We wanted to do something positive to ease the burden on schools and families during this undoubtedly worrying time. So, we asked the community to send in links and ideas for free home learning and the response has been phenomenal!
Whether you're a teacher of any age group who is making plans for home learning, or a parent/carer needing some ideas so you can plan ahead, hopefully, some of the links below will help.
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This list was last updated - 8/1/2021
Announcements
- An inclusive skills/child-led curriculum for young people with additional needs and for those who might be struggling to engage with work at home - free for families
- Transition passport Providing individualised support during school transitions - for children and young people, who might struggle with anxiety, changes to routines and who might require a personalised approach to transition
- National Online safety: Top tips on how to learn safely online for: Parent/carers | Children | Teachers
English/Literacy
- Stuart Prike - ‘Remains’ in Word/PDF format - 5 booklets for 5 of the poems plus guiding students on how to compare in an essay
- Free spelling App - SirLinkalot
- KS1, KS2 resources - Literacy Shed
- British Library - How to make a mini book
- Twinkl - Handwriting sheets / Letter formation
- Online Gruffalo workshop, and lots more. Plus stories read by Tony Ross, author - 7 stories, Facebook
- Developing vocabulary and spoken language - Word games for families - Word aware Word games for schools - Wordaware. Thinking Talking
- A list of publishers offering free resources - The book seller
- Read great literature online - Free Ebooks, poetry, classic literature
- Read Free Literature - also includes study guides
- 50,000 free ebooks - arranged by genre
- 3000 Ebooks and audiobooks - free for children of all ages
- Audible stories - Free during this period
- Open Library Access - Free
- Children's books read online - Facebook
- Kids’ Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen - Free stories, poems, songs, and jokes - YouTube. Subscribe and only click on that name
- Houghton Mifflin Books - Learning activities based on numerous books
- Elamentari - Write and code interactive stories - free access during school closures
- Gutenburg - Download free books, e.g. Shakespear, Edgar Allen Poe, Frankenstein, etc.
- Solomon Kingsnorth - Free books in PDF, Word and audiobook format - Alice in Wonderland / Wind in the Willows / The Railway Children / The Jungle Book / Peter Pan / Black Beauty
- Reading aloud - Children can listen to stories being read aloud - YouTube
- Cambridge University Press - ALL 700 textbooks are currently available FREE in HTML format
- Hoopla - Public library online
- Creative writing resources - By Lou Enstone
- Trugs - Phonic reading games for all children, including those who cannot read or have dyslexia. Email: trugs@readsuccessfully.com for 20% off using cv2020
- Homework booklets by Garry Hammonds:
- Key Stage 3 - Dahl / Macbeth / Sachar / Dickens / Poe / Orwell / Steinbeck / Romeo and Juliet / Hunger Games
- Key Stage 4 - Creative writing / Nonfiction writing / Poetry – Nature / Personal / Society
- Dropbox files from Susan Strachan
- CrickerSoft - Reading and writing software for all abilities - Free during this period
- Core knowledge about GCSE literary texts which pupils should memorise: plot, characters, setting, context, themes, and key quotations
- Douglas Wise - GCSE English and English Literature resources
- Mr Bruff podcasts - Covering a range of English literature topics
- The Traditional teacher - GCSE English resources
- Driver Youth Trust - over 50 free resources, designed to help teachers get *all* of their learners engaged with reading, writing, communication
- Jane Considine "If schools in the UK close, I will be delivering daily English activities by video for pupils to complete at home. More details to follow. If you’re interested in your children getting involved"
- Love My Books - Creative, fun activities to support children's literacy
- Biff, Chip and Kipper books - online and audio
- David Walliams - One audio story every day - free
- Free online picture book activities - from books children might recognise - Anderson Press
- Peter Wharmby - Teaching resources - mostly audio of me talking about an aspect of English Language or English Literature - YouTube
- No Red Ink - builds stronger writers through interest-based curriculum, adaptive exercises, and actionable data
- Carter's Yard Phonics - Free access to Augmented Reality phonics cards - phonics and reading - images, text and ‘Zap codes' to view online and to print at home.
