Home Learning
In line with Government guidance St John's has contingency plans for blended and remote learning, should our pupils need to access this due to having to self-isolate.
We aim to ensure that there is alignment as far as possible between face-to-face and remote education, so that should pupils need to self-isolate, they can transition smoothly back into the classroom having followed the same curriculum sequence and content as their in-school peers.
Instructions for home learning can be found below when necessary, along with useful links. Individual class pages will contain specific information for you and your child.
Our online learning platforms
EARLY YEARS
Tapestry is an easy-to-use and secure online learning journal helping staff and families celebrate their children's learning and development. Tapestry builds a very special record of a child's experiences, development and learning journey through their early years and primary education.
KEY STAGE 1
J2E is an online, fun, creative environment. Text, graphics, animations, sounds, videos, and embedded objects can be combined on a single web page, with unlimited storage for files and the ability to blog at the click of a button.Teachers will use this to share resources and weblinks with your children to help support their learning. It has lots of tools that children can use to online and an upload/storage area for photographs of offline creations.
KEY STAGE 2
Google Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students. Google classroom works on any device so pupils can access the online learning platforms anywhere. Teachers can upload instructions, links and activities to one place and both pupils and families can see exactly what the class topic/homework is. There is always choice to complete tasks on either paper or a device.
Sites to help with home learning
Children have the logins for some of these sites, the others are free to use.
Phonic Play | Early Years & KS1 | Phonics Fun | |
Scratch | KS1 & 2 | Coding platform | |
Rapid Router | KS2 | Rapid router has been created to teach the first principles of computer programming. | |
Barclays Code Playground | KS2 | Coding ideas | |
CODE Org | KS2 | Lots of coding fun | |
Tynker | All ages | Learn how to code whilst having fun | |
SAT's Bootcamp | Year 6 | Brush up for your SATs | |
IXL | All ages | Free resources for learning | |
Education Quizzes | All ages | Test their (and your own?) knowledge | |
CrickWeb | All ages | Free resources | |
Top Marks | All ages | Free educational resources. | |
Oxford Owl | All ages | Expert advice, educational resources and free eBooks to support children's learning at primary school | |
Homework Help | KS1 & 2 | Hundreds of pages of easy to read information and facts on many homework topics | |
London Grid For Learning | All ages | A great sign posting website to learning resources | |
BBC BiteSize | All ages | The BBC learning website | |
White Rose Maths | All ages | Very good free resources and videos explain maths | |
The Oak National Academy | All ages | Excellent resources to help learning at home | |
The World of David Walliams | All ages | Listen with Elevenses with The World of David Walliams | |
Jamie Oliver Get Kids Cooking | All ages | Jamie Oliver ideas for cooking at home | |
Khan Academy | All ages | A nonprofit with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. | |
Myleene's Music Klass | All ages | Join Myleene Klass for free online music lessons. | |
The Maths Factor | Ages 4 - 12 | Let Carol boost your child’s maths confidence today. | |
Body Coach TV | All ages | Get going and burn off some off that energy before learning. | |
Reading Eggs | All ages | Makes learning to read interesting and engaging, . | |
Mathletics | KS1 & 2 | Fun exercises with game rewards to encourage learning. |