Home Preparation
London Grid For Learning - LGFL
All of these programs are available free using your child’s USO and password. If you are not sure what it is please ask your child’s class teacher.
Just type in www.lgfl.net into your web browser address bar.
Some other useful websites or apps to use at home are
Oxford Owl
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-school – With this please click on class login then use one of the usernames and passwords for your year group.
You will then have access to over 300 eBook’s to read and listen to online where ever you are. This includes a number of favourites from Oxford Reading Tree, Tree Tops, Read with Biff, Chip and Kipper to name a few.
J2E
www.j2e.com – This is an online area where your child can create and edit a variety of things. This can be used on a computer or used through an iPad or tablet by downloading the app. Your child’s work is completely secure as it can only be accessed via their USO. Work can be carried out at school, edited at home and vice versa. They can create movies and documents using this very easy suite of tools.
FUN BRAIN
Since 1997, kids, teachers, librarians, and parents have enthusiastically turned to Funbrain for its free educational games, online books, and comics. Funbrain, created for kids’ ages preschool through to 14 years, offers more than 100 fun, interactive games that develop skills in math, reading, and literacy. Plus, kids can read a variety of popular books and comics on the site, including Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Amelia Writes Again, and Brewster Rocket.
STAR FALL
http://www.starfall.com/ – Learn to read with phonics
PURPLE MASH
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/Heathfieldacademy – Purple Mash is an online learning environment. Here children can create, design and share a number of projects. Children can access their work from home, or create at home to share at school. This is a cross curricular tool and has something for all areas of the curriculum.
