Family Fun
Don't forget to check out Mr White's singalong pages or Mr Spencer's Forest School page for other ideas - you can even get some current gardening tips from our very own expert Mr Bass! (Word document)
Science & Nature
Live tour of Chester Zoo via Facebook, every Friday:
Watch David Attenborough's fantastic new latest series, showing amazing animals from all around the world (N.B. there are scenes of animals naturally hunting and killing each other - older children only):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p07dzjwl/seven-worlds-one-planet
Learn together outside with Learning Through Landscapes:
See what the animals have been up to at London Zoo:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ZSLvideo/videos
Play games and learn all about space and being an astronaut at NASA:
https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html
Watch amazing creatures live all around the world:
Gardening ideas from Newsround:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52009318
Nature videos (linked on YouTube for free access) from Netflix award-winning series One Planet (parent discretion necessary).
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvahqwMqN4M0GRkZY8WkLZMb6Z-W7qbLA
There are other videos from Netflix with educational content here (some are for high school-aged children):
https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/free-educational-documentaries
Have a zoo in your front room, through Google VR:
- Start with a standard Google search for your favourite animal on your smartphone or tablet.
- Scroll down until you find a new white box that says “Meet a life-sized [animal] up close.” with an animation of said animal under the wikipedia info.
- Click on the little “view in 3D” icon to the left of the animal within the box.
- At this point your screen will change like a pop-out window.
- You’ll need to wiggle your phone about a bit until the animal appears
What did the mighty Hubble space telescope see on your birthday?
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/what-did-hubble-see-on-your-birthday
Find out what satellites you can see at night from home:
https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/
Cooking & Creating Together
Many great recipes to make with children from BBC Good Food:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/kids-cooking
Advice on cooking with children from Cbeebies, with some I Can Cook video links at the bottom:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/cooking-and-baking-with-toddlers
Advice and recipes for cooking together from Jamie Oliver:
https://www.jamieoliver.com/features/simple-ideas-to-cook-with-kids/
Lots of recipes from Kidspot:
https://www.kidspot.com.au/kitchen/recipes/collections/cooking-with-kids
Some creative ideas from Save the Children:
https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/what-we-do/coronavirus-information-advice/keeping-kids-entertained-during-lockdown
Free Kindle download of five ingredient family cookbook:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B014TCXXX0
Books, Magazines, Stories & Poetry
David Williams reading his popular books out every day at 11 am each week day. You can listen to others anytime on his website:
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
Free children's audio books from Aubible
https://stories.audible.com/discovery
Enjoy some of the country's favourite poems being read aloud:
https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/
Get free downloadable classic Beanos!
https://www.beano.com/posts/the-golden-beano-worth-its-weight-in-lols
Get free downloadable copies of this brilliant magazine - please note that you will only six weeks free and will need to cancel the subscription before being charged.
https://magazinesubscriptions.co.uk/the-week-junior/N20PDF
Enjoy the classic series of Beatrix Potter books online as a free Kindle download:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/
Enjoy classic animations to accompany books read aloud by some authors and celebrities at Jackonory Juniors:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007t9wg/episodes/guide
CBeebies Bedtime Stories (it's not just Tom Hardy you know) on BBC iPlayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00jdlm2/cbeebies-bedtime-stories
PE & Keeping Fit
Learn a great new dance routine every morning with Strictly's Oti Mabuse (try the Spiderman, Harry Potter or Moana ones):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC58aowNEXHHnflR_5YTtP4g
Join in with Joe Wicks every morning or catch up when you have time:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
Our favourite street dance teacher's website with online classes to join in with:
https://www.fidgetfeetdance.co.uk/
Boogie Beebies - dance with Justin and other Cbeebies characters:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mvsc
Try an NHS Disney ten-minute workout:
https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups
Below are a series of links recommended to us by Linda Stacey, our SPIN Partnership manager:
The Youth Sport Trust is running daily challenges via their social media, so check out their Twitter and Facebook pages . They would love to see pictures and videos of how people are staying active at home, and of those still being provided for in the school environment.