- Google Drive files - Shared by Ashley Booth
- Discovery Education - Free tool to make your own word puzzles
- The Reading Realm - Free home learning packs/book and library challenges/quizzes/discussion guides/games and stories written by children for children! You can also now draw/write your own stories, poems, reviews, diaries etc, in the app too
- TeachIt - KS3 resources / KS4 resources / KS5 resources / Home learning packs
- IXL - All ages, database of resources
- Epic - Free 30-day trial - instant access to a range of books (age 12 and under)
- Phonics Play - Free resources and a free trial
- Nessy - Help for children with Dyslexia - free trial
- Chris Grabenstein has given permission for teachers to video themselves reading his books online - royalty free
- CLPE - Free plans, videos, teaching notes for all year groups in primary
- EAL
- EALhub - Home learning area
- EFL - Rivet - Free app recommended for those learning English
- Teach your child to read - free resources
- EAL Journal - List of resources
- The British Council - Learn English - English songs
- Audible - Free - Available in 6 languages
Credit: Do-It Solutions
Maths
- Mathematical art - Create beautiful 2D and 3D mathematical models
- Third Space learning - Primary resources for schools, and parent/carers guides to learning at home/support/advice/resources
- Mathster - Free worksheets
- Blutick - Ages 11-16 curriculum
- Times table - Free App
- Dr Frost's maths - Free database of resources
- Khan Academy - Includes YouTube videos
- The Maths Mum "I’ll be running daily ‘live’ tutorials on my FB and IG feed covering maths topics and setting work for all primary school years. Also, regular Q&A sessions to help with any questions/problems"Maths Genie
- Number stacks - Free 14-day trial and resources
- Maths with parents - Free support with school closures
- Prodigy - Curriculum aligned maths platform - Free
- Times Table Rock Stars - Free, full access for schools
- Bond Bonanza - Free App helping children to move away from counting numbers up to 20 to turn them into instantly recallable number bonds
- Mathletics - Free trial for school and home
- TeachIt - KS3, KS4, KS5 resources / Home learning packs
- Manga High - Full, free access at this time - Game-based learning
- Maths Learn - Online tutorials for all ages
- First 4 maths - a few free worksheets (Yr 4/Yr6) to help engage children in maths at home - no login and all free
- My Mini Maths - (Yr 3, 4, 5, 6) Home learning packs ready to download
- Bedtime Maths - Fun, offline maths activities
- Sparx Maths virtual classroom - 2000+ learning objectives for KS3 and GCSE - Free during the school closures
- Parallel - Weekly 15 minute maths challenges – interesting, fun and challenging material that goes beyond school maths
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Matific - Free trial - Primary - 2000 maths activities
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Economics for kids - Fun learning games for business, maths and money
- Maths worksheets - For a range of ages
- GCSE - Study Maths / On Maths / MathsBot / Edexcel past maths papers
- Free A-Level Maths course - Imperial College
- Dads Worksheets - FREE printable worksheets, online calculators, games, puzzles and tools such as a timer and converter
Sciences
- KS3 fun, free science activities - From David Chalk
- Imperial College - Free online science resources for pupils, & guides for teachers/parents
- CGP app - Revise for AQA Science
- 23 equations - Learn your GCSE equations wherever you are
- GCSE Free Science lessons - Youtube videos
- Astro Quest - Complete online quests to help Australian scientists understand how galaxies grow and evolve
- Crash Course Kids - science with a bit of awesome - Youtube videos
- Cognito - YouTube videos
- Mystery Science - Free 1-year membership
- Biology Lab - Lab bench activities
- AQA Biology foundation - Workbooks
- AQA Biology - booklets
- Alchemie - Chemistry resources
- ChemMatters - Chemistry articles
- KS5 Chemistry - resources - Michael Adenekan
- ChemCollective - virtual laboratories
- CogSciSci - A range of biology, Chemistry, and Physics resources
- Chemistry and biology videos - Kay Science
- Physics, Chemistry, and biology - resources
- TeachIt - KS3, KS4, KS5 resources / Home learning packs
- For lower attaining pupils - resources
- Chemistry resources - Integrated instructions, chemistry revision sheets; quiz cards, KS3 retrieval roulette, Freyer models find and fix and collated biology slop - By Louise Cass
- Year 11 triple Chemistry - resources
- KS3 Chemistry and Physics - Revision questions / Activities
- Physics-tutor - A range of blogs on various physics topics
- AQA GCSE Physics - Explaining the FIFA method
- NASA for Kids - Games, latest news about the satellite launches, photos from the space and interviews of astronauts
- Royal institution - Make your own science experiments at home
- Education Place - Lesson plans for topics including - plants/energy/space/nature
- ICell - Explore cells - App or online
- UEN - Interactive science activities
- Edhead - Virtual learning online
- KS3 resources on a range of topics - By Tom Grafton
- Basic Genetics / PHET interactive simulations - virtual science experiments
- Royal institute - Christmas lectures. A series of lectures presenting scientific subjects to a general audience in an entertaining manner.
