A wealth of information, activities and free resources for handwriting and the physical strengths needed to build handwriting. Why not get children to improve their fine and gross motor skills whilst keeping active at home. We follow Route D here at school if you wish to practise. KS2 Dance Mat Typing is a free online touch-typing programme for children in Key Stage 2. It has four levels which build on the previous learning and includes speed activities and rewards. Parents, carers and siblings can help by reading the extracts/text aloud to the child; collecting interesting words and phrases on paper / post-its as they read; talking to the child about their ideas before they write. All these instructions are within the unit aimed at parents. (HIAS English Team) Reading:Read, read and read some more! (units attached below) How much and how often children read really matters.Once children have mastered decoding through their phonics work, reading as much and as widely as possible will ensure that they continue to develop, not just academically, but emotionally too. And the best way to improve reading is the most enjoyable – reading! As the reading scientist Mark Seidenberg puts it, “The serious way to improve reading – how well we comprehend a text and, yes, speed and efficiency – is this: Read. As much as possible. Mostly new stuff.” Mixing urban and rural settings, covering subjects such as geology, archaeology and natural history, The Street Beneath My Feetoffers children the opportunity to explore their world through a detailed learning experience. And its fold-out, 'laperello' style, which extends to 2.5 metres in length, is ideal for spreading out on the floor to pore over for hours. About This Edition ISBN:

You could use https://scratch.mit.edu/ to create a Scratch game like Captain Miaow or the Slug Trail. When you’re out walking around, whether on the city streets or a country trail, there’s always so much to see and hear. But do you ever stop and look down? Have you ever wondered what’s going on deep in the ground under your feet? There are Education City activities set up for English, maths, science and French. Feel free to try any of these. https://www.educationcity.com/We will set new ones each week. This link gives YouTube clips of authors and illustrators drawing characters from well known books. Why not get children to draw alongside Benji Davies or Mini Grey? Mixing urban and rural settings, covering subjects such as geology, archaeology and natural history, The Street Beneath My Feet offers children the opportunity to explore their world through a detailed learning experience. And its foldout, laperello (or concertina) style, which extends to 2.5 metres in length, is ideal for spreading out on the floor to pore over for hours.

Crafting writing on a computer is such a valuable skill for children to learn. We know writing outcomes tend to be stronger because they are more willing to edit and improve a piece that is word processed. However, often teachers are reluctant to let children use this approach if they are slow at typing. So why not use this period of home learning to encourage your children to follow a typing course? There are various units to choose from, depending upon your interests.The units are organised into infants, lower juniors and upper juniors. Description Description This award-winning, double-sided foldout book takes you on a fascinating journey down through the layers of the Earth, all the way to the planet’s core and out the other side. https://careers.newjob.org.uk/HCC/job/Portchester-School-Crossing-Patrol-White-Hart-Lane%2C-Portchester-HCC612944-HAM/1003098201/ A foldout, concertina format creates a visceral sense of a journey to the center of the Earth.... Zommer's illustrations are a hive of subterranean activity, and Guillain's captionlike bursts enthuse about everything readers are seeing."--Publishers Weekly - Publishers Weekly

Encourage children to read stories, non-fiction and poetry . Encourage parents to listen to their child reading aloud, even if they are in Key Stage 2. Enjoy talking about the books they read and discuss unfamiliar words. Reading aloud will help children to build their fluency, so that when they read silently the ‘voice in their head’ is fluent too. A guide for parents to support reading fluency is given below. (HIAS English Team)