Campie believes in children having time to relax, reflect and rest after a busy day in their learning environments. That’s why our Home Learning policy is geared towards short activities that can be achieved throughout the week.
Children will receive home learning from their class teachers on a weekly basis (this may begin the week after a new term).
P1-2 will take their reading books home to practise their sight vocabulary (key words) and phonics (sounds). P3 upwards will take home new spelling words and a reading target (sometimes with questions). Children should use look, count, cover, write and check three times and complete an additional Spell Well task which can be found here.
The Scottish Government has produced several documents to help parents and carers support Literacy at home. You can find this guidance here.
We appreciate if these activities could be signed by parents / carers.
These items are usually due on a Friday unless stated by their class teacher.
If you feel your child would benefit from extra practice there are a number of useful websites which have many fun and engaging learning games, here are an example of a few:
Top Marks – games for every area of the curriculum
abcya.com – lots of games on almost everything (american based)
Primary Games Arena – almost everything you can think of
Primary Homework Help – great for project work
Grid Club – all sorts of Social Studies and Science stuff
Kiddle – like Wikipedia but better, aimed towards kids and so much easier to read
Literacy
ICT Games – great for spelling, common words and phonics
Spelling City – fantastic customisable spelling games (sign up required)
Bitesize (Level 1) – from finding information to alphabetical order
Bitesize (Level 2) – super games for reading and talking and listening
LibriVox – free audio books
Storynory – more free audio books
Audio Book Treasury – even more audio books
50 Writing Ideas – some ideas for writing
Skillswise – literacy help aimed towards adults
Maths & Numeracy
ICT Games – lots of games for all areas of maths and number
Bitesize (Level 1) – some fab games on times tables and quick fire number puzzles
Bitesize (Level 2) – more great things from the BBC
Sumdog – games for maths and more (sign up required)
Hit the Button – number bond fun
Maths Centre Apps – fantastic apps that help with number understanding (numberlines, 10 frames, bead racks)
Maths Dictionary for Kids – explanation of maths and numeracy terminology
APlusMath – worksheets, flashcards and games galore.
Skillswise – maths help aimed towards adults
Education Scotland have produced a booklet which is full of ideas on how to promote mathematical thinking at home. Follow the link website to access this resource.
Science
Nasa – the official NASA website
Nasa Kids – find out about missions to Mars and if aliens exist here
Social Studies
National Geographic Kids – wildlife and geography facts to be found here
BBC History – interesting information from different parts of history, from Aztecs to the 60s
Technology
Kodu Download – amazing visual game creating environment
Kodu Game Lab – lots of tutorials and downloadable worlds
Scratch – a cool visual program language that will help you learn to code
Dance Mat Typing – learnt to touch type
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Accelerated Reader – SCHOOL USE ONLY