Home Learning
We believe that children achieve to the best of their ability when a strong home school partnership is in place. As such, we require all parents to agree to our home academy policy, which can be found at the bottom of this page.
All students in Years 1-6 should be completing homework every night. Below is a table that shows the time your child should be spending on their homework and the activities they should be completing. The activities below are compulsory and we expect every child to complete them each week. If your child has more time available, we strongly encourage them to revise the information in their knowledge organisers, which can be found here.
Year group | Activities | Time spent |
1 | Reading RWI book multiple times - this supports the development of reading fluency, learning spellings and class poem, learning times tables and number facts | 15 minutes |
2 | Reading RWI book multiple times - this supports the development of reading fluency, learning spellings and class poem, learning times tables and number facts | 20 minutes |
3 | Reading AR book, learning spellings and class poem, learning times tables and number facts | 25 minutes |
4 | Reading AR book, learning spellings and class poem, learning times tables and number facts | 30 minutes |
5 | Reading AR book, learning spellings and class poem, learning times tables and number facts | 35 minutes |
6 | Reading AR book, learning spellings and class poem, learning times tables and number facts | 40 minutes |
Below are some excellent online resources for supporting home learning:
Purple Mash
Chobham Academy Puple Mash login page:
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/chobham
Purple Mash Guidance Document:
Click here for the purple mash guidance
Accelerated Reader
What else can I be doing to support my child at home?
Your child should continue to read as widely as possible during their time off school.
Students are able to access their AR accounts and take as many reading quizzes as they wish. The teacher will view this activity and provide feedback. Not all books have got Accelerated Reader tests available online but many do. To see if a book has an AR quiz available, use the website below.
www.arbookfinder.com
To log on to your child’s AR account from home, use the following link.
https://ukhosted41.renlearn.co.uk/3325722/
Pre-school and Primary:
Cbeebies – grown ups - Educational games, puzzles and craft ideas for children
Cbeebies – radio - Educational stories and radio recordings from Cbeebies
Phonics Play - Interactive phonics games and resources you can download
Turtle Diary - Maths and literacy learning games online.
Oxford Owl - Reading, English and maths for years 1-6
Red Ted Art - Cute and easy arts for kids
Splash Learn - Online maths games from reception to year 6
The Imagination Tree - Arts and crafts educational ideas
DK Find Out - Lots of topics explored on a safe and fun website
Toy Theatre - Educational games on a variety of topics for ages 5-10 year olds
E-leaning for Kids - Easy to use games on a variety of curriculum topics for years reception to 6
Switch Zoo - Animal games, facts and educational activities
Science Kids - Science experiments, games, quizzes, lesson plans and more
Cool Math 4 Kids - Online maths games
Math Game Time - Online math games, searchable by year group
ICT Games - IT games on English and Maths for years 1, 2 and 3
Brain Pop - Online learning linked to the curriculum for primary schools
Starfall - For children learning to read, phonics support and reading activities
Literactive - Reading and comprehension activities for those learning to read
Highlights Kids - Kid friendly activities, recipes, games and more â
Unite for Literacy - E-books with optional spoken read along
Story Line Online - Videos of stories being read out loud
Fun Brain - Online games, books and videos
ABCYa - Online educational games covering a range of topics
All school age groups:
Twinkl - English, Maths and Science for Primary and Secondary ages
BBC Bitesize - Full curriculum coverage for England and Scotland syllabuses for primary, secondary and post 16
Khan Academy - Lesson plans, activities and learning for wide ranging topics for primary and secondary level
British Council - English lesson plans and resources for Primary and Secondary
Scholastic - Online learning on a range of topics ages pre-school to year 9
Prodigy Math Games - Math games online for year 1 to year 8
Top Marks - Online games covering a wide breadth of subjects
The Crash Course - Online science learning through youtube videos, set up in science topics for ease
The Kids Should See This - Interesting and educational videos on a wide range of topics
Duolingo - Online language learning courses, accessible with levels in a fun interactive quizzes and games
OutSchool - Online classes on a range of topics for ages 3-18
Virtual Museum Tours - Visit museums from the comfort of your own home using these interactive tours
Tynker - Coding for ages 5+, games, lessons and more
Blue Peter Badges - Earn a Blue Peter badge for a variety of activities you can complete at home
All in One Homeschool - Learning resources covering a wide range of topics for primary and secondary school levels
Blockly Games - Programming games
Scratch - Programme your own stories online
Mystery Science - Science lessons delivered over videos
Crest Awards - Science awards you can complete at home, for ages 5+
