Home-learning Applications
Showbie
We use a platform called Showbie as a home learning tool and to give children access to electronic resources in class. Watch this video to find out more:
https://www.showbie.com/features/
All children have a log on and this is stapled into their reading diaries. These will be used for spellings, sharing work to parents. Please let your child's teacher know if you are unable to log in.
"Showbie keeps you and your children on the same page, whether you’re using your iPad, iPhone, or pretty much any computer or device with an internet connection."
Times Tables Rock Stars!
In either paper form or online, Times Tables Rock Stars is a carefully sequenced programme of daily times tables practice.
Each child has a log on and can use this at home and in school. We recommend that children take a 'little and often' approach to practising their tables. This should continue as part of regular home learning right up to the end of Year 6.
Teachers can set particular tables for their children to practise, or, if they feel that a child is confident enough with all their tables, can give children access to activities involving all tables. There are a number of different modes within Times Tables Rock Stars, allowing children to challenge themselves and other children. For Year 4 children getting ready to take their Multiplication Tables Check at the end of the year, the Sound Check mode within Times Table Rock Stars is particularly useful.
Further information can be found in the video and parent guide below:
Times Table Rock Stars Parent Guide
Doodle Learning
DoodleLearning is a suite of programmes revolutionising the way children learn! Covering the core areas of Maths and English, the four apps create every child a personalised learning experience tailored to their needs, helping to boost their confidence and ability. We have a school subscription and all pupils have a log on.
Oxford Owl
Oxford Owl is an award-winning website from Oxford University Press, created to support children's learning both at home and at school. Infant pupils have a log in so they can read books for their age and stage which links to their phonics lessons in school.