Useful Links
Here are some recommended links that will further enhance your child’s learning:
Mathematics:
BBC Bitesize: This is useful if you are struggling with a particular area of Mathematics; it has fun videos and explanations to help you understand.
Hit the Button: This fun game helps improve rapid recall of times tables – a vital life skill.
Daily 10: A series of quick-fire mental mathematics questions, covering all areas of the curriculum.
Year Six Maths: Questions from every area of the curriculum that increase in difficulty the more you get correct.
Mental Maths: Use all your mental maths skills to escape the bio-rods in this exciting Mission 2100 game.
Guess My Number: Can you work out these mental maths problems? Lots of questions to get your brain cells working.
Spelling:
BBC Bitesize: Videos which explain every rule in the KS2 spelling curriculum.
Spelling Frame: A spelling game where every word from the KS2 spelling curriculum is included.
Spooky Spellings: This spelling game uses the words listed in the national curriculum as being ‘Common Exception Words’ or tricky words.
Prefixes and Suffixes: A game where you need to choose prefixes and suffixes to make a new word.
Look, Cover, Write and Check: A look, cover, write and check spelling site where you can test yourself on high frequency words, spelling patters, tricky words or enter your own words to easily test your knowledge.
Reading:
BBC Bitesize: This is useful if you are struggling with a particular area of reading; it has fun videos and explanations to help you understand.
Deduction-Trapped: Play deductive reasoning games and escape from the tower. You need to read the passage of the book and see what you can find out from it.
Finding Information: A spooky literacy game about finding information.
Deduction: A game where you need to use your deduction skills to read and follow instructions to make journeys on a map.
Non-Fiction Game: A game where you need to select an appropriate title, text and picture to suit three non-fiction types of writing.
Reading Comprehension: A large selection of interactive, self-checking reading comprehension activities.
Poetry Comprehension: Learn about important English terms by answering the questions, moving on to the next verse and completing as many tasks as you can.
Read Theory: In these reading comprehension exercises, students read a short story and then answer questions about details in the story.
Writing:
BBC Bitesize (Creative Writing): This is useful if you are struggling with a particular area of story writing; it has fun videos and explanations to help you understand.
BBC Bitesize (Language): This is useful if you are struggling with a particular aspect of language; it has fun videos and explanations to help you understand.
Creepy Verbs and Adverbs: Transform a boring horror story into a bestseller by selecting effective verbs and adverbs to increase its impact and make it more exciting.
Points of View Newspaper Report: Read and listen to two witness reports of a skateboarding accident and learn about how journalists structure newspaper reports and use verbs, adverbial phrases and pronouns to create an effect.
Paragraphs: A game where you need to choose the text with the correct paragraphs.
Story Planning: An English game which shows the importance of using the right words for your story. You need to choose suitable words to match the theme.