Please find below a list of useful websites that may support your child’s learning at home.
Literacy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkbkf4j/articles/zbm8scw
Crystal Explorers – a game aimed at P3 onwards looking at spelling, punctuation and grammar.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd63xyc/articles/zdp4pg8
Karate Cats – a game aimed at P3 onwards looking at spelling, punctuation and grammar.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
This website has a number of games all pupils can access covering key literacy areas.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar01
Trapped is a popular game for P5-7.
Adjective Detective looks at identifying superlative and comparative adjectives.
https://gridclub.com/activities/comma-castle
This game has four different levels aimed at P3 onwards concentrating on commas.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?e=spelling-grammar02
A fast-paced game suitable for P5-7 looking at verbs and adverbs.
http://www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames/prefixsuffix.html
This game tests pupil knowledge on prefixes and suffixes. Suitable for P5-7.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-practice/present-simple-and-present-continuous
This game concentrates on sentence building and structure. Suitable for P1-4.
https://www.learninggamesforkids.com/word_games/spelling-games/clueless-crossword.html
A fun crossword challenge.
http://www.wordgametime.com/games/letter-blocks
This a fast-paced tetris style game suitable for all.
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/Eight1.html
This Countdown style game is good for building vocabulary. https://howtospell.co.uk/misspelled-words-quiz-1
This is a good game for practising those tricky spelling words!
Khan Academy Kids – free app covering a range of curricular areas.
Vocabulary Spelling City – free app to practise spelling.
Numeracy and Maths
www.sumdog.com
All pupils have a login for this website/app. Games are suitable from P1-7 and should increase difficulty based on pupil progress.
https://www.cdmasterworks.co.uk/the-daily-rigour/
This is a great resource for challenging P6/7 pupils within numeracy. Weekly challenges are based on current topics in the news.
www.mathplayground.com
Games suitable from P1-7 covering a range of topics, including logic puzzles and brain teasers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd2f7nb/articles/zn2y7nb
Guardians: Defenders on Mathematic – a fun game aimed at P4-7 which involves maths battles. Pencil and paper required.
https://www.echalk.co.uk/Primary/numeracy.html
Suitable for P1-7 but pupils can only play games a limited amount of times due to a subscription fee.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/
A brilliant resource jam-packed with lots of games suitable for all ages and stages. Pupils will be familiar with this site with many of them playing Hit the Button to better their number bonds and times tables.
http://www.transum.org/software/
This website has games and puzzles aimed at secondary pupils however some of our P6/7 pupils may enjoy some of the activities.
https://www.mathsisfun.com/
Suitable for P1-7 covering a range of topics.
https://nrich.maths.org/primary
This website is good for deepening understanding within maths and numeracy focussing on more problem solving style tasks. Activities are aimed at P1 onwards.
https://nrich.maths.org/secondary
This website is good for deepening understanding within maths and numeracy focussing on more problem solving style tasks. Although it is aimed at secondary level, some of our P5-7 pupils may want to try some of the activities.
https://nrich.maths.org/6499
Countdown Numbers Game – great for testing mental maths. Suitable for P5-7.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
A good website for consolidating times tables.
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/index.html
A good website for all pupils.
Science
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zdp4382/articles/znc3y9q
Dinosaur Discovery – a fun game to learn about dinosaurs. Suitable for P1-4.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zdp4382/articles/zn7bscw
Galaxy Pugs – a suitable game for P1-4 covering a range of science topics from the human body to the planet.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6bqkmn/articles/zj7s6v4
Earth Squad – a fun game for P4-7 looking at each of the habitats around the world.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbnnb9q/articles/z93vdxs https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbnnb9q/articles/zcgbjty
Food Chain Challenge: Savannah/Tundra – suitable for P4-7.
Science 360 – Free App for older pupils which brings cutting-edge science and engineering news, images, and video right to your child’s fingertips.
Languages
Duolingo – a free downloadable app which has bitesize lessons on French, German and many more.
Social Studies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvsd8xs/articles/z6vyf4j
Pirate Bunnies World Adventure – a number of quests looking at world flags, the oceans and much more.
https://www.sporcle.com/games/leicslad/world_by_capital
Capital Cities Challenge
https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/worldflags
World Flags Challenge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/
A range of games on different aspects of history.
Expressive Arts
https://www.youtube.com/user/ShooRaynerDrawing
Work on your drawing skills using Shoo Rayner as a guide.
Technology
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
Dance Mat Typing – an activity to improve typing skills
https://www.barefootcomputing.org/
Free website for coding once registered.
https://scratch.mit.edu/
Free coding website
