Helping your child with their learning

Working in partnership with parents is vital to children fulfilling their potential.

Please take time to read with your child and to your child – it is the most important thing you can do to help them with their learning. Don’t stop when they become independent readers – ask them questions about what they are reading or share a book together, reading alternate chapters.

Sometimes parents/carers are concerned that the methods used in school to work out mathematical calculations are not the same as the ones used when they were at school. To help overcome this problem, we have produced a Calculation Policy, explaining the methods used at Bishop William Ward. We also invite parents in to see how the children are being taught. One thing that hasn’t changed is learning times tables. The new curriculum expectations are that all children have learned their times tables to 12 x 12 by the time they finish Year 4.

We are now using Times Tables Rock Stars! Click the logo to be taken to the site.

Click the links below for times tables games and activities:

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=HitTheButtonv10

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpeedChallenge

http://www.what2learn.com/home/examgames/maths/subtraction/

http://www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html

In school we use the online software Purple Mash. The children have their own logins, so they can play the games & complete many other educational activities. Click the link below to take you there.

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/thebishop-co6

Click here to view our ‘Four Rules Policy’ . This is a document that explains how your child will be taught each of the four mathematical operations throughout their time in school.

Here are some other websites that you might find useful when helping your child with their learning:

www.oxfordowl.co.uk

Reading and phonics support

www.playtalkread.org

Ideas to support your child’s learning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

BBC – video clips and activities for all ages

Home learning ideas during school closure:

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ – Video lessons with activity sheets for Years 1-8

https://sciencebob.com/category/experiments/ – Science experiments. Adult supervision may be required!

https://www.3dgeography.co.uk/geography-topic – Geography learning. Try to link with the curriculum maps from the school website (http://www.bishopwilliamward.net/learning/curriculum-maps/), or just follow you child’s interest!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/horrible-histories – Horrible History! Again, you can try to link to what your child has learned/will learn in History by looking at the curriculum maps

http://www.pobble365.com/ – Writing. A daily picture to inspire and suggestions for writing tasks.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise – Music resources, games and ideas.

https://purplewatermelon.co.uk/ – Challenges, mindfulness, learning resources

https://www.thephilosophyman.com/brainsqueezers – Questions to develop thinking skills

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ – Phonics games

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time – Telling the time game (scroll down)

https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/coin-cruncher/ – Money game

https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/springcroft-primary-school/UploadedDocument/915522a464444cfa96a70bc9bdaee45d/ultimate-ks2-maths-sats-organiser-y6-daily-mini-videos-puzzles-for-y5.pdf – KS2 SATs style problems with links to video tutorials on YouTube

More useful websites:

www.essex.gov.uk

Information about schools in Essex and much more

http://talesoftheroad.direct.gov.uk