- James Dyson foundation - Challenge cards - how many can you complete?
- Periodic videos - Science-related YouTube videos
- Science Toy Maker - Make science toys and projects
Modern Languages
- Rosetta Stone - Free access - Wide range of languages
- KooBits - 10 Free websites for language learning
- Open Culture - learn 48 different languages online - FREE
- Learn 10 useful things to say in...
- Milan Presse - French magazines available to download
- TeachIt - KS3, KS4, KS5 resources / Home learning packs
- FrenchTeacher.Net - Secondary French free study packs
- One Third Stories - Free resources for learning French & Free digital story box
- Fluent in 3 months - French
- One Third Stories - Free resources for learning Spanish & Free digital story box
- Duo Lingo - A fun way to learn a range of languages
History
- Make a Coronavirus Time Capsule - to record this moment in history
- BBC - Free curriculum mapped videos
- Gelligaer Roman fort - Teaching resources
- TeachIt - KS3, KS4, KS5 resources / Home learning packs
- Historical association - 20th Century history
- University of Alabama - Free online archaeology and Egyptology Uni courses (create an account to log on)
- Museums from around the world - Virtual, online tours
- British Museum - Free videos
- BBC Radio 4 - The History of the world - podcasts
- 50 things that made modern economy - Podcasts
- Access to 500 Museums & Art Galleries - Free, online
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Future Learn -
Explore the architecture and history of Rome, walking around a 3D digital model of the ancient city, with this free online course.
- 165 History resources - By Karen Knight
- Teaching history - 100 objects from museums across the UK with resources, information and teaching ideas to inspire interest in history
- Open Culture - 6000 digital history books for children to read online
Geography
- Arctic Travel Experts created 'virtual lights over Lapland' tour
- Interactive earth science lessons - Explore the landscapes in Oklahoma
- Tutorful - Top Geography websites, YouTube videos, and resources
- Online film festival - Resistance in the Rainforest
- Reach out reporter - news and information about nature
- Virtual Tours / Aquarium - Virtual online tours - including zoos, landmarks in foreign countries, etc.
- BREEF - Coral reef virtual tour
- National Geographic - Information and games for children
- Seterra - Free world geography, online quizzes
- TeachIt - KS3, KS4, KS5 resources / Home learning packs
Arts and culture
- Parlia - The encyclopedia of opinion - mapping the worlds thinking
- National Gallery Scotland - Creative thinking and art practice
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals - streaming free online
- Free Photography Challenge - YouTube
- Teach yourself to draw - Advice / Where to start? / Sketching-basics / How to get the proportions right - faces / How to draw faces / Drawing tricks!
- Teach yourself to sing: 14-day free trial
- Teach yourself to dance - Tap dance / Salsa dance
- Art for Kids Hub - YouTube videos
- Glued to my crafts - lovely simple ideas for creative artwork
- Quality assured Art resources - KS2 resources / KS3 resources / KS4 resources
- Expressive Arts resources - Riverside school
- Drama resources - KS2 resources / KS3 resources / KS4 resources
- Marquee TV - streaming arts and culture
- Concerts online - Various concerts held without audiences to stream online for people having to stay at home - list of live streaming concerts
- National Theatre - Streaming shows on YouTube every Thursday
- 76 free Musicals and theatre productions streaming online
- J P Brewer - View classic paintings online
- Walter's Museum - houses the highest artistic achievements from nearly every corner of the world
- Red Ted Art / Crafts for Kids / Art Bar - Craft activities for children and young people
- Facebook Virtual Choir - Duet with a choir online - Choral resources - Promenade Choirs
- Rob Biddulph an artist posting draw-along videos via Twitter here
- Google Arts and culture - Learn something new every day!
