Brain Parade - http://www.brainparade.com/products/see-touch-learn-free/

A visual instruction app, including flash cards and picture-choosing games, for children with autism and special needs.

Sensory App House Ltd - https://www.sensoryapphouse.com/

 A range of interactive apps many of which do not require significant coordination abilities.

Visuals2Go - https://www.visuals2go.com/

An app to support people with communication difficulties. 

 

 

NHS Counselling information for children and young people -

Counselling support poster  

Our Healthy Year - These colourful and engaging interactive calendars feature exciting activities to inspire you to eat well and move more. 

Healthy activity ideas for Amber, Diamond and Emerald classes

Healthy activity ideas for Opal, Ruby, Sapphire and Topaz classes

Children's Commissioner - https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/publication/childrens-guide-to-coronavirus/

A downloadable guide for children about coronavirus.

MindEd - https://www.minded.org.uk/

Advice and guidance about a range of mental health issues for children and young people.  

Every Mind Matters - https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/

Expert advice and practical tips from the NHS to help look after mental health and wellbeing.

 

 

Teach Your Monster to Read - https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/ 

A wonderful game made in association with leading educational experts and follows phonic phases 1, 2 and 3 in separate games. Perfect for EYFS through to KS1. The online website version is free. Your child can follow their monster around and learn without realising how much they are learning to read! 

 Pobble - http://www.pobble365.com/

 An online writing platform. They post a free picture a day with prompts for discussion and writing.

Literacy Trust - https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/

Activity ideas for writing, reading and speaking, including tips about other useful websites and apps.

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

All children's audiobooks can be accessed for free while schools are closed.

 David Walliams - https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

One free audiobook is available each day.

 

 

 

Premier Sports - a weekly timetable of activities and a weekly sporting challenge! 

Premier Sport activities - Week 1Mr Cannon's Week 2 introduction video

Premier Sport activities - Week 2

 Premier Sport activities - Week 3

Home Pentathlon: a fun way for families to take part in adapted Sportshall Athletics events within their home environment - http://www.sportshall.org/homepentathlon

Stay active home lesson - https://www.premier-education.com/stay-active/

A range of physical activities to do at home.  

Premier local facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/premiersuffolkessex/?ref=br_rs

A video of different physical activities is uploaded every day to Premier's facebook page. 

Football skills videos (App) 

Download the tiktok app and search @bennuttalltv to find a range of videos from a three times world champion freestyler, Ben Nuttall, to help practise and develop football skills.

Rugby themed activities from England Rugby

https://www.englandrugby.com/news/article/england-rugby-invites-children-to-school-of-ruck?utm_source=030420WeeklyContentUpdate&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=030420WeeklyContentUpdate&utm_content=Mens&spMailingID=9086132&spUserID=MTQyNzM1MzIzMTAxS0&spJobID=1490344916&spReportId=MTQ5MDM0NDkxNgS2

Boogie Beebies - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mvsc

A range of videos to get younger children up and dancing!

Disney 10 minute shake ups - https://www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups

Fun videos based on Disney films to encourage children to be active.

#This is PE - https://www.afpe.org.uk/physical-education/thisispe-supporting-parents-to-teach-pe-at-home/

Videos created by PE teachers, focusing on the PE curriculum

 

 

 

Arts Award: Discover at home - click here

Paw Print Badges - https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk

Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

Tinkercad - https://www.tinkercad.com

All kinds of making.

The Artful Parent - https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/

Good, free art activities

 Red Ted Art - https://www.redtedart.com

Easy arts and crafts for little ones

 The Imagination Tree - https://theimaginationtree.com

Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Knitting for All: Crouch Valley - Facebook 

Fun, creative craft projects posted every week.

 

 

Essex Youth Service online activities -  https://youth.essex.gov.uk/young-people/online-activities/

Simple’s Purple Mash - https://2simple.com/blog/using-purple-mash-when-school-closed/

Full of content which keeps children engaged and supported through the curriculum in every subject. Games, videos, activities and ebooks are available. Suitable for ages 4-11. Usually a paid subscription but free in event of closures.
Juniper Education - https://junipereducation.org/parent-timetables/ 

Daily schedules with ideas for fun and educational activities.

 BBC Learning -  http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/

Although this site is no longer updated, there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Futurelearn - https://www.futurelearn.com

100s of free courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

Ted Ed - https://ed.ted.com

All sorts of engaging educational videos

The Kids Should See This - https://thekidshouldseethis.com

Wide range of cool educational videos

 Crash Course Kids - https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

A wide range of you tube videos on a variety of subjects.

Cbeebies Radio - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio

Listening activities for the younger ones.

Toy Theater - https://toytheater.com/

Educational online games

DK Find Out

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac

Activities and quizzes

 

 

Blockly - https://blockly.games

Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/

Creative computer programming 

Barefoot Computing - https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning

Enjoyable activities, designed by teaching professionals for families to do at home with their children.

Raspberry pi - https://www.raspberrypi.org/learn/

Online projects for young people which are completely free. They include step-by-step instructions and are easily filtered by level and topic. The projects are designed so that young people can complete them in no more than an hour.

 

 

MoneySense from NatWest - mymoneysense.com

MoneySense has created Distance Learning bundles for teachers that children can complete at home.  Each bundle contains a mix of curriculum-linked resources such as games, videos and activity sheets as well as an Instructional Learning Guide on how to make the most of them. 

Mangahigh https://www.mangahigh.com/en-gb/blog/2020-03-06-free-access-schools-online-maths-coronavirus

Maths games for children age 5-11. Usually a paid subscription but free for school closures.

Khan Academy - https://www.khanacademy.org

Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. 

Prodigy Maths - https://www.prodigygame.com

In U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age. 

Numberblocks - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/help-your-child-with-maths

Fun activity videos, designed for children 0 - 6

Topmarks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games

A range of interactive maths games, categorised by age group.

 

 

Mystery Science - https://mysteryscience.com

Free science lessons

Crest Awards - https://www.crestawards.org

Science awards you can complete from home.

Nature Detectives - https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/

A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location! 

Stem Learning (Home learning) - https://www.stem.org.uk/primary-science

An online resource bank, which links to resources on external websites. The site features a live chat function offering support from subject experts. New home learning resources are being developed.

 

 

 National Geographic Kids - https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

Geography Games - https://world-geography-games.com/world.html

Geography gaming!

 

 

Duolingo - https://www.duolingo.com

Learn languages for free. Web or app.

 

 

 Hungry Little Minds - https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/#3

Lots of ideas for simple and fun educational activities with younger children.  

CBeebies - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

Lots of fun online games for younger children.