Home Learning at Barncroft

We support our children in their learning both at school and at home

Homelearning Resources

This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education if local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home. For details of what to expect where individual pupils are self-isolating, please see the final section of our ‘Remote Learning Policy’ below.

Oak Academy

Online lessons for all year groups. Click here to load Oak Academy website.

School subscriptions to support your learning journey

If you have forgotten your personal login details, please tell your teacher.

Learning links to support you on your learning journey

Phonics and Reading

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Times Tables

Top Marks – great for so many parts of your learning journey – choose the subject and your age

Teaching tables

Maths

Arcademics – helps develop maths fluency skills

Maths is fun is packed full of maths information, games and ideas.
Helping with maths is a website with some maths resources. 
Math Playground has a wide range of simple, yet engaging maths practice games. 
Maths Zone is a treasure house of links to maths activities.

Computing

Code

Scratch

Code Club

Hour of Code

General Learning

BBC Bitesize–  This covers both key stage 1 (KS1) and KS2 (KS2) for a wide range of subjects

The National Numeracy Website – lots of good resources and specific areas for parents who want to help their children.

The National Geographic lots of information on a whole host of subject areas including the environment, space, animals and even world music. A huge variety of photography is also available and would be great to help with projects and presentations. It’s the perfect resource for your kids if they are interested in all things science and want to learn more about the world that surrounds them.

NASA For Kids – Space buffs are sure to love the NASA for kids website. There is loads of information for children of all ages, with footage from Mars and the International Space Station to interviews with astronauts alongside all the latest news about the most recent space launches and developments. What’s even better is the large variety of games and craft activities younger children get to choose from.

Natural History Museum – Most major museums have children’s sections on their websites, and this one is definitely one of the most interactive ones out there. There are games and fact files linked with current exhibitions, which makes the information relevant and up-to-date. Alongside this children can virtually visit the museums via the ‘Antcam’ and ‘Flesh eating beetlecam’- cool or what? A brilliant educational resource!

Ducksters – lots of new things to explore
Fact Monster – fun facts to help with homework and projects
Encyclopedia Britannica
Primary games is a site where you can try out and play some good maths games.

There are also some good maths activities on the BBC website. Well worth a look.

And for Spelling try Spelling City which is a website that will help you learn your own spellings and play games with them.