- UK parliament - Politics, history, citizenship, etc
- Silver cross - Junk modeling ideas
- Black history - Telling the story of the black British experience
Computing/I.T
- A tutorial resource guide to photography and editing - Adobe
- Get creative with Digital Making at Home - New videos each week for 3 levels of experience
- Code.org - One hour tutorials in 45 different languages. -no experience required
- EraseAllKitens - Ages 8-14 - provides knowledge of terminology and develops thinking skills
- Tinkercad - Free software tools that help you to think, create and make 3D models online. MineCraft, Lego, and others
- Learn to touch-type - Free access
- ICompute - I.T. Learn Programming and Computational Thinking resources
- Codecademy - learn to code - free trial
- Tynkler - Coding for kids - Free premium access
- Purple Mash & Serial Mash - Free for all schools & also Free resources
- Blocky games - Games to help beginners learn computer programming skills
- Scratch - Beginners computer programming games/projects
- Education Minecraft - Learning activities
Music
- Learn to play the piano - Free Apple App
- Music Gurus - Free resources that everyone can use for the next 30 days
- Music resources in English: KS2 resources / KS3 resources / KS4 resources
- Music resources in Welsh: KS2 resources / KS3 resources / KS4 resources
- @musicwithdrew - Free, daily music lessons for children on Instagram
- Rotterdam Philharmonic musicians team up online to play Beethoven's 9th
Movement and exercise
- Access Sport - Inclusive home activities - DOWNLOAD PDF HERE
- Active bingo cards - ideas for movement breaks
- PE with Joe Wicks - YouTube videos
- Dance Syndrome - plans to provide inclusive online dance lessons during this period
- Gnoodle - Energetic education - Fun, exercise ideas
- iMoves - Free, fun activities to get children moving
- Cosmic Kids - Yoga videos for children
- Take dance classes with Oti Mabuse - Facebook
Life skills
- Skills Builder - learning essential skills at home
- Real-life learning - Resources to support functional and life skills for children and young people during school closures
SEND specific resources and information
- ChatterPack
- A list of FREE Speech, Language, communication, Occupational therapy, and SEND resources for schools and parent/carers
- Free downloadable resources to support transitions, emotional regulation, attention to tasks and many more - on the homepage
- An A-Z information directory of SEND information/advice/support
- Resources with step-by-step instructions and tips on how to individualise - to aid attention, foundation skills and positive behaviour support
- ADHD and Me - a book for children and young people to help them understand what ADHD means to them as a unique individual
Now available as a digital download. Find out more here
- Lockdown essentials - A Facebook group sharing ideas/resources for SEND families
- 150 Sensory based learning activities - Inclusive Teach
- Simple science activities - For children with SEND - WeCanAccess
- Latest Coronavirus information for SEND parents - Lots more information in the articles on the left-hand side of the page (via the link to Special Needs Jungle)
- Simpson Millar - are holding a daily SEND Q&A session to answer any questions in the Education Matters group on FaceBook
- A video by Steve Broach, Public Law Barrister, explaining the coronavirus bill and the implications for disabled children
- Education and Learning foundation - Teaching, learning and assessment resources for young people with SEND
- CrickerSoft - Reading and writing software for all abilities - Free during this period
- Down Syndrome - A list of resources to support learners with Down Syndrome and their families
- Inclusive teach - FREE downloadable resources
- Kim Griffrin, Occupational Therapist - Daily fine motor activities families can follow along to at 11am on Facebook - the videos will also be available on Griffin OT-YouTube
- SEN resources blog - Advice, learning activities and recommended toys, books, and resources for children with SEND
- GoBoardmaker - Free resources
- Tobiidynavox 10 weeks of free content, leveled and thematic units created with Boardmaker - books, communication supports, speech/language activities for students with communication difficulties and SEND
- Accessibite - Free apps to support students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, have reading difficulties
- BrailleWeek - Worksheets in Braille
- Visual impairment - Resources
- Journey for peace - An online project with a visual impairment awareness focus through the medium of comics
- SENDcast - Podcasts on sensory processing and dyslexia
- ALN Home School - Resources for parents of children with additional needs
- EasterSeals - Free visual timetable resources - to help with school closures
- Autcraft - A modulated and monitored, online site for autistic children and young people
- Reader Pen - A pen scanner for those with reading difficulties - that reads text out aloud in English/Spanish/French - Free 14 day trial - Sign up here
