Home-School
At Barwell Church of England Academy we really value the links that we have developed between home and school. We are certain that children, families and school benefit when we all work co-operatively together.
We try our best to use a range of ways to communicate effectively with families. This area of our website gives information and ideas that we hope families will find useful as they support their children’s learning at home.
Resources to Support Learning
In this section we include links to resources that you may read or download to help when supporting your child’s learning at home.
If you have any suggestions for how we may further help, please call in to school or send us a note and let us know.
Catch the Reading Bug – supporting reading development
Suggested Reading Material Y3 – Y4
SUGGESTED READING MATERIAL Y5 – Y6
Percy the Penguin Helps with Spelling
Links to Support Literacy Development
The Local Authority website contains a host of ideas and information to help parents who would like to understand more about how school supports their child’s Literacy development. Some of these ideas could be used by families to support and encourage development of their child’s Literacy skills.
Links to Support Maths Development
The Local Authority website contains a host of ideas and information to help parents who would like to understand more about how they may help to support their child’s Maths development.
The Parent Centre
The Parent Centre aims to help parents and carers understand their child’s education and what they can do to help. It has information about schools, the school curriculum, topical information about education issues, and advice on how to get the best out of parents’ evenings and meetings with teachers.
BBC Websites for Schools
For many yearsBBC broadcasts of a wide range of TV programmes have broadened the opportunities for children’s learning in many subjects.
Many websites have have now been developed by the BBC which offer a interesting fun way for children and families to learn about the topics studied in a range of curriculum subjects.
The links below will take you to these websites. We have included some for younger brothers and sisters too – we hope you enjoy exploring them.
English
BBC – Digger and the Gang – ages 6 – 11 years
BBC – The Magic Key – suitable for younger children aged 5 – 7 years
BBC – Words and Pictures – ages 5 – 8 years
BBC – The Little Animals Activity Centre – ages 5 – 8 years
Maths
Digger and the Gang – ages 6 – 11 years
Numbertime – for children aged 5 – 7 years
Starship – activities for children aged 5-7 years
Little Animals Activity Centre – activities for children aged 4 – 8 years
Science
Digger and the Gang – Years 3 and 4
Pod’s Mission – Key Stage 2 – Moving and Growing, Solids and Liquids, Electricity
History
Geography
Two Cities – investigating life in Belfast and Mexico City
What is Weather? – weather around the world
See You – See Me – learn about mapping and landscapes (age range 7 – 9 years)
