black cat's home page

Magic Fairy Door Trail - Lydiard Park

New Website Launch

Barefoot computing - Home learning in association with BT

https://www.barefootcomputing.org/?fbclid=IwAR0BR3JIPRLZx-8k8idOZcNCPstUcYum5A0d06UpKO66M07EXk_5uKzyR8E

Helping around the house

A song for the younger children to help with cleaning up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY-H2WGThc8&safe=true

Excellent tip on making tool kits for children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atg4MOXXNBI&safe=true

5 Effective Tips (ignore American spellings!)

https://biglifejournal.com/pages/freebies

reading fun

Summer Reading Challenge is here!

https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/

Free kids books online

https://freekidsbooks.org/?fbclid=IwAR1FruFMve4hGklvEEcAfKyhINhu9K-3cLNWXoEyMrP_txIAz1-4ENnoScU

Free children's picture books

https://monkeypen.com/pages/free-childrens-picture-books

Pickatale - Read, listern and learn

https://pickatale.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwt2a08WD6gIVy-vtCh2gyQW9EAAYAyAAEgJTw_D_BwE

Oxford Owl

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Epic - Digital Library - 30 day free trial

https://www.getepic.com/?utm_channel=search&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwt2a08WD6gIVy-vtCh2gyQW9EAAYAiAAEgLxYPD_BwE

Free online reading games

https://www.education.com/games/reading/

Books Trust - free kids online reading games

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

Top Marks - reading, English games for 7-11 year olds

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

Wellbeing and mental health

Mental Health Week

A whole array of resources from TWINKL https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/childrens-mental-health-week-2020-twinkl-life-pshe-and-citizenship-whole-school-taster-pack-t-lf-2548809

The Teddy Bear and the Sabre Tooth Tiger - video to help children understand their feelings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=74&v=FRQ5IVw3VQM&feature=emb_logo

Mindfulness

https://www.teachstarter.com/gb/blog/classroom-mindfulness-activities-for-children-gb/

The Wellbeeings - Free resource focusing on positivity and mindfulness

https://www.thewellbeeings.com/

Heads Together - Mental Health

https://www.facebook.com/201404780244288/posts/1062608957457195/?vh=e&d=n

https://www.themix.org.uk/sex-and-relationships/relationships/coronavirus-your-relationship-survival-guide-36117.html?fbclid=IwAR1X5smSi2QTyYc01JGsVvo6OwOWxDvbLvH-MMX4v8mJqwhjIo9TN5XMIGk

YoungMinds

A "positives" activity - https://youngminds.org.uk/media/3554/how-many-positives-360-activity.pdf

Link to their website with lots of useful information. https://youngminds.org.uk/

Mindfulness Games from CSSC

https://www.cssc.co.uk/mindfulness-games-for-kids?utm_source=ClickDimensions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20-04-21%20Mindfulness&utm_term=&utm_content=mind-games-kids&_cldee=aGVhZEBoYXlkb25sZWlnaHNjaG9vbC5jby51aw%3d%3d&recipientid=contact-da41057f787fe911a8c300224801a32d-8edb1f2c89bf4d428b4a29a92a5c4107&utm_source=ClickDimensions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=National%20Comms&esid=c66a469c-df83-ea11-a811-00224807f96d

nature

Moggy Modules

Cats Protection League  

https://www.facebook.com/8823630291/posts/10157589419075292/?d=n

Wildlife Trust - 30 days wild - Starting in June

https://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/57739/petition/1

Explore Biomes of the World

https://thewildclassroom.com/

RSPCA - #30 Day Challenge

Animal related fun challenges

https://www.rspca.org.uk/30daysforanimals

World Wildlife Fund

https://www.worldwildlife.org/teaching-resources?utm_campaign=wild-classroom&utm_medium=web&utm_source=wildclassroom.org

Zoo Live Streams

Become a virtual zoo keeper

https://www.paigntonzoo.org.uk/explore/webcams 

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/p 

https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams 

The Turtle Hospital (Rescue, Rehabilitate and Release) - The Florida Keys

Daily updates on new nesting, turtle stories and lots more.

https://www.facebook.com/The-Turtle-Hospital-94796606785/

Natural Curriculum

https://www.naturalcurriculum.co.uk/school-closure-home-learning/

movement for fun!

Yoga for kids

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Ramblers

Join the ramblers challenge

https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/roam-sweet-home.aspx

Same Boat Music

Music resources with "wake and shake" style songs

https://sameboatmusic.com/pages/sameboatmusicathome

Swindon School Games

https://www.yourschoolgames.com/sgo/swindon/

Tech fun!