- Sensory Project - List of online, sensory learning resources
- APD support - Information and links about Auditory processing disorder
Books for SEMH, EAL, SEND - Credit: @EstAyo_Psych
Websites offering resources for multiple subjects
- EYFS and Primary
- Free, daily maths and literacy videos - for primary aged children (Pedfed)
- The School Run - Free resources for parents - English, maths, science
- ABC Mouse - Reading, maths, science
- Academics - Games based on a range of subjects
- Kialo - Critical thinking resources
- CrickWeb - Free, online educational resources and games
- Classroom Secrets - Free learning packs
- Kapow - Art, music, IT, languages, relationships, wellbeing -14-day free trial
- TTS - Free downloadable primary packs covering a range of subjects
- Teach Starter - Free month subscription plus learning from home packs (Maths, English, science, wellbeing)
- Robin Hood MAT - 7 weeks worth of learning projects
- World united - Free worksheets for children
- Hungry little minds - Simple, fun activities for under 5's
- Oxford Owl - Phonics and reading games
- Early learn - Free to sign-up for one month
- ABCYA - Free educational games
- Purford Green School - Year 6 resources
- WPS Home learning resources - Year 1 resources
- TeachIt - Home learning packs
- Secondary, GCSE and A-levels
- Get revising - Resources by exam board and specification
- Stairway - Maths, Biology, Physics (by exam board)
- Massolit - Offering a free subscription during this time
- WLS resources - Free A-Level PE resources
- Gresham College - A-Level lectures online
- Higher education
- Open Culture - 1,500 free courses from top Universities
- University of Cambridge - Undergraduate courses and HE/Post 16 resources
- All Ages
- Introduction to Engineering - YouTube videos
- Humanities - Free resources including lesson plans/videos/activities - children can explore life's big questions: What is true? Why should I be good to others? How much freedom should we have? - Understanding Humanism
- The Economist Educational Foundation - Encourage critical thinking through child-led activities. Free weekly suggestions via their newsletter
- BBC is announcing a daily educational show for key stages and year groups on iPlayer, expanding BBC Bitesize, educational podcasts etc and BBC Four doing shows on A Level and GCSE curriculum
- Seneca - English, Geography, Maths, History, Biology, Spanish, French
- Teachit - KS3, KS4, KS5 - Primary - English, maths, history, geography, languages
- Great schools / WorksheetFun / All Kids / HomeSchool4Me - Free printable worksheets
- The De Ferrers Academy - Free digital books on a range of subjects
- Smithsonian - 8 Digital educational resources
- Improve your memory / Effective note taking and mind mapping skills - Scroll down via the links to find 5 free videos in the series
- Actively learn - standards-aligned assignments in ELA, science & social studies are now free for teachers through the end of the school year.
- Homework Elephant - Covering a range of subjects
- Every school - Free resources on a range of subjects
- Top marks - Covering a range of subjects
- The Education Hub - Ideas for Apps/craft/virtual tours/Online resources/Podcasts
- Teacher starter - Over 14,000 pages of curriculum-aligned content created by teachers + learning from home packs
- Teachers pet - Free home learning packs
- TES - A range of free resources
- Twinkl - Free access to all Twinkl resources for schools and parents for a month
- Infobase databases and video streaming collections - Username: JCS_Distance and Password: learning to access:
- WeCanAccess - Online learning videos - YouTube
Miscellaneous learning resources
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Whole school outdoor learning ideas - The Muddy Puddle
- 5 day First Aid challenge - home resources
- The Great Exhibition at Home - Engineering groups home challenge - Free resource packs
- Boromi - Sign up for free daily play emails - an offline, home play activity using everyday materials sent daily (+ printable) - EYFS teachers/parents/ carers
- Adapt - Free revision app - available from Google Play and App Store
- Wellington College - Study guide/study skills
- Kidztype - Games to improve typing skills
- Open Learn - Free, online courses, Open university
- ChatterPack - Free resource - Developing children's vocabulary
- Google Hangouts / Zoom - Learning and interacting with others
- Gardening for children - YouTube videos
- T.K.S.S.T - Smart videos for curious minds of all ages
- Crayola / Colouring4Kids - Free colouring pages to print
- Disney - Online colouring
- Fun at home - Learning videos on a range of topics/ages
- Kent Wildlife association - Simple ideas for things you can do at home to help wildlife
- iDEA - An international programme that helps you develop/demonstrate your digital, enterprise and employability skills for free
- Expeditions App - Free virtual Reality Augmentation app for all ages, to take virtual trips around the world to hundreds of destinations.
