Home Practice
Home Practice is given out on a weekly basis for Years 1 - Pre-Secondary. Reading at home, whether reading by yourself or with an adult, is expected for all children.
Home Practice - Quick Links!
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EdShed (Maths and Spelling Shed) Numbots
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Parent Partnership Meeting 15/11/23 - Home Practice
Seesaw is an online platform that is used across Early Years and Years 1 & 2.
All children in these year groups have received their individual log-in information to take home. Seesaw can be accessed through their website, or through their app - available for free download on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Visit the Video Resource Centre for a video to support logging on to Seesaw at home.
Google Classroom is the online platform used from Years 3 - 6. The children log-on with their individual username and passwords, which have been sent home in their Reading Records. The children often use this log-in information in school, either when using their school Chromebooks or during their Computing lessons.
Each year group has their own Google Classroom which can only be accessed by the children and staff members from that year group. At school, the Google Classroom is accessed on a browser but at home, the free app can be used. The app is available via the Apple App Store and through the Google Play Store.
Visit the Video Resource Centre for a video to support logging on to Seesaw at home.
Spelling Shed (accessed through the EdShed website) is used by children from Years 1 - 6 to practise 10 weekly spelling words. All classes have a weekly spelling lesson where the weekly words and spelling rule are introduced. These words are to be practised at home in the Home Practice exercise book and, if the children wish to practise further, more practise can be done through the EdShed website.
Children can complete the activities on a mobile phone, tablet or computer with internet access completely free of charge.
Alternatively there are Spelling Shed and Maths Shed apps available to purchase and download through the Apple App Store (The Spelling Shed app is also available through Google Play and the Amazon app store). Each app costs £2.99 each or both apps can be purchased as a bundle for £4.99. The content can be downloaded and the students can complete the activities offline.
Please use the links below for more information.
Times Tables Rockstars is used by Key Stage Two (Years 3 - Pre-Secondary) to improve speed and fluency across all the times tables. Each child has an individual log-in (found in their Reading Record) and this can be accessed via the TTRS website or using the free app.
It is recommended that children play little and often - a few minutes a day is more effective than 30 minutes once a week.
For further information, watch the information video below or read the attached parent/carer information letter.
NumBots is used in EYFS and Key Stage 1. It is all about every child developing understanding, recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction, so that they move from counting to calculating.
It is recommended children play for at least 3 minutes, 4-5 times a week.
The programme compliments what your child is learning and focusses on securing any gaps in their knowledge, before moving them onto the next challenge.