Leaflets to Support Home Learning in Literacy
- Stay Home and Read
- Stay Home and Write
- Read to your Child
- Stay Home and Begin Writing
- Stay Home and Talk
Videos to Support Home Learning in Literacy
Google Classroom Help
- Google Classroom – Video Showing how to Login
- Accessing and Uploading Work to Google Classroom
- Viewing Teacher Comments Help Sheet
Google Meet Help
Additional Help Resources
- Viewing a PDF document in Chrome Browser
- Accessibility Features – Chrome and Apps
- Chromebook Features
Home Learning Reading Resources for all stages
- Oxford Owl – Excellent e-book library with levelled texts for reading at home.
- Book Trust – Online , books and games and videos to support home learning
- The Scottish Book Trust – Watch interviews and access storytelling on demand.
- BBC School Radio have a range of books and stories to listen to at different levels
- Download the Borrow Box app and log in with your East Renfrewshire Library card to borrow e-books from their online library.
Home Learning Numeracy Resources for all stages
- Numeracy and Mathematics Handy Hints – we hope this information will be helpful to you.
- Maths Videos for Parents/Carers
- East Renfrewshire Williamwood Cluster YouTube Video Clips
Home Learning web sites covering a variety of curricular areas – for all stages to access
- BBC Learning: This site is no longer updated but there’s so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.
- Blockly: Learn computer programming skills – fun and free.
- Scratch: Creative computer programming
- National Geographic Kids: Activities and quizzes for younger kids.
- Duolingo: Learn languages for free. Web or app.
- Nature Detectives: A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!
- DK Find Out: Activities and quizzes
- WOW science – Science experiments and activities to try out for yourselves
- Outdoor Learning activities – Activities to keep you healthy outside
- Art activities – Activities from the Tate Modern Gallery for children
- BBC History – A site which will help you to delve into history in an educational and fun way.
- Scottish activities – find out about where you live and have fun with some interesting activities
- I am a Mathematician! – Maths resource for families to learn together
- I am an Engineer! – Lets explore engineering together!
- I am a Scientist! – Lets explore science together!
The Websites below are supporting ICT and Online safety for all children during any Home Learning. Please feel free to have a look at these and share with your children.
- Think U Know
- Respect Me
- Chat Danger
- Childnet
- Get Safe Online
- Parents Online
- Be Safe Online
- Digizen
- Cyber Cafe
- ERC Child Protection Information about Community and Online Safety