Early Years

The children from Years 1-6 are used to working on timetables where they complete English and Maths activities in the morning. The usual timetable also asks the children to work on their reading/phonics and their times tables in the morning. In the afternoon the children focus on topic activities linked to Science, History etc. The children also take part in Active 15 each day- this is good to get the body and the mind moving.

English Activities

The first suggestion is reading. A little bit every day goes a long way and this can include:

Adults reading to children
Children reading to adults
Sharing a book with a sibling

Listening to stories is also a brilliant way to share stories. The World Book Day Website,https://www.worldbookday.com/world-of-stories/ has many different audiobooks available until the end of March, which you can listen to for free.

Remember that books don’t necessarily have to be school books and indeed children can read a wide range of other things too – magazines, websites, whatever they are interested in. Your child could complete tasks such as:

Draw and describe a character from a book (using the clues in the text)
Predict what will happen next and why
Draw a map of the setting from a story

You could also do some writing.

Some ideas for writing activities are:

Do some cooking and write a sentence to describe how it tastes
Look through some photos of an old trip out or holiday and write a sentence about it
Write a story inspired by one of the settings on the website Pobble 365
Draw a picture of your family and add labels to it

Speech and Language

There are speech and language activities here that could help at home

https://speechandlanguage.info/parents

Maths Activities

www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks

Some other ideas for maths activities are:

Play games that use maths skills
Go into the garden and find different shapes
Practise number bonds to 10 or 20
Go on a number hunt around your house

Computing

Try finding some fun games to play online (use the list below to help you find some good websites)

Science

Here are a few experiments that you might like to try:

Other things to keep you busy…

Do some physical activity for at least 30 minutes (if you are feeling well enough)
Make some lego cars – which runs fastest down a ramp? How can you make them quicker? How can you make the test fair?
Do some interesting art – use some toys to make a bigger picture. Can you make a picture out of lego? Can you make a picture out of toy cars? Or pencils?
Take pictures of interesting things from interesting angles. Can your family guess what they are?
Do some real-life drawing – pick four different objects and see how accurately you can draw them. Take your time and observe carefully!
Draw a map/plan of a new school – what would it need to have? How would you fit it all together?
What’s the biggest tower you can make from scrap paper or card?
Can you help cook dinner or bake a cake?
Make some boats to float in your bath – what materials work best? Why?
Try some learning outside, by helping with gardening; using RSPB bird identifiers and doing a tally for what garden birds you can spot; try some of the Woodland Trust’s activities on http://www.treetoolsforschools.org.uk/categorymenu/?cat=activities

There are also many useful free educational resources available on the Internet.

Starting on Monday 11th January, each week day on CBBC there will be a three-hour block of primary school programming from 9am, including BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily, as well as other educational programming such as Our School and Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories, Art Ninja and Operation Ouch.

Bitesize Daily primary will also air every day on BBC Red Button as well as episodes being available on demand on BBC iPlayer.

All subjects:https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents
All subjects:https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
All subjects:https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/
All subjects:https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/
All subjects:https://plprimarystars.com/news/home-learning-activities-school-closures
All subjects:https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach
Reading:https://readon.myon.co.uk/
Reading:https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Reading:https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/kids-zone/
Reading:https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Reading:http://www.phonicsplaycomics.co.uk/
Reading:https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Phonics:https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ParentsMenu.htmYou can access Phonics Play for free using: Username: March 20, Password: home
Phonics:https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
Phonics:http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
Phonics:https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
Maths challenges:https://nrich.maths.org/primary
Maths:www.whiterosemaths.com/homelearning
Maths:https://www.themathsfactor.com/
Maths and English home learning packs:https://www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/blog/learning-home-packs/
Maths and English:https://www.ictgames.com/
PE:https://www.getset.co.uk/travel-tokyo/find-your-school
PE:https://app.gonoodle.com/
PE:https://thepehub.co.uk
PE: https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
IT:https://scratch.mit.edu/
Design and Technology:http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/
History:https://www.historyforkids.net/
Science:https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/
Science :https://www.weareteachers.com/easy-science-experiments/
Science: https://learning-resources.sciencemuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Kitchen-science.pdf

Scholastic Resource Bank have put together a range of FREE home learning packs for Early Years, KS1, Lower KS2 and Upper KS2 children to help parents and teachers prepare for all eventualities. Download your free resource backs below:

Early Years Pack: https://resource-bank.scholastic.co.uk/content/39880

Other interesting links to explore…

https://www.robinhoodmat.co.uk/learning-projects/

https://world-geography-games.com/continents/index.html

https://world-geography-games.com/oceans/index.html

https://twitter.com/TheBookWhisper2

http://www.amazingeducationalresources.com/

We will publicise any other good resources on the school Twitter site: @HowesCoventry (no login needed) and on our Facebook page. Please email any photos or news to [email protected] and with your permission we will share them via social media. We would really like to see any project work (pictures, models, writing, drama) linked to your project packs.

The following project packs were created during the lockdown which began in March 2020. Please feel free to try these activities.

Nursery

Nursery- People Who Help Us

Job Matching Worksheet

Pencil Control Sheet

Counting Sheet

Count & Colour Sheet

Nursery – Nursery Rhymes