Favourite Websites and Home Learning

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Login to Purple Mash, our virtual learning environment, for coding, game-making, homeworks and lots of creative activities to support your learning.

When you have logged in, you can find the work that has been set for you by clicking on the red tick.  This is your 2Dos list. Find a task, then click on Start. 

To save, click on the purple square with three white lines and click Save. You can also save by clicking on the red square with the white arrow, then Save and Exit. 

When you have finished go to 2Dos and click Hand In.

Also, your teachers have set up a Class Blog.  You can find this by clicking on the green world (Sharing), then 'Shared Blogs'.  Look for your class name. Reception has one blog for the whole year. To add a comment, click on the green square, with the white  + sign. Write your comment, then press Save.

Maths lessons, challenges and games for homework and classwork. Try using your Purple Mash login and password or see Mr Cannell for help. School id 41975.

Login to your Times Table Rock Stars account.  Have you picked your avatar and rock star name?  

A regular daily learning routine will help your child to learn more effectively at home. We therefore recommend that you aim to cover just one 20-30 minute White Rose Maths session each day. 

How to use these lessons: 

1. Click on the set of lessons for your child’s year group.
2. Watch the video (either on your own or with your child).
3. Find a calm space where your child can work for about 20-30 minutes.
4. Use the video guidance to support your child as they work through a lesson.

The Oak Academy have several weeks of lessons that you may wish to access.  When you choose a lesson, there are a number of dots which take you through a sequence of: an introductory  quiz; a video with a teacher; a worksheet (some lessons) and a final quiz. 

Welcome to the Virtual School Library, brought you by Oak National Academy in partnership with the National Literacy Trust.

Every week a popular children's author or illustrator will provide you with free books, exclusive videos and their top three recommended reads.

Having access to a school library is really important for children. School libraries nurture a love of reading that can enrich children’s literacy skills, academic achievements and mental wellbeing. Our Virtual School Library will complement existing school libraries and will ensure that children have access to the magical world of stories all year round, whether they are learning at school or at home.

We’ve worked with brilliant publishers and inspiring authors and illustrators to ensure that the books and activities in our Virtual School Library will support children’s wellbeing through reading.

Twinkl are offering all parents free 30 day access to their home learning and teaching packs.  Sign up for a free individual account and use the code  CVDTWINKLHELPS 

Sign up for a free account and read extracts from recommended books before buying them. Try reading something by an author you haven't read before! 

Every weekday at 9.45am, Jane Considine will be inviting children to watch a 6-minute film and choose a short section to write about.  At 10.30am, she will explain what elements to include and give inspiration for writing about nine  sentences. At 12.30pm she will return with some early-submitted examples.  The deadline for entries will be 2pm. At 3.30pm Jane will return once more with the nation's story put together from the writing that she receives.

Start programming with Scratch.  Click on Create for the programming window where you can develop your own games, stories and animations.  Take a look at other people's projects for ideas.  There are lots of places to find help.

Every weekday morning from 9am, Gareth Metcalfe will upload a maths lesson for Y3/Y4 and another for Y5/Y6.  He will build understanding through small steps and then present children with some tasks to challenge them. Click on the image above.

There will also be some challenges and games for children in KS1.

We also have some videos to support Early Years, Foundation Stage and KS1 on our Parent Information Presentations page. Click on the green button

Classroom Secrets have published learning packs (with guidance and answers) and practical ideas of English and Maths activities for each year group. Some pages may be a little difficult for some children.  Click on the image to visit the website and download them.

 Try out some more Hour of Code  activities. For example - Dance Party, Minecraft, Star Wars, Angry Birds, Google logo, Frozen.... 

These are practical Science, Engineering and Computing live lessons to have lots of fun with.  There are plenty to look back on too in the 'Past Doses' section, including bridge building, the World's best aeroplane and lava lamps.

These are guided lessons helping you to work through great Scratch projects.

This website has science experiments, fact files, quizzes and games about microbes.

5-a-day, videos, worksheets, practice papers for Y6 and Y5.

Topic tasks, video guides, arithmetic practice, times table challenges, home learning tasks for KS2.

Learn to touch type on a keyboard with BBC Bitesize Dance Mat Typing. You will need a keyboard with a space bar and enter key. 

The Literacy Shed has a number of activity packs related to short films with comprehension, writing, art, maths, history, geography and more.

Collins Learning at Home website has free ebooks, songs, maths and languages activities. You may need a login and password for their Class Connect portal 

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password: Parent20!  

FInd out about lots of books and read reviews. You can even win free copies of new books so you can write a review yourself. 

Choose a spelling rule then choose to either practise the spelling or take a test with those words. All words are read aloud (make sure your sound is turned up) and provided within a sentence for context. 

Listen to History storytime for children with 7 year old Sophie, 5 year old Ellie and their Daddy. Exciting stories of knights in shining armour and their battles. Henry VIII, the Tudors, Romans, World War 2, George Washington, Columbus and more. Even amazing stories of animals in history like elephants, dogs, cats and pigeons. Stirring stories of love and betrayal. Strong women and how they changed history. Real life narrative history as it should be told. Valued by teachers, enjoyed by parents, loved by kids. Helps support the National Curriculum with Key Stage 1 (KS1) and Key Stage 2 (KS2).