National Geographic Kids - Online information, activities and ideas to inspire
Reading
- Oxford owl free ebook library https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/
- Oxford owl support for parents and activities with reading https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/
- Audible have opened up their listening library with free audiobooks https://stories.audible.com/discovery
- Daily live storytelling https://www.facebook.com/events/586391161961638/
- Epic – digital online library for 12 and unders https://www.getepic.com/?fbclid=IwAR1EkR3KUY_d6mH1HvfEcVPU3ejEtThzuKKOoThsYqY8-NNdU3Aew9UTVFA
Writing - Oxford owl, writing grammar, spelling and punctuation support for parents and activities https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/
- Free access to a whole range of writing ideas with weekly lessons to support home learning https://pobble.com/
- Jane Consadine (the write stuff) daily lessons https://www.youtube.com/c/thetrainingspace
- Writing Legends have opened up free access to teachers I think you create student logins and then can set lesson and activities from there. https://www.writinglegends.com/?fbclid=IwAR3sLQg1cpaMgf96jucRO_Va3hqGozIrFdeG5OezktcaH1u49jaHDF91vOI
- The Literacy company have made their year group writing, spelling and phonics packs free http://www.theliteracycompany.co.uk/free-resources/?fbclid=IwAR1L8_WRpXp1a_PRcDdp0pCmAImR1uc5qb9cVa7JjZPPmXq6mdpxufrDAB0
- Literacy planet – parents can create a login and a learning path will be created for each pupils as they complete tasks. https://www.literacyplanet.com/uk/free-overview-2/?fbclid=IwAR1jVTNahQJBu7tby6EBVG2DkuZtyOyIUC6Yx-6sGXlTHqtYDYAGwVVFccc
Phonics - Free Phonics sentences bundle to print https://www.ateachableteacher.com/free-phonics-sentences/?fbclid=IwAR2r2iBAOv_14uaVZXmGPM8EddkJE5XdVo0ob_oUUXIK81e-rmAYNMvM-qY
- Phonics play have offered a free login https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
- Literacy planet – parents can create a login and a learning path will be created for each pupils as they complete tasks. https://www.literacyplanet.com/uk/free-overview-2/?fbclid=IwAR1jVTNahQJBu7tby6EBVG2DkuZtyOyIUC6Yx-6sGXlTHqtYDYAGwVVFccc
Maths - Third space learning – have opened up all of their resources for free https://thirdspacelearning.com/blog/home-learning
- White Rose have also opened up all of their resources for free, they have organised into year groups and individual lesson one at a time for parents to follow with videos, activities and answers. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
- Number fun have opened up all their resources specifically aimed at home learning and supporting parents https://parent.numberfunportal.com/
- I See Maths (i see reasoning author) will be doing daily lessons, previous videos are also here http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/
- Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubles, halves, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Superb! https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Science, Engineering and technology - Science sparks – Tray a day video for home experiments plus other videos on YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoy2L2ZIm8bgIFwaQlhkIAw or link to website for many more ideas https://www.science-sparks.com/
- https://thedadlab.com/ simple fun experiment to do at home
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcNuw6Vh8ok
- Daily STEM lesson at 11am and videos/activities available https://drchips.weebly.com/?fbclid=IwAR0w-wyFJ0xCIsaPN9SSBmrqngWndezgEnMBZvoxD_kKb_6Tp9JIWjdxa08
Stay active - For younger children Tumble tots are doing daily lessons live on Facebook @TumbleTotsUK their video will also be uploaded to their YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPy56tmTI89AlYwablw5FPhkJKJNvpjPQ&fbclid=IwAR2-NttvPDboooZQJSvPGq62u7Ey87F3a7aukRVk0NEBcmL1K3CkSnZNzhw
- BBC Supermovers – active learning videos for the whole curriculum, maths science, PSHE! https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers
- Tumble tots live classes for littlies https://www.facebook.com/events/204572617541041/
- Gonoodle activity and mindfulness videos https://www.gonoodle.com/
- Joe Wicks will be doing daily live workouts at 9am and his videos can be found here https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Wellbeing/just for fun - Oxford owls recipes https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/?s=Recipe&posttype_search=post%2Cpage%2Cproject%2Cfind_a_book%2Cebooks%2Cactivities%2Cjargon_buster%2Cvideos&fwp_post_types=activities
- Gonoodle activity and mindfulness videos https://www.gonoodle.com/
- A whole host of great indoor activities https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/
- Free Spanish lessons https://eh510.infusionsoft.app/app/form/virtual-spanish-lesson?fbclid=IwAR2F2N4rrW5U9ouWlB7xN4sOXs1ueyhUTeLuUnva_L_OCBJ90oz2zBN3EUI&cookieUUID=650bb4c5-bbc6-49ee-aea5-6402c9ffc8fc
General resources - Home learning packs and resources from another school for all year groups https://www.robinhoodmat.co.uk/learning-projects/
- If you have any EAL learners these resources might be useful, they are creating weekly packs to download https://www.ealhub.co.uk/home-learning-area/
BBC live lessons on a whole range of subjects https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/live-lessons/primary-live-lessons/zmc9jhv?fbclid=IwAR1U_jI03eukQhE8pViVUX7g3_zNxO2vRmd8HTBVWm6MmUDE-WVGilZnEjc