Learning Council    

As a school we have checked the websites on this page and we recommend them.

Mathematics Links:

The following Mathematics websites are free to access and offer lots of online games and resources to support your learning at home.

www.ictgames.com

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/index.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html

http://www.multiplication.com/games

English

The National Literacy Trust have a great website with milestones, fun stuff, books and great activity sheets for different age groups. A super website to explore. Here is the link to use: http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk

Story museum is another great website to improve you reading. There are story activities for age groups which then have further links to other websites for stories. Here is the link to use: http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/schools/parents/stories-home/

 

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-site/expert-help/grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-made-easy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/literacy/index.htm

 

History Links

If you would like to help your child find out more about British history then these are good websites to use:

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/history.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british

http://www.visitbritain.com/en/Destinations-and-Maps/

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk

http://www.ssgreatbritain.org

http://www.steam-museum.org.uk

Finally, for those of you who like Horrible History books we're sure you will enjoy this weblink: http://horrible-histories.co.uk

 

ICT Links

If you would like to develop your touch typing skills then please use this website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing

 

General Links

http://games.e4education.co.uk/grouptwo/index.phphttp://games.e4education.co.uk/grouptwo/index.php

http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/curriculum-links

www.under5s.co.uk 

www.britishcouncil.org/kids

www.justkidsrecipes.com

www.bookstart.co.uk

www.theideabox.com

www.bigeyedowl.co.uk

www.zerotothree.org

www.swiggle.org.uk

 

Are there other safe child friendly sites that your child really likes to visit?

Let us know and we may be able to include them here for others to enjoy too.

Useful Websites for Year 6 to prepare for End of KS2 Assessments

English

Here’s a website familiar to all our children! Bug club is great for

reading comprehension practice:

http://www.bugclub.co.uk

An excellent, fun website covering reading skills and several

different genres of writing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z7mtsbk

This is a great resource for writing, reading and grammar. It directs

you to several websites specific to your needs:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/engindex.html

This website requires a fee but you can get a 1 month free trial. It

is highly recommended for practicing SPaG.

http://www.tesspag.com

Spelling is an important part of the SATs and this resource lists key

words and rules children should be familiar with:

http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/sats/spelling.html

Some helpful reading comprehension practise can be completed

through this website:

http://www.everyschool.co.uk/english-key-stage-2-comprehension-3.html

A little bit of everything in these last two websites from spelling

games to writing tips:

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/interactive.aspx?cat=49

http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/curriculum-links/literacy

 

Maths

Here’s a website familiar to all our children! As well as for accessing

their homework, it is great for online lessons tailored to children’s

levels. Just enter the home page and click on the level you are

working at and then the area you wish to work on:

http://www.mymaths.co.uk

An excellent fun website covering all the different areas of maths

the children require:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/z826n39

This is a great resource for all areas of maths; it directs you to

several websites specific to your needs:

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/index.html

Fantastic game to sharpen those mental maths skills:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=3

This website covers all the skills the children need in Year 6.

Through timed questions, it challenges the children and addresses

misconceptions with clear explanations:

http://uk.ixl.com/math/year-6

This game will test your mental maths skills through ten challenging

questions:

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/mentalmachine2.html

Website specific to telling the time and time based questions:

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk

Gut Instinct is a game that allows you to test your maths skills

against others and will improve your mental maths speed and skills:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/games/gut_instinct/maths

A little bit of everything in these last websites:

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/curriculum-links/numeracy