Computing at Home

9th April 2020L Forster

There are a wealth of resources available online to continue to support all of our children with computing during school closures. Please use the following links to play online or download apps to your tablet/phones.

Simple step by step coding for children to create their own games – and suited for all ages. Free download from Apple Store or Google Play Store.

Tons of different coding opportunities that are designed to help children progress up to and over an hour of coding and debugging codes. Complete with a certificate at the end to show their achievement.

Follow the link: https://hourofcode.com/uk/learn and tailor to activity to the age/ability of your child.

For Key Stage 2 (Year 3-6), use Scratch to create games using different levels of instructions and codes – from movements to sounds. Play different games made by users and see the codes that made them run.

Simply follow the link: https://scratch.mit.edu/ and create a free account by clicking Join Scratch in the top right.

Digital Escape Room

Using the ICTinSchool website to solve different puzzles and use critical thinking to help escape different types of rooms – from space stations to haunted houses.

Click on the link: http://www.ictinschools.org/escape-room/ (Best played on computer/laptop or large screen tablet)

TTRockstar Champions

7th April 2020G Booth

Every fortnight, we celebrate our Times Table Rockstar Champions. This is the class who have achieved the highest percentage of accurate answers over the last 2 weeks while playing on Times Table Rockstars. The certificate is usually awarded in assembly and displayed on our classroom doors. Unfortunately we can’t do this at the moment, however we know everyone would love to know that the current champions are…

Congratulations Y5J!

We also celebrate the pupil who has improved the most over the 2 weeks. The individual Rockstar Champion is in Y4C. Well Done!

Keep up all your hard work. Who will be the next Times Table Rockstar Champions?

Times Tables Rockstars app and NumBots app are available to download on all android and Apple devices.

Times Table Rock Stars! Carlton Primary School - Maths

Reading at Harton

6th April 2020D Fawkes

There are a wealth of resources available online to continue to support all of our children with their reading during school closures. Please use the following links.

Oxford Owl

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Create your own free account and you can browse a wide range of their books in ebook and audiobook version. You can select books by your child’s age range. This is also a reading scheme we use in school.

Collins Big Cat e-books and worksheets

https://collins.co.uk/pages/big-cat-ebooks

This gives a parent login and then you can browse their available ebooks and there are related printable worksheets linked to most books. This is also a reading scheme we use in school.

 

Audible

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

The amazon company – audible are now providing free audiobooks for the duration of the school closures. All stories are free to stream on desktop computers, laptops, phones or tablets.

 

BorrowBox

This is an app which can be downloaded onto a phone or tablet and used if you have a library membership where you can access a wide range of ebooks and audiobooks.

The Rainforest

6th April 2020H Langley

Year 3 have been working extremely hard this week learning all about the rainforest. They have been drawing rainforest animals, creating poems, making posters and comparing lives of people who live in a rainforest with our own families. Well done to everyone who joined in our rainforest tasks.