycling! Youth Sport Trust & British Cycling have joined forces to create an online activity pack to support children learning to ride a bike.
Need some support with your maths and literacy?
Would your primary-school aged child like some extra support with their maths and literacy? Please express your interest by 
filling in the quick online form on our website. All our Fundamental Learning sessions are now being run on Zoom and we love the flexibility it gives us to teach. Whilst Mr Straughan, a teacher and former primary school maths lead, is working with a small group, Immy (our teaching assistant) can do one-to-one activities with another child. Who knew online learning could be such fun!
Immy is also offering paired reading sessions for children between Reception and Year 4.
Express your interest in Fundamental Learning.
Remember, important as it is to keep educating our children, don’t forget to make time just to hang out, read a book together, watch a film and just take things easy. These are worrying times for us all and children will value spending quality time together with their loved ones.
