Despite not being in school, the Caedmon Accelerated Reader Portal remains open for business! 

Children from Year 3-6 can read their books and complete quizzes to raise their score and make good progress. To access the website, click the hyperlink above and each child should use their username and password from school. If you have forgotten, please message us via our Facebook page for a reminder. 

Miss Donnelly has set each class a weekly challenge to see who can score the most points. Get contributing for your team!

If you are short of reading materials, this link (as well as some below) have a wealth of books for you and your child to share. 

Oxford Owl have very kindly made their eBook Library free. Whilst we would love nothing more than to be in school hearing your child read and changing their book, we just can't. 

With this barrier in mind, the free eBook Library library allows you and your child to access stage appropriate books across a variety of platforms (such as an iPhone or laptop) meaning that reading progress does not have to slow. 

A registration is required for this website but it is definitely worth it whilst we are not able to send home new books on a weekly basis. 

What a superb site! Jammed full of creative, inspiring and free(!!) resources, Literacy Shed Plus provides stimulating videos that really get writing going. It is an excellent resourced used across this school and the nation as a whole. 

This comes highly recommended. 

Audible are presently offering thousands of stories for children for free. The website has a massive following and provides Audiobooks that can be downloaded for future, offline listens (like on your daily walk!) or stories that can be streamed live in your garden, at bed time or dinner time. 

Since the schools closed, Audible has kindly opened up some of their library to children and now adults. This form of media really brings stories to life - particularly if a famous actor is reading the story straight into your ears.  

Pobble365 is another staple within our learning community. This resource is used, particularly Key Stage 2, to inspire writing, create discussion and practise grammar. Starting with a weird, wonderful and/or though provoking image, pupils are inspired to write creatively by Pobble365. 

Across the site, there are 365 images to choose from leaving absolutely no chance for boredom over lockdown! With images that capture alternative viewpoints of fairytales, interesting setups with superheroes and even animals losing their habitats - the opportunities to focus and work on writing are endless!

BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity. Each year, they reach 3.9 million children across the UK with books, resources and support. 

From Early Years, through Key Stage 1 and all the way through Key Stage 2 - this site contains recommended booklists. Categorised by age, range and topic, the library is jammed full of fiction and non-fiction activities. 

The highlight for me however is the inclusion of family activities which can be found by clicking here. 

PIC-LITS is a fun, visual learning tool created by software company  DOING. It focuses on a combination of words place on a photograph to capture the story and meaning of the picture. This in turn then acts as a e-learning literacy website designed to capture and inspire creative writing.

Authorfy allows access to masterclasses on texts and books from a wide range of authors. This resource includes videos from writers and illustrators, as well as activities for children linked to some of the novels they have read both inside and outside of school. 

I was amazed to see how many authors had signed up for this webpage - including many of the children's favourites!

This is a free, daily newsletter for parents/carers at home with children, helping to enrich learning with real-life knowledge and skills. The newsletter was launched because of the demand from parents/carers around the world affected by school closures. 

Covering EYFS all the way through the primary (and secondary) age range, the purpose of the letter is to help set young people on the path to exploring the real world and thinking for themselves, making their own connections between the academic syllabus on the thrilling and challenging arena that awaits them beyond school. 

A little more Americanised this resource but brilliant for accessing either on a day-to-day basis or logging on just to cherry pick the best bits.

Scholastic (who parents, teachers and children will know as the company behind those magazines with all the leaflets in that make home time in Year 1 a nightmare) have opened up their online learning portal for the duration of the fight against the Coronavirus. 

Following your registration, you can access work banks, creative portals and, best of all, nightly stories from authors who you may have come across during your time at our school. 

Presently offering a one-month trial, Vooks offers a streaming library of animated children's story books. There are no adverts or in-app purchases meaning your credit card is relatively safe!

As well as offering the streaming service, Vooks can also provide lesson plans for groups of lessons and single story worksheets/activities that can keep the children busy for a long time.