Sidegate Primary School
Seize Opportunity, Create Success
English
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Phonics - Year R & Year 1
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A special performance for you! 'I want my hat back' by Jon Klassen (13th April-26th April) Phonics Fairy sound: h, h, I want my hat
Handwriting - in Year R & 1 pupils are encouraged to join graphemes as they are taught them in phonics lessons. From Year 2 to 6, pupils are expected to join all letters.
Spelling - National Curriculum words
Grammar
Useful websites:
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Audible Stories Kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.
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CBeebies Bedtime Stories A different story read each night just before bedtime.
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Education Endowment Foundation Support Resources for schools and parents
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Elevenses with The World of David Walliams one free audio book reading is available to listen to every day.
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Free Children's Classics Here are some classic children's books, free to read or listen to.
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Free Ebook Everybody Worries by Jon Burgerman
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Harry Potter at Home Lots of reading and creative activities linked to the Harry Potter books and films
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Learn Live Stories being read to children by teachers
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Life is Better When We Read Together To help support teachers, students and parents to 'Keep the UK and Ireland reading', we are offering access to thousands of enhanced digital books through myON and articles from myON News.
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Oxford Owl for Home Help your young child learn to read, and love to read, with our eBook library, containing over 100 free eBooks. Our eBooks have been developed for children aged 3–11, to teach them to read using phonics.
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Primary Bitesize Revision of KS1 and KS2
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Scholastic Learn at Home Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video.
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Teach your monster to read The groundbreaking game that makes learning to read fun • Covers everything from letters and sounds to reading full sentences. • Designed in collaboration with leading academics. • Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools. • Computer version is 100% free.
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The Book of Hopes and Dreams National Literacy Trust
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THINKWRITTEN 300 FUN WRITING PROMPTS FOR KIDS: STORY STARTERS, JOURNAL PROMPTS & IDEAS
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Toy Theater Make learning a blast! Toy Theater is an online game website for kids, chock full of interactive games aimed at KS1
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Poetry by Heart (KS2) A wide selection of poetry covering different topics
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The Day newsletter A daily newsletter for parents and carers at home with children, helping to enrich learning with real-world knowledge and skills.
Online Resources relating to Reading for Pleasure (RfP)
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Reading for Pleasure Resources A useful collection of resources to help children to enjoy books at home.