Resources to use at home

Reading

Daily phonics lessons on Youtube, please click here.

Ruth Miskin is streaming three, short Speed Sounds lessons for you to use with your child at home every weekday on the YouTube channel.

Each lesson is ten minutes long and available for 24 hours.

Speed Sound Activity Sheets

The following website provides materials to practise reading and writing the sounds and words introduced in the daily videos as well as others your child will have been learning in school.

Click here for: Speed Sound Practice Sheets and other resources

At the top of the web page there are links for Set 1 (for pupils in Nursery and Reception) and also advice and resources to support parents.

Reading Books

Apply the sounds with a linked reading books. These are the books in the colour bands that your child brings home from school, as well as all the books we use in school phonic lessons. They are all now available free online.

Click here for: Free e-books linked to the phonic sounds

You will need to register for a free account to access these books. It is easy to do, just click on the link on the website above.

Dough Disco

Follow the link to Youtube and take part in this fun activity daily to support your child’s fine motor skills and physical development.

Nursery Rhymes

Follow the link to the BBC website and share these animated nursery rhymes with your child.

Lockdown learning at home

Follow the link to join the Numberblocks, Alphablocks and friends learning together.