Secondary specific resources
As well as working with schools, The
Education People and Children's University staff are committed to
supporting children, young people and their families with home
learning and enrichment opportunities.
We appreciate that this is an
uncertain time for families but we hope that these home learning
resources help you enjoy your time with your children, even in
times of social distancing, self-isolation and possible
lockdown. Making happy memories, whilst learning during this
time, will be very important to all.
These links have been given to us by
a variety of partners including The Education People Advisors,
Children's University Managers, Learning Destinations, libraries
and partners such as Secondary School Improvement
advisors.
This section of our website will be
updated each day so do come back every now and then to see what's
new. Do click on the subject links on the left tab for
more specific resources available to schools and families.
Kent County Council service
update: Coronavirus is currently affecting some of our
services across the county. For more information, check the
individual service updates here
These resources
have been supplied to us by the Secondary School Improvement
service from The Education People
The Education People's home learning
resource for English Key Stage 3
- The Secondary School Improvement Advisors have produced a PDF
containing useful Key Stage 3 curriculum links for home learning
opportunities. You can find that resource here.
- This revision resource has been
recommended by Secondary School Improvement Advisors to cover all
relevant Key Stage 3 subjects.
English (Key Stage
3)
- IXL
Standards for all year groups:From phonics and
reading comprehension to writing strategies and more, IXL helps
learners develop the communication skills needed for success in
school, university and career.
- Writing tasks - All Creative Writing (Key
Stage 3)
- 200 Word Challenge -
examples of work;
supporting photographs
and 25 minute descriptive
task
- Dice Game
- Photo box descriptions 1 / Photo box descriptions 2 / Photo box descriptions 3 / Photo box descriptions 4
- Photo prompts
- SHOW don't tell
- SPAG
- Upgrades - Feedback -
Tasks
- Vocabulary
English (Key Stage 4)
- GCSE literature (Key Stage 4)
- Lord of the Flies
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Poetry
- General and mixed
- Shakespeare
- AIC
resources
- ACC
resources
- IXL
Standards for all year groups: From phonics
and reading comprehension to writing strategies and more, IXL helps
learners develop the communication skills needed for success in
school, university and career.
The Education People's home learning
resource for Maths Key Stage 3, 4 and 5
- The Secondary School Improvement Advisors have produced a PDF
containing useful Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 curriculum links for home
learning opportunities as well as advice for
teachers. You can find that resource here.
Maths (Key Stage 3)
- IXL
Standards for all year groups (for Key Stage 1 to
4)
- Gain fluency and confidence in maths! IXL helps students master
essential skills at their own pace through fun and interactive
questions, built in support and motivating awards.
Maths (Key Stage 4)
- AQA - Further Mathematics resources / Mathematics
resources
- OCR - Further Mathematics resources / Mathematics
resources
- Pearson - Examiner reports
Science (Key Stage 3)
French (Key Stage
3)
Geography (Key Stage 3)
History (Key Stage 3)
Spanish (Key Stage 3)
Other support
materials include:
BBC Teach lesson
plans for secondary-aged young people
- Whether you're at home or at school, you can use BBC Teach for
free. The website is home to thousands of free curriculum-mapped
videos, arranged by age-group and subject.
BBC Teach live lessons for secondary-aged young
people
- Bring your subject to life with interactive lessons featuring
some of the BBC's biggest brands and presenters. Subjects
include English, Maths, Science, PSHE and more
Bright Educational Consultancy's reading planner
(suitable for all ages)
- Here are some Reading Activities in the form of a planner
Bright Educational Consultancy thought would be helpful to share or
add to packs. Filled with fun things to do around reading during
school closure.
Cambridge University Press
- The Press has made all Academic higher education textbooks free
to access online. All 700
textbooks published and currently available in HTML format
on Cambridge Core can now be accessed free until the end of May,
regardless of whether they were previously purchased. We are also
providing free access to research related to the coronavirus. The
Press plays a global role in education and research and shares its
University's mission to contribute to society through its work.
Sharing that research can play an important role in tackling shared
threats such as this.
More than 80 relevant book chapters and journal articles are
available, drawn from journals including Epidemiology &
Infection; Prehospital and Disaster Medicine; Infection Control
& Hospital Epidemiology, and from Animal Health Research
Reviews, among others. Future articles will be added to the
collection once they have been published.
Creativity Cures
- They invite younger generations (suggested ages of between
4-18) to pick up any 'mark-making' tools you may possess
around the home; from raw, synthetic art materials, digital
graphics, even textiles, and use them to create something
that conveys your feelings, captures your emotions, brings you
joy, communicates positivity, unites us, extends peace and
increases hope to everyone in the world right now!
Culture Street (Key Stage 2 and
3)
- Culture Street has instructions for things like animation,
films about museums and galleries, interviews with artists.
Department for Education home learning
resources
- Online educational resources for schools and parents to help
children to learn at home.