Online Safety Activities

https://www.childnet.com/resources/online-safety-activities-you-can-do-from-home

Code Combat

Play games and learn to code in a fun way

https://codecombat.com/play

Code Monkey

Sign up for a free trial - coding games

https://www.codemonkey.com/

Team Tutti - Free Music Tech - Fun website to learn about music

https://teamtutti.org/week-guide/

Activities from Apple

https://education-static.apple.com/geo/uk/education/2020/creativity-for-kids/activities.pdf?dm_i=5NNY%2C1E1U%2CHMUJY%2C540N%2C1&utm_campaign=64866_20200522+Commercial+Tes+Recommends+Apple&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Dot_Digital

Virtual Museums, tours etc...

Kids in Museums - Spring Trail

https://kidsinmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/spring-museum-trail/

English Heritage - Live Events

https://www.facebook.com/events/564779424150755/

Steam - Virtual Tour

https://www.steam-museum.org.uk/

360 Videos from Museums

Explore natural history (dinosaurs) , Space (how do they go to the toilet in space?), Fashion and lots more.

https://artsandculture.google.com/project/360-videos

Virtual Tour of Buckingham Palace

https://www.royal.uk/virtual-tours-buckingham-palace

Google Street View/Google Earth

Explore famous landmarks, theme parks all from the comfort of your home

Disney World Magic Kingdom - Florida

Epcot Centre - Florida

Grand Canyon - Arizona

New York - New York 

Puzzlewood

Visit via this link on https://www.facebook.com/Puzzlewood/ 

Visit the World

Travel the world and learn lots of interesting facts

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/australia-facts.html 

The National Trust

Walk through a virtual bluebell wood and lots of fun activities related to wildlife

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ 

Canal River Trust 

Fun activities and interesting information on wildlife on canals, water safety and lots more.

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/explorers/learning-from-home

books, authors and more!

British Library

https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books

How to NOT go to school - a downloadable book to share at home

https://parsleymimblewood.wordpress.com/

Vooks - Sign up for free books for a year

https://www.vooks.com/teacher-appreciation

Lydia Monks - Illustrator - Simple drawing workshops

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCinqeIwwJHR6td3ReQ14icw

Join the Bear Hunt - from the book "We're going on a bear hunt"

https://www.jointhebearhunt.com/

The Gruffalo - Official Facebook Page

Live story reading every Thursday at 4pm.

Lots of lovely resources from Julia Donaldson and friends

Swindon Library - Facebook page -https://www.facebook.com/SwindonLIS/

Lots of games, storytelling and many more resources

Audio Books for Children

Sign up for free

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

David Walliams 

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/

Link to Facebook page - listen to audio books for free

https://www.facebook.com/WorldOfDavidWalliams/

Anti-Boredom Page

Fun website from the author Andy Seed

https://www.andyseed.com/2020/03/some-anti-boredom-fun/?cn-reloaded=1

Michael Rosen

Fun website from the author

https://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/

space

NASA - For Kids

https://www.nasa.gov/kidsclub/index.html

NASA - Track satellites/ISS - International Space Station and lots more!

https://www.nasa.gov/

film and animation

PIXAR IN A BOX

Behind the scenes of how Pixar artists do their jobs

https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/pixar

Aardman Animation - Wallace & Gromit

Fun activities. Learn all about the art of animation

https://www.wallaceandgromit.com/resources/workshops

girlguiding, scouting and outdoor fun!

The Gruffalo Trail - Lawn Woods

A fun way to spend the afternoon in the lovely Lawn Woods

Geocaching - Join the world's largest treasure hunt

https://www.geocaching.com/play

The Great Indoors

Great ideas to keep everyone busy from Scouts

https://www.scouts.org.uk/the-great-indoors/

Adventures at home

Lots of fun ideas from Girlguiding 

https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/what-we-do/adventures-at-home/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social-media&utm_content=external&utm_campaign=adventuresathome

miscellaneous

Inconjuction with BT - Barefoot Computing

https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning?fbclid=IwAR2b-dsGFlHmeDK8BZewZSPN_Pdw4MsJCspTptDzqaCH-YfqZJsMI2QmNpw

Swindon Borough Council - Care Mail

Are asking as many people as possible to get involved with our #CareMail initiative. All you
need to do is write a letter, or draw a picture, to those living in care homes during these difficult
times. For more information, please click on information below

Information

NatWest MoneySense

Resource to help your children have fun and understand money

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/home-learning/?fbclid=IwAR0Oty7P19u8YC8KjVrEW-6-TWfqisqnX0Y6L7Q60JeqYdvGUm-t4ZF-FSU

Hogwarts Digital Escape Room

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflNxNM0jzbZJjUqOcXkwhGTfii4CM_CA3kCxImbY8c3AABEA/formResponse

James Dyson Foundation

https://www.jamesdysonfoundation.co.uk/resources/challenge-cards.html

have fun and stay safe!