Useful links for home learning

 The Artful Parent - Good, free art activities.

The Big History Project - Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.

Blockly - Learn computer-programming skills - fun and free.

BBC Learning - This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision.

British Council - Resources for English language learning.

 

The Crash Course - YouTube videos on many subjects.

 

DK Findout! - A range of activities and quizzes.

 

Duolingo - Learn languages for free. Web or app.

 

Future Learn - Free to access 100s of courses.

 

Geography Games - Geography gaming!

iDEA Awards - Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.

National Geographic for Kids - Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

 

Mystery Science - Free science lessons.​

Seneca - For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content with paid access to higher-level material.

 

Crest Awards - Science awards you can complete from home.

Scratch - Creative computer programming.

Sumdog - An online learning tool which provides personalised maths and spelling practice.

 

The Kids Should See This - Wide range of cool educational videos.

TED Ed - All sorts of engaging educational videos.

 

Tinkercad - All kinds of creative projects.

 

Museum & Gallery Tours - 34 incredible museum and gallery tours that you can take from the comfort of your own home!

More museum virtual tours that you can take from the comfort of your front room.

 

Great British Chefs - Over 200 recipes for young people to have a go at!

Globe Player (Shakespeare) - Watch productions of Shakespeare at the world-famous Globe Theatre in London.

Animated Knot Tying - Learn a really useful skill, particularly if you’re part of the fantastic Duke of Edinburgh programme.

Learn about Surface Area with 3D Nets - Printable nets that you can use to explore the surface area of shapes.

TES Resources - The Time Educational Supplement have collated some of the best free resources around to support home learning – find them all here.

The Scouts – The Great Indoors - Lots of fun activities that young people can do without going outside from photography to model raft building.

Storyboard That - Create your own comics using this simple to use website. The basic content is free to use.

The Q Files – An Illustrated Encyclopaedia - Enjoy free, unlimited access until the end of July 2020 to this fantastic encyclopaedia.

View Live Animal Webcams - Watch the pandas at Edinburgh Zoo or the penguins at San Diego Zoo with these live animal webcams.

Schools Out! - There are plenty of activities for children of all ages collected together on this brilliant site.

 Home Learning Directory - A resource created by a teacher that contains links to a range of useful websites (Once on the document just click on the image tiles to view the links).