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Learning resources
Support with learning activities at home
This page has links and documents that include games, activities and fun tasks to develop reading, writing and number skills and a range of other curriculum areas for children between the ages of 5 and 11. This information is designed to supplement work provided by your child’s school.
'Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn' - Benjamin Franklin
Helpful links
| Link | Age | Description | Cost |
| 5 to 11 years |
A resource to support communication and language development |
Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
Audio book by Oliver Jeffers (YouTube). Parental permission advised to access the site |
Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
Story read by Jane Cartwright (YouTube). Parental permission advised to access the site |
Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
Poem read by Roger McGough (YouTube). Parental permission advised to access the site |
Free | |
| 7 to 16 years |
Resources, stories and support from the Jèrriais team |
Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
Resources to encourage reading all year round |
Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
The Home Time hub has books, videos and games to enjoy |
Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
Explores ideas of connection and isolation based on the book 'The Darkest Dark' (PDF) |
Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
Create a tree as a shared project using everyday objects, and learn about artists (PDF) |
Free | |
| 5 to 16 years |
Art games, activities, quizzes and information about artists
Parental permission advised to access the site
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Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
Create your own story book, including text and illustrations
Parental permission advised to access the site
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Free | |
| 5 to 11 years |
Music resources, including songs and videos
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Free | |
| 9 to 11 years |
Stories about the Tudors and Elizabethans at Hampton Court Palace
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Free | |
| 7 to 9 years |
Video from the BBC introducing the topic of Ancient Egypt |
Free | |
| 9 to 11 years | Videos about Viking artefacts created by the JORVIK Viking Centre | Free | |
| Famous Nurses | 7 to 9 years |
Printable worksheets on Florence Nightingale and more, in 'Nursing: Past, Present and Future' (PDF) |
Free |
| Florence Nightingale Museum | 7 to 9 years | Video and other information about the life of Florence Nightingale | Free |
| Apollo Programme Facts for Kids | 9 to 11 years | Facts about the Apollo space missions | Free |
| BBC Bitesize | 3 to 18 years | Daily lessons, videos and activities categorised by age and subject that cover the whole curriculum | Free |
| Google Arts and Culture | 5 to 16 years | Virtual museum tours exploring artists and their work | Free |
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7 to 11 years
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Create stories, games and animations, whilst developing creativity and reasoning skills |
Free |
| NatGeo@Home | 5 to 16 years | Quizzes, videos and science experiments, in age-appropriate collections | Free |
| Amazon Audible | 5 to 18 years | Stories to download and enjoy, many available in a number of different languages | Free |
| Education Endowment Foundation | 5 to 11 years | Tips for parents reading with their child | Free |
| David Walliams |
8 to 11 years | Hear David Walliams reads his own stories with this collection of audio recordings | Free |
| Jersey Library | 3 to 18 years | A wide range of eBooks available online to members of the Jersey Library | Free |
| Teach My Monster to Read | 5 to 7 years | Games and activities for children in the early stages of reading | Free |
| Oxford Owl English | 5 to 11 years | Activities and advice to support across all areas of English | Free |
| Literacy Shed | 7 to 11 years | Videos, questions and activities that are useful prompts for writing | Free |
| Pobble | 7 to 14 years | Images to inspire creative writing tasks | Free |
| Top Marks | 5 to 11 years | Indexed games for all areas of the mathematics curriculum | Free |
| I SEE MATHS | 5 to 11 years | Videos, games and activities for the learning of key number concepts | Free and paid |
| Numberblocks | 5 to 11 years | Animated adventures of the characters 1 to 20 | Free |
| Oxford Owl Mathematics | 5 to 11 years | Supporting children to learn the four rules of number, + - x / and time | Free |
| Mathpickle | 3 to 18 years | Fun puzzles, games and activities that support problem solving and reasoning | Free |
| NRICH | 3 to 18 years | Activities that support problem solving and reasoning, including graded challenges | Free |
| Royal Society Science at Home | 7 to 11 years | Links to videos on current issues around science, mathematics and computing | Free |
| Practical Action | 5 to 16 years | Opportunities to learn about real world issues and to develop solutions for real life problems | Free |
| STEM from Home | 6 to 14 years | Activities including coding, environmental sustainability and robotics | Free |