On this page you will find home learning resources, together with other useful resources.

We will have the current and previous week’s home learning resources on this page. For all other previous weeks, please see our Home Learning Resources Archive page.

Week beginning 1st June 2020

• Home Learning for Year R – Week Commencing 01.06.20
• Home Learning for Year 1 – Week Commencing 01.06.20
• Year 1 – Design a sunhat
• Year 1 – Local area
• Home Learning for Year 2 – Week Commencing 01.06.20
• Home Learning for Year 3 – Week Commencing 01.06.20
• Year 3 Comprehension – what makes me move
• Year 3 The Tin Forest pictures Monday and Tuesday
• Year 3 Wednesday The tin forest Dream
• Year 3 Thursday Skeleton
• Year 3 Friday Maths Capacity Activity 2
• Year 3 Spelling suffix rules
• Home Learning for Year 4 – Week Commencing 01.06.20
• Home Learning for Year 5 – Week Commencing 01.06.20
• Year 5 – English Monday 1st Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd June
• Year 5 – English Thursday 4th Friday 5th June
• Year 5 – Maths Monday 1st June Fraction Flower Garden Activity Sheets
• Year 5 – Maths Monday 1st June Power Point
• Year 5 – Tuesday 2 6 20 Punctuating Speech support
• Year 5 – Maths Wednesday 3rd June
• Year 5 – Maths Wednesday Bubble Blast activity
• Year 5 – Science Keeping Cool Power Point Thursday 4th and Friday 5th
• Year 5 – Science Thursday Report from Testing materials
• Year 5 – Friday Challenge 2 -PowerPoint – Multiply Non-Unit Fractions
• Year 5 – Challenge 2 Friday Multiply Non-Unit Fractions by an Integer
• Year 5 -Challenge 2 Friday Answers – Multiply Non-Unit Fractions by an Integer
• Year 5 – Challenge 1 – Friday Diving into mastery
• Year 5 – Challenge 1 – Friday Diving into mastery answers
• Year 5 – Viking Gods PowerPoint
• Home Learning for Year 6 – Week Commencing 01.06.20
• Year 6 – Can you keep a secret
• Year 6 – Evolution week 1
• Year 6 – Fabulous Fractions Lesson 1 Challenge
• Year 6 – Fabulous Fractions Lesson 1 Questions
• Year 6 – Fabulous Fractions Lesson 2 Questions and Challenge
• Year 6 – Fabulous Fractions Lesson 3 Questions and Challenge
• Year 6 – Mosque Design Sheet
• Year 6 – The arrival week 2

Week beginning 18th May 2020

• Home Learning for Year R – Week Commencing 18.05.20
• Home Learning for Year 1 – Week Commencing 18.05.20
• Year 1 – HALVING
• Home Learning for Year 2 – Week Commencing 18.05.20
• Home Learning for Year 3 – Week Commencing 18.05.20
• Home Learning for Year 4 – Week Commencing 18.05.20
• Home Learning for Year 5 – Week Commencing 18.05.20
• Year 5 – Identifying Different Types of Nouns
• Year 5 – Monday 18 and Tuesday 19th May English Chapter 3
• Year 5 – Wednesday 20th May English Chapter 3
• Year 5 – Wednesday Writing Sheet
• Year 5 – Thursday May 21st and Friday 22nd English Chapter 4
• Year 5 – Round Decimal Numbers Activity Sheets
• Year 5 – Viking Rune Writer
• Year 5 – Write Your Name in Viking Runes
• Home Learning for Year 6 – Week Commencing 18.05.20
• Year 6 – Aristotle the Arithmetic Aardvark
• Year 6 – Banksy art slides
• Year 6 – Healthy Hearts
• Year 6 – Images of Famous Mosques
• Year 6 – Monday Tenses Challenge
• Year 6 – Monday Tenses powerpoint
• Year 6 – Mosque Information Sheet 1
• Year 6 – Mosque Investigation Sheet
• Year 6 – Street Art Work 4
• Year 6 – The Arrival week 1
• Year 6 – The Mystery of the Missing Pirate Treasure
• Year 6 – Wonder comprehension for Friday (1)

Thrive Activities

The current and previous week’s Thrive activities are on this page. For other weeks, please see the Home Learning Resources Archive.

• Thrive activities for parents of children up to age 7 – Week 11
• Thrive activities for parents of children up to age 7 – Week 9
• Thrive activities for parents of children up to age 11 – Week 11
• Thrive activities for parents of children up to age 11 – Week 9

Back to School Social Stories

• We Will Be Going Back To School Sometime
• Transitioning Back To School
• My Lockdown Experience
• About My Feelings
• Easy Read School Soon

Maths Challenges for Year 6

Many thanks to Mrs Lang for the Easter quiz.

• Easter Maths Quiz with answers

Educational Web Resources

• Creative Curriculum – Resources. Please use this area of our website for useful information. For maths particularly, please use the excellent instructional videos and resources we have made available. Please note the instruction videos are hosted on YouTube and as such we do not have control over the advertising and links also on the page. Please ensure you supervise your child when using these links. Thank you. You will find the Term 4 topics webs as a broad outline of planned content.
• Government List of online educational resources
• BathNES 1 Big Database for families have compiled a list of information and resources to support families. You can also link to their Facebook page from there. 
• BBC Bitesize Primary (Years 1-6) 
• BBC Bitesize – Years 1 and 2
• BBC Bitesize – Years 3, 4, 5 and 6
• https://www.themathsfactor.com/ Free maths resources created by Carol Vorderman
• Times Tables Rock Stars (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6)
• Hit the Button (Years 1-6) Maths games
• Classroom Secrets (All Year Groups)This is currently free but requires parents to set up a login. It is a subscription service for some areas of the site

Covid-19 Video

Please find a link to an explanatory video about Covid-19 for children Covid-19 YouTube video, together with the World Health Organisation advice on Healthy Parenting.

Anxiety in children

Especially for children self-isolating, we appreciate they may well be anxious. Some resources you may find useful are here:

• Staying Safe
• NHS Advice on Anxiety in Children
• BBC Advice – How To Protect Your Mental Health
• Talking to Kids About the Coronavirus
• Council for Disabled Children: Links to Resources

Keeping Your Children Safe Online – Information for Parents

This guidance is to support you to keep your children safe online. This is especially important for you in the current situation where children are accessing their learning online and using technology as a form of socialising and communication.

The most important thing you can do is talk to your children about what they do online and how they can stay safe.

You can also help to keep them safe online by having parental controls set up and monitoring what your children are accessing online.

Below are some links to useful resources to help you:

• To ensure that you have parental controls set up on the devices that your children are using,
• Give you information and advice about the sites and apps that your children are accessing
• To get help to report any concerns and remove any inappropriate content or material.

• Internet matters – for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• London Grid for Learning – for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• Net-aware – for support for parents and careers from the NSPCC
• Parent info – for support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• Thinkuknow – for advice from the National Crime Agency to stay safe online
• UK Safer Internet Centre – advice for parents and carers
• NSPCC Net Aware – tips and advice on how to talk to your children
• Childnet –  Childnet have produced resources for 3-7 year olds and 7-11 year olds they are safe activities you can do from home with your children:

• For 3-7 year olds – Click HERE
• For 7-11 year olds – Click HERE

Parents and children can report any concerns or worries about anything in children’s online learning or any other sites/apps or inappropriate content to office@bsm.bwmat.org or use the ‘Report an Issue’ Whisper button on our homepage. Please contact office@bsm.bwmat.org if you have any questions or need any further advice.