Home Learning Resources

Parent Talk offers free, down-to-earth advice for parents of children aged 0-19. 

Parent Info: Help and advice for families in a digital world

A video on how to talk to your children about Coronavirus from Unicef

A list of online educational resources to help children to learn at home from gov.uk

Advice for parents and carers of children who have not yet started school from gov.uk

Some ideas and support for those self-isolating from Dragonfly: Impact Education 

​Five ways to support children’s mental health from BBC Bitesize
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5 Ways to Keep your kids learning at home BBC Teach

​Things to do indoors with your children from CBeebies
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School Support Closure Resources from Education Endowment Foundation
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Family Zone from the Literacy Trust is full of free activities and ideas to keep your child busy at home, whilst also benefiting their reading, writing and language development.
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The Book Trust: Getting Children Involved with Reading
Tips for reading with your child.


Free home kits including books from the Think Equal website, click here to subscribe.

Walker Books has released Rain Before Rainbows by Smriti Halls and illustrated by David Litchfield as a free book to raise awareness for Save the Children’s Save with Stories campaign which is helping children most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Click here to download the book.

​Click here to download a free book: Charlotte’s Piggy Bank by David McKee.

​Click here to download a free information book explaining Coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler

Nurse Dotty book - for younger primary school children to help them understand Coronavirus

​Share stories at home the Lovemybooks website offers a range of books with activities and resources designed to help parents and young children enjoy sharing books together. 

Royal Albert Hall Storytellers deliver a series of sessions for babies and toddlers, click here to visit.
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​​Stories for children from CBeebies, click here.

Half Moon Theatre is offering families access to some of its content online. A selection of recent much-loved productions for young people will be made available free, please visit Half Moon Theatre at Home.
Quick Play Dough Recipe

Make a Gingerbread Man

Banana and Raisin Bread
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Cooked Play Dough Recipe 

Cooking and baking with children from Cbeebies
English in Early Childhood: Language Learning and Development. Discover how very young children learn English as an additional language and how you can help them progress. Click here for details.

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 Tiny Happy People: Help develop your babies/toddlers   communication skills.
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 Oxford Owl: Activities, games and information across the curriculum
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Hungry Little Minds: Simple, fun activities for kids, from newborn to five
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Early Years resources for learning at home from BBC Bitseize

​Play free games, find art activities and share art with Tate Kids

Lego: Let's Build Together 

Numberblocks – videos for numeracy development designed for children aged 0 to 6
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​10 nature activities for children at home from the Woodland Trust
5 Fantastic Virtual School Trips including from TES

Early Phonics: Crime Ryhme

Early Phonics: Supertato Activities

Early Phonics: Mr & Mrs Mouse and the Magical Alphabet House
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​Free literacy resources from Letterland

Free activity packs from Activity Village 
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Free home learning activities from TTS
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Free Peppa Pig activity packs

Sort the Shapes Activity Sheet

2D Shapes Word Mat

3D Shapes Word Mat

Download and colour your own 'thank you' to NHS staff from BBC Arts

NHS Rainbow colouring sheet for children to colour in and display​​
Fun exercises to do at home with children from Cbeebies

Old Church Nursery Yoga for children routine

Joe Wicks 5 Minute Move Videos from Twinkl 
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Boogie Beebies – videos that get younger children up and dancing with CBeebies presenters

​Fine Motor Activities with Kim Griffin Occupational Therapist

​ Old Church Nursery Wash Your Hands song words
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Old Church Nursery Number Rhymes

​Sing along to favourite nursery rhymes with CBeebies

Fun radio stories, poems, songs and listening activities for babies, toddlers and young children. 

Click here to see our Zoom Session Songs
Click here to download and print A Home Learning certificate to present to your child!

​Phonics Play: Free access to resources. Click here for details