Educational websites to help support your child during school closures
Dear Parents,
Please find a list of educational websites to help support your child's learning during the school closures:
A huge range of resources for all subjects and includes resources matched to the N. Ireland curriculum.
- ICT Games www.ictgames.com
This site has both literacy and maths games to try.
- Top Marks www.topmarks.co.uk
Daily ten and Hit the Button provide good Maths practice.
Purple Mash is a website designed for children aged 3-11. It contains many creative tools i.e. coding, animation, publishing, art and also applications for maths, spelling and grammar.
- Active History https://www.activehistory.co.uk/
Includes interactive simulations, quizzes and games that can easily be used for online learning.
- Activity Village https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/school-closures
Free themed bundles of fun printable activities for children - including puzzles, colouring pages, fun worksheets and more.
- Duolingo www.duolingo.com
Learn a language for free. It offers interactive exercises and can feel like a game and it starts at your level, from a beginner to advanced.
- Oxford Owl http://home.oxfordowl.co.uk
Browse and read eBooks at your child's reading level and complete activities on each book.
- Kitaboo World eBook http://worldbook.kitaboo.com
Read or listen to kitaboo books and discuss these great fiction and nonfiction books with your child.
- Libraries NI https://www.librariesni.org.uk
If you are a member of librariesni and have an account you can download books to read and listen to.
- Oliver Jeffers A great N. Ireland author will be reading a book a day. Check out his Facebook page for more information. For those of you with Alexa at home.
- DK Findout! https://www.dkfindout.com
An excellent website to research fun facts, explore the world around us, watch videos to discover amazing facts and much more.
- Bamboo Learning https://bamboolearning.com/resources
Bamboo Learning Alexa skills focus on fun, home-based, family-friendly learning and ensure children's engagement utilizing the unique nature of voice technology.
Draw with Rob http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
A great website for art lessons for kids. Draw along with Rob and upload your drawings to the gallery.
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