For families - ideas for activities, advice and learning tools
- Rocket kids club - Everyone can watch and be part of our Rocket Kids Club Shows broadcasting live every Friday
- Make a Coronavirus Time Capsule - to record this moment in history
- 40 - free, super-easy activities - for young children
- Suddenly Homeschooling - A Message from a Veteran Homeschool Parent
- Sensory Stuck at home - A support group run by therapists/professionals on Facebook
- Occupational Deprevision and self-isolation - Dan Waldron, Occupational Therapist
- Designing a structure to your day at home - Emma Spillaine
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How to keep your children engaged at home - Good morning America
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Ideas for sensory fun at home - ChatterPack blog
- Home learning resources - Skills builder
- Scavenger Hunts - Free 'find a....' activity sheets
- A-Z of sensory learning activities - InclusiveTeach
- Cooking classes for kids - The Kids Kitchen - Facebook - Sign up newsletter and recipes
- Ways to learn through play at home - SEN resources blog
- Lots of ideas for activities at home - Scouts association
- Learning with Lego - Lesson plans - YouTube video
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Survival tips for parents - Activities for home - 3 Psychologies
- The world's largest learning community - Pen Pal Schools
- Ideas for offline learning - Try this teaching
- Non-screen activities to do at home - Pobble
- Activities for home - Paw Print Badges
- 25 foods you can re-grow at home from food scraps - DIY and crafts
- Learning games online - PBS Kids
- Learning activities for the garden - Nature detectives - Woodland Trust
- Creative play and learning for children at home - The Imagination Tree
- 50 ideas of activities to do at home - ABC Does
- Online learning games - Sheppard software
- Build your own game - or play games with others online - Roll20
- Supporting learning at home - Dr Janet Goodall - Pinterest
- Online meetups - The Education Hub
- Play board games online - Board Game arena
- Virtual farm trip - American dairy association
- Edinburgh Zoo - Live streams: Panda Cam / Tiger Cam / Penguin Cam / Rock Hopper Penguin Cam / Koala Cam
- Virtual field trips - 30 locations
- Chester Zoo - Fun resources
- Fun science and art ideas using things you have lying about the home - Videos on Facebook - McKinleys 4-H STEAM Project Club
Credit: Do-It Solutions
Credit: Sensory stuck at home
Credit: Thebestideasforkids.com
Inclusive anxiety/emotional support for children
- Supporting children with worries about Coronavirus - Information available in a range of languages
- Managing behaviour of concern - Empathetic stress support - Studio III
- FREE weekly webinars from Studio III on managing behaviour/stress/autism among other topics. Email admin@studio3.org to book & to find out what's coming up this week.
Credit: Julie Rayner, Irish Psychotherapy association
- Free digital book and resources - explaining Coronovirus. Illustrated by Alex Scheffler
- Coronavirus information in a range of languages - Written by doctors of the world
- Bereavement support for children - NurtureUK
Credit: Mike Arminger - Download PD
Credit: Wicklow Triple A Alliance
Credit: Wicklow Triple A Alliance
Credit: World Health Organisation
R.E and Prayer resources
*Check the location/time zones of live-streamed masses to calculate the UK start time. Time Zone calculator
- NATRE - KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4 - Free resources
- Spiritualism - English version
- Spiritualism - Spanish version
- Catholic Mass - streamed online
- Masses from around the world - streamed online
- Additional Needs Alliance - Free resources
- Teaching Hinduism - Article by Pran Patel
- Jehovah's Witnesses - Online readings, videos, bible
Other lists containing links to useful websites
- Scholastic - 50 places to find free resources
- BrightEducationHub - Various resources and information
- Scholastic - Resource bank
- Education Partnership - Resource bank for schools
- Amazing Educational resources A list of educational companies offering free subscriptions during school closures
- Seomra Ranga - Hundreds of free downloadable resources available
- Padlet.org - Hundreds of links to information/resources for schools and families planning for home learning
- Free educational resources for remote learning - Education tech companies offering free support/access during this period
- Kings School Rochester - Remote learning guide including various links to resources
- Head Teacher Chat - Free resources for schools
- E-Parenting - Free resources for GCSE, A-Level, STATs, 11+
- Kids Activities - A list of American companies offering free subscription at this time
- Engage Education - Free resources and information for parents/carers and school staff
For teachers and other school staff: Advice, information & learning tools
- Free CPD webinars for SENCOs - Starting on 21st April 2020