Hodder Education
- Teaching and learning solutions for UK and international
schools and colleges, through print and digtial resources and
expert-led events.
Hodder Education: Free
resources
- To help teachers, students and parents as schools close,
we are offering customers, who have bought our print textbooks, the
equivalent Student eTextbooks, free for one year. Organising this
free access is simple. Schools just need to
contact their local Sales Consultant or our
Digital Support Team.
Home Learning Packs from
Stonewall
- At such a difficult and uncertain time, Stonewall knows that
education staff, parents and carers are facing unprecedented
challenges. However, it's at times like these that we can come
together to help each other. That's why Stonewall has launched a
series of home learning packs. Whether you're a teacher sending
work home for your students, or a parent or carer looking for some
activities for your child, these packs are for you. There's a
primary, secondary and SEND version of each pack, complete with
suggested activities and supporting materials to support your
child's learning:
- Creativity learning pack: The
creativity packs include a range of activities with curriculum
links to art, computing, DT, English, music,
PE and PSHE.
- Different families learning
pack: The Different families packs include a range
of art, English and computing activities for Primary, Secondary and
SEND pupils.
- English activities learning
pack: The English packs include a range of
activities with curriculum links to art, history, geography, music
and PSHE.
- Frida Kahlo learning pack: The Frida
Kahlo packs include a range of art, English and computing
activities for Primary, Secondary and SEND pupils.
- LGBT history learning pack: The
LGBT history packs include a range of art, DT, English, history,
music, science, PSHE, PE and computing activities.
- Maths problems learning
pack: There's a primary, secondary and SEND
(P-Scales) version of each pack, complete with suggested activities
and supporting materials to support your child's
learning. Pick and choose the activities to suit your
child.
icanbea
-
Take a virtual tour around these businesses to get an
idea of what it's like to work there!
The 360 degree tours were produced for key businesses in the
Ipswich area and funded through the Ipswich Opportunity
Area project. Now kindly released for general viewing,
the tours are a great way to explore these
employers using photography, sound and video.
Kent Association of Headteachers
(secondary)
- Curriculum Linked Learning Resources
*The resources listed here are all free (some may have paid
options included).
They have not been quality-assured by KAH. Schools will need to
make local decisions about the validity and appropriateness of the
resources.
Some are websites and apps that you might recommend to parents
and carers; others have useful resources that you might include in
the materials you provide to support home learning.
If you would like to share resources that you have found useful
with other schools please email them to support@kah.org.uk and
we will upload them here.
Kent Association of Headteachers
(multi-age)
- Curriculum Linked Learning Resources
*The resources listed here are all free (some may have paid
options included).
They have not been quality-assured by KAH. Schools will need to
make local decisions about the validity and appropriateness of the
resources.
Some are websites and apps that you might recommend to parents
and carers; others have useful resources that you might include in
the materials you provide to support home learning.
If you would like to share resources that you have found useful
with other schools please email them to support@kah.org.uk and
we will upload them here.
Oxford Internation AQA
Examinations
-
OxfordAQA has put together a collection of useful
resources to support OxfordAQA schools teaching remotely due to the
coronavirus pandemic. The list below contains
resources from both OxfordAQA and from external providers, and will
be updated frequently, so do check back regularly.
Safeguarding considerations for lone working (link
specific to schools)
- This NSPCC resource highlights the safeguarding implications
related to lone working with children and young people.
Speakers for Schools
- Speakers for Schools give hard to reach students access to top
opportunities, including through vitrual talks and virtual work
experience opportunities.
TeenTech City of Tomorrow
- TeenTech City offers students aged 8-13 the opportunity to
apply their knowledge of science, technology and engineering to
create their City of Tomorrow where no ideas are too big and
everything is smarter, kinder and safer than before.
- You'll join us for a Live Build introduction session on the
Tuesday at 10:00am where we'll set the challenge (1 hour)
- Your child (or children) will have a couple of days to design
their building, and construct a model (using recycled materials)
You can submit their ideas, and photographs of their model,
online.
- You'll then join us again on Friday at 10:00am for a Live
Feedback Session with industry experts who will answer questions
from your child and provide feedback on their projects!!
TeenTech Innovation
Sessions
- TeenTech Innovation Sessions offerstudents aged 11 - 18,insight
into world-class organisations and the opportunities that lie
within them. We are now offering these sessions online and each
session will be hosted by a leading TeenTech sponsor or supporting
company.
- You can ask questions, develop your own solutions to global
challenges and learn more about different careers.
- Sessions include: Wednesday 13th May - 10am - Dallas
Campbell - Space and Monday 18th May - 10am - Rolls Royce.
TES home learning
resources
- TES has created this page to facilitate the sharing of free
resources and information on coronavirus, as well as anything that
might help support teachers, schools and students during this time,
such as revision material, home packs and self-guided study
material.
For other careers, enterprise, skills and
employability specific materials please click
here.
