Our Teachers' Recommended
Learning Resources
For Homeschooling
We have compiled a list of some useful homeschooling resources, recommended by our teachers, that will help support your family when homeschooling day to day.
Dash Home Learning Institute is an online education provider for Music, offering a convenient way for your child to learn and progress through music lessons from the comfort of your home. With Dash Home Learning, you are able to select your lessons, be matched with a teacher and begin your musical journey. With plenty of instruments to choose from, they will help your child achieve their musical goals.
Choose from a range of music lessons, including:
- Piano
- Guitar
- Drums
- Vocals
- Mixology
- Music Theory
- Saxophone
- Song writing
- Ukulele
- Violin
and more!
LearningResources.co.uk provide a huge variety of free, fun and engaging downloadable activity sheets and games suitable for KS2 and under. Their website also includes useful tips for parents, weekly homeschooling planners and much more.
Oak National Academy have partnered with the National Literacy Trust to create a Virtual School Library which is completely free to access. Each week, they feature a popular children’s author/illustrator to provide free books, exclusive videos and reading recommendations.
BBC Bitesize have now launched online lessons, offering three new lessons each weekday, including videos and activities for Primary aged 3, through to Post School 16+.
They also have a free online learning scheduleto help you plan your child’s homeschooling for the week.
Oxford Owl is a site packed full of useful tips and activities to help parents support their child’s education. You will find lots of free reading activities, including some maths resources too, for Year 6 and below.
Pluralsight is an online platform that offers over 350+ computer science courses for children aged 13 and over. Their courses cover major technology topics such as software development, IT operations, cyber security, UX/creative design, and project management. They are currently offering their courses free of charge for the whole of April, so it’s the perfect time for pupils to up-skill in this area.
Joe Wicks, otherwise known as “The Body Coach“, is a British fitness coach. He is a huge advocate for promoting the importance of exercise, and using it as a tool to help us feel happier, more energised and optimistic.
It’s important that we keep active and motivated when schooling from home. During lockdown Joe offered daily Live P.E. lessons on YouTube. Joe’s P.E. workouts are fun and designed to get the whole family involved.
Dekko Comics turn education into pure entertainment, covering a variety of topics across the Key Stage 2 Curriculum.
Using a combination of visuals, storytelling and humour, their comics help engage a wide audience of children, and they have proven to be especially helpful for children with dyslexia, autism, ASN and more.
Dekko Comics is all about turning education into pure entertainment, helping to break down any motivational barriers and also make it a lot more accessible to children who struggle with conventional teaching structures and methods.
They have over 144 comic teaching stories, plus extra materials, and they are now all available online for FREE during the COVID-19 period.
Rhymingmulitsensorystories.com offers a range of free resources to support children with Special Education Needs, including a library of FREE downloadable multi-sensory stories & poems and blogs with SEND homeschooling tips and ideas.
Multi-sensory stories immerse the listener by telling a story using words and sensory stimuli (story props). The stories include prop guidance, all featuring low budget items that can be found around the home and classroom. Exposure to sensory stimuli, (story props), engages the learner with new experiences to calm and alert their sensory system in a safe, therapeutic and fun environment helping them to understand the world around them.
All stories are adapted to meet a range of abilities and needs from curious pre-schoolers to teenagers with complex needs.