- CPD - Information and training on ADHD, autism, SLCN's, Dyslexia, Sensory processing, Working memory, ABI and other areas of special educational needs and disabilities - list compiled by Jarlath O'Brien
- Free TA courses - Maximising TA's / Home study / Open learn / Future Learn
- Free CPD and training opportunities - Via Andrew Kitterick
- Free CPD & Webinars - on Dance, PE, Pilates for kids, Mental Health & Wellbeing in schools
- Open Learn - exploring children's literacy
- Teach from home - Support for teachers - Google
- A video by Steve Broach, Public Law Barrister, explaining the coronavirus bill and the implications for disabled children
- A daily SEND Q&A session to answer any questions in the Education Matters group on FaceBook - Simpson Millar
- Advice for schools to continue learning at home - Digital strategy group
- A document with How-To guides on Microsoft Teams - for teachers and staff: How to log into Team / How to create class teams adding students manually
- Independent thinking - Advice for schools if they have to close
- Tom Sherrington - Five videos of one-day Rosenshine Principles Masterclass - 2 1/2 hours of free CPD
- The School Bus - Free resources to help teachers organise school closures
- STEM learning - Online CPD courses for teachers
- Twitter Online weekly chats - #PRUbookclub (Mon 7:30pm) | #SENexchange (weds 8-8:30pm) | #EYFSchat | #PrimaryRocks (Mon 8-9pm) | #SpecialEDchat
- Setting up a virtual School - Gary Spracklen, Headteacher, The Prince of Wales Sch
- Coronavirus Guidance for Schools - Guidance from NAHT
- Supporting the most vulnerable pupils in an event of school shutdown - Education roundtable
- Socrative apps - Free access - Fun and effective tools to gauge student understanding in real-time.
- Ed For Learning - Free access to curriculum-aligned lessons and assessments across the subject areas. Content is carefully scaffolded
- Kerboodle - Online assessment tools
- Britannica - free access for the whole time your school might need it. Teachers can set packs of content, create lessons, send/receive homework online
- Diagnostic Questions - An assessment tool that provides detailed insights into student understanding - Free trial
- LD At School - Learning disability webinars
A HUGE! thank you to everyone who helped out creating this list. There's far too many to name, but I'm sure the whole community is very grateful to you for taking the time to send links and ideas over.
You can join the education community and the SEND community on Twitter via these hashtags #CoronaEdu #TeamSEND
Please stay safe and reach out if you need help
Hi!
The list is super puper!!! Very healpfull.
Thank you!
Also consider posting https://bestedlessons.org/. This home learning resource site making available lots of freely available educational lessons, worksheets, activities and textbooks for easy viewing and downloading.
this is amazing work and very comprehensive, i am new to online learning for my child and am searching which app or website is the most popular for KS1 national curriculum specifically? i dont mind paying
can anyone recommend?? many thanks
A treasure trove to keep returning to! Thank you!
This is AWESOME! Thanks! Been struggling to figure out what to do with the kids bored at home. This list is a great help. I think you should also add this site I found recently. They got a ton of resources you might wanna add to your list too. Check it out: https://alldigitalschool.com
Well-done such lovely resources
I would also recommend www.revisionnova.com for GCSE Science resources
Fantastic list of helpful resources that will make a massive difference to my schools. Can’t thank you enough
Stuart Pryke also shares amazing KS3 and 4 resources on his Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gks5rf4alvf3lew/AACXNU0lD76eXIyAcgJrTyTea?dl=0)
This includes a Macbeth, A Christmas Carol and An Inspector Calls booklet designed for this very crisis!
That is a great job. I really appreciate what you have done here. Thanks.
Amazing !!!
Why hasn’t anyone done this before?
This is absolutely fantastic. I’ve been tasked to add online resources links to our website for our local authority’s CLA and although I have many, I had already seen your tweet and knew this would be my main go-to! Am already signed up to your Newsletter! Thank you and keep up this wonderful work!
What an excellent resource list. Well done.
This collaboration is the positive side of the pandemic.
I COULDN’T FIND ANY WORD IN MY MIND DICTIONARY TO SHOW MY GRATITUDE.
tHANKS A zILLION!!!!
Absolutely wonderful! Many, many thanks :-)
Splendid, just splendid. Thank you so much.
You are just wonderful …
Wow! What a great comprehensive list of ideas
I’m going to have to self isolate for a year or more
What a fantastic resource, thank you. As a mum who is having to self isolate with 2 boys this is amazing.
Wow oh wow! I’ve never found something so comprehensive. This is amazing and you should be so proud of yourselves. Thank you so so much. I’m so excited to get going helping my son with Downs. X
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