--- title: "Home-Learning Resources and Newsletters" url: "https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/newsletters" school: "Crosscanonby St John's C of E Primary School" --- [![Crosscanonby St John's C of E Primary School](https://files.schudio.com/crosscanonby-primary-school/images/logo/logo-app.jpg)](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/) ## CROSSCANONBY ST JOHN'S C OF E SCHOOL - 'A little school with a big heart.' ### Parents - [Policies](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/policies) - [Term Dates](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/termdates) - [Uniform](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/uniform) - [School Meals](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/school-meals) - [Safeguarding](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/safeguarding) - [Crosby Tots](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/crosby-tots) - [Friends of Crosscanonby St John's](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/pta) - [Parent View](https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/login?destination=give-your-views) - [Our Local Community](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/Community) - [Breakfast Club](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/parents/breakfastclub) ## Home-Learning Resources If your child ever has to remain at home due to an infectious disease but is well enough to completed school work, please contact school. Work will be sent home for your child to complete **if they are well enough**. If you wish to get started immediately with learning (before we have managed to send work through), the following websites are a good place to start. ***Please find below, details of suggested websites that can be accessed at home to support your child’s learning and development throughout their primary school education. We hope you find this information useful and enjoy using these sites to enhance your child’s learning experiences at home!*** ***Please remember to review the sites ahead of time so that you are able to help your child find the best resources available within the sites. Some offer a great number of games, songs, stories, videos etc. so it is important to know the site well in order to support and develop your child’s learning.*** **EYFS:** - **www.busythings.co.uk** Excellent site built around the 7 areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage. You can access a free 7-day trial but you need to subscribe after this period to access the content – various subscription packages available. - **http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm** Great site with some free phonics games - **www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies** Many games often recognised by children from their favourite programmes. - **http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/eyfs/** Links to particular cbeebies games from areas of learning. - **http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories** Cbeebies stories and rhymes. - **http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/** Interactive books and reading activities to share with your child at home. - **http://www.funwithspot.com/** New and improved! Try creating your own Spot story. - **www.sebastianswan.org.uk** Books for reading together with links to understanding of the world (good for natural science). - **http://www.ictgames.com/** Some excellent numeracy and literacy resources - **http://www.ictgames.com/looCoverWriteCheck/LCWC\_demo/index.html** Good for spelling high frequency and tricky words! - **http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html** Lots of maths and literacy games - **www.boowakwala.com** Many games and songs including those relating to festivals. - **www.poissonrouge.com** Many delightful games. Spend some time exploring! - **http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=37** Games of varying quality to support different areas of learning. - **http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/** The Little animals’ activity centre - plenty of good quality activities to support learning - **http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/story/sbi.shtml** The Little animals’ activity centre – stories - **www.abc.net.au/children/play** Various educational games, videos and craft ideas - **www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-little-kids.htm** British Council “Learn English” – songs and stories - **http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15&p=252,index** Good quality games from a range of websites such as BBC. Supports communication, language and literacy, problem solving, reasoning and numeracy as well as other areas of learning. - **www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/index.shtml** Problem solving reasoning and numeracy - **http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/** Visit the world with Barnaby Bear! **CLASS 1:** - Learning and Exploring Through Play **www.learningandexploringthroughplay.com** - Messy Little Monster **https://www.messylittlemonster.com** - Hello Wonderful **https://www.hellowonderful.co** - Music with Nancy **https://youtu.be/egt\_2WBjeOM** - Imagination Tree **https://theimaginationtree.com/** - Best Ideas for Kids h**ttps://www.thebestideasforkids.com/** - Twinkl **https://www.twinkl.co.uk** - Cool resource to learn about deep sea creatures **https://neal.fun/deep-sea/ National Geographic Kids** - **https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/** - Oxford Owl for Home **https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/** - Topmarks **https://www.topmarks.co.uk/** - Mystery Science **https://www.mysteryscience.com** - Cbeebies **https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies** - Cbeebies Radio **https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio** - Nature Detectives **https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/** - TTS **https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html** - Hungry little minds **https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/#3** - Classroom secrets **https://classroomsecrets.co.uk** - Arcademics **https://www.arcademics.com** **CLASSES 2 and 3:** - BBC bitesize BBC teach Twinkl resources free - Discover the great indoors - Get creative Tongue Twister - **MATHS** - Top marks maths games Corbett Maths - Maths videos, activities and answers for all areas of KS2 mathematics. Maths bot **ICT & MATHS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CODING** This is a website that allows children to use code to create games. Please look at the information for parents at: Fluent in 5 My Mini Maths The Primary Maths Challenge Rapid Reasoning (Solving problems and developing explanations in mathematics) **WEBSITES TO HELP CHILDREN WITH STATUTORY ASSESSMENTS:** - **YEAR 4 - Multiplication Tables Check Practice:** - - **YEAR 6 - Key Stage 2 SATs Practice:** - **Maths and English Practice** IXL have separate pages of skills linked to individual Year group. The Y6 page has links to practise both English and Maths skills. Pages are then split into skills of which has a practice question for the children to think about. BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2. Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English. Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online. Some aspects require a subscription. A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along. A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision purposes! A revision site based upon the old Key Stage 2 Tests but still contains lots of useful information for both Maths and English. A site with links to old style Key Stage 2 Maths Papers, Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games. Some of these games are linked to Memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information. A site with links to Maths and English revision materials, including worksheets to look at online or to print off and practise with. These are “old style” Key Stage 2 test papers but are still useful for practise, and in particular, creating discussion around questions and strategies to answer. View on screen or print off for free. Best used **All children in school have a personal login for PurpleMash, our online learning platform. This can be easily accessed from home to support and practise in all curriculum areas.** **All children in Years 2 - 6 have their own personal login for EdShed, where they can practise their weekly spellings through playing games.** **Children in years 3 - 6 also have their own login for 'Languagenut' - our Modern Foreign Languages platform. There is a multitude of games and activities for them to enjoy whilst increasing their knowledge and understanding of French.** **Class 3 can also practise SPAG activities on 'Rollama'.** Have fun while learning! ### Newsletters March 2023 Newsletter 37 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/crosscanonby-primary-school/files/documents/March_2023.doc) February 2023 Newsletter 36 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/crosscanonby-primary-school/files/documents/Newsletter_-_February_2023.doc) November 2022 Newsletter 40 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/crosscanonby-primary-school/files/documents/November_2022(1).doc) January 2023 Newsletter 34 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/crosscanonby-primary-school/files/documents/January_2023.doc) December 2022 Newsletter 280 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/crosscanonby-primary-school/files/documents/December_2022.doc) October 2022 38 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/crosscanonby-primary-school/files/documents/October_2022.doc) September 2022 39 KB [Open for printing](https://files.schudio.com/crosscanonby-primary-school/files/documents/September_2022.doc) Newsletter for September 22 #### Contact Us **Crosscanonby St John's C of E Primary School** Garborough Close Crosby Maryport Cumbria CA15 6RX Tel: 01900 812326 Email: #### Get email updates © Copyright 2016–2026 Crosscanonby St John's C of E Primary School School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio](https://www.crosscanonby.cumbria.sch.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)