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

For all of the Home Learning Resources, please see our Home Learning Resources Archive page.

Thrive Activities

For all of the Thrive Activities, please see the Home Learning Resources Archive.

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

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.