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/free-home-learning-resources-0
- If you have a ball, racket and a partner, try some of these games and drills with the comfort of your own home - https://www.lta.org.uk/play-compete/lta-youth/tennis-at-home/
- See Jordanne Whiley and her family getting out in the garden at hitting some balls - https://twitter.com/jordannejoyce92/status/1242910803554172933
- #StayInWorkOut – if you are on twitter why not follow this page at get some useful ideas on how to be active at home - https://twitter.com/StayInWorkOut
- Descriptive Yoga – British Blind Sport have some useful Yoga videos on their website for people with sight loss. Check these out - https://britishblindsport.org.uk/stay-in-work-out/
- Fancy doing some seated Yoga? Check out WheelPower’s Yoga workouts
- https://www.wheelpower.org.uk/resources/adaptiveyoga
- Tanni Grey Thompson and Dame Kelly Homes will be doing a selection of seated workouts – keep an eye on their twitter pages for more updates - @Tanni_GT; @damekellyholmes
- Rebranded disability coaching resource – for anyone that hasn’t seen our newly updated guide, please see attached. Happy reading!
- Fancy doing some online learning of different impairment groups? Why not check out UK coaching - https://www.ukcoaching.org/courses/search?format=online&distance=25&order=relevant&bookableonly=false
Museums & Tours
Have a look around the sites of London:
Have a virtual tour of the British Museum
https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/
Have a look at some world famous artwork at the National Gallery:
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours
Walk around The Houses of Parliament:
https://www.parliament.uk/visiting/virtualtour/
Look around the wonders of The National Museum:
Look around the prime minister's house, 10 Downing Street:
Egyptian historical sights:
Enjoy a virtual tour of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart:
https://www.mercedes-benz.com/en/classic/museum/visitor-information/?owda=misc
Art & Design
Create some amazing pictures using some of these ideas from the BBC website:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/art-and-design-ks2--ks3-schools-art-and-design/zmd4mfr
Create your own comic story books on Pixton EDU (free 30 day trail during CV-19)
https://edublog.pixton.com/covid19
Lots of paper aeroplane designs - which one will work the best?
https://www.foldnfly.com/#/1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2
Download and build a Nissan Nismo
https://www.nissan.co.jp/EVENT/PAPERCRAFT/Z/index.html
Download and print out colouring-in images, some hard enough for adults
Coding (computer programming)
Learn the skills of the future though fun gaming lessons using Star Wars, Minecraft, Dance Party, Frozen and many more:
Learn through Minecraft:
https://education.minecraft.net/
Learn great coding skills in Scratch:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=home
Languages
Sign up free for the next three months and learn a new language on Rosetta Stone:
https://www.rosettastone.com/freeforstudents/
Download a free beginners guide to Spanish on Kindle at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083CWB93S/
Music
Work together to produce some great tune with this studio quality production app which is currently free (Android only):
https://g-stomper-studio.en.aptoide.com/app
Create a musical masterpiece on the classic Apple music production tool GarageBand:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785
Play some great online games and learn aspects of music at PBS Kids
https://pbskids.org/games/music/
A free game for 4-6 year-olds which introduces them to classical music (should be on Google Play but seems to be temporarily lost?):
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/mazaam-the-musical-genius/id1449482541?ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Loopimal is fun game, whilst learning beat, rhythm, melody, tempo (App download IOS and Android)
https://www.educationalappstore.com/app/loopimal
Learn about rhythm, the basics of piano playing and reading sheet music through this free app:
https://www.educationalappstore.com/app/mussila-music-school
Sign & Sing
Sing along with Mr White (with the video below) and join in with the lyrics sheet (underneath). He's going a song every day on his own page of our Home Learning section 'Mr White's Sing-a-long' https://www.hillsideprimaryschool.co.uk/home-learning/mr-whites-sing-a-long
