For the start of this year, we will be resuming Continuous Learning at home using the Seesaw Class App. A video guide to this can be found here. You will still get notifications via the Seesaw Family App, however, children will need the Seesaw Class App to upload work and follow teacher instructions. Please email your child’s class teacher with any queries.

Children will receive tasks each day and a morning welcome video posted to their journal. Children will also receive weekly ‘wellbeing possibilities’ – additional tasks and activities that children can choose to complete when or if they have time.

Finally, we will continue to expect children to read for 25 minutes (or more!) each day. In addition to physical books from the TBS library, you can find links to ebooks on the Continuous Learning page of our year group website. In particular, the Oxford Owl link gives free access to Book Band books (sign up required; video guide here).

Mr Alcock: aalcock@tbs.edu.np

Ms Cassar: scassar@tbs.edu.np

Ms. Ealy: vealy@tbs.edu.np

Mr Smith has put recordings of him reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (ongoing!) – all by JK Rowling, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O’Brien, I Swapped My Brother On The Internet by Jo Simmons, Matilda by Roald Dahl, Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo, The Twits by Roald Dahl, Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine, The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith and The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton on YouTube (roughly 1-2 chapters of each per video; the links are for playlists of videos).

You can find details of spellings and spelling patterns taught in Year 5 here.

Links and ideas to support learning at home:

• Earth School – 30 environmental quests to celebrate, explore and connect with the natural world. The quests can be undertaken in any order.

• Khan Academy – practice your coding or Maths

• STEM learning – a library of STEM activities to do in the home

• Science Kids – experiments at home

• The Ickabog – read J.K. Rowling’s new story online as it’s published

• Crash Course Kids – a range of educational videos focusing on science and engineering

• Cosmic Kids Yoga – new videos multiple times each week

• Play a Readings Eggs lesson – comprehension or spelling

• Art for Kids Hub – many drawing tutorials

• Linguascope – practise your world languages with the username ‘TBS’ and the password 20twenty

• Melody Signs – sing and sign with Makaton!

• TED-Ed – educational videos about everything

• Pobble 365 – a new picture and story starter every day for creative writing

• AutoDraw – pairing drawing with Artificial Intelligence

• Newsela – read news and adjust texts for different reading levels

• Coronavirus: A Book for Children from the Alex Sheffler, illustrator of The Gruffalo

• PE with Joe – daily live PE session on Youtube at 9.00 UK time (14.45 Nepal; 13.45 Nepal from Monday 30th March)

• Just Dance – search YouTube for new dancing opportunities

• Free ebooks on Amazon Kindle – check our list which was current as at 14/8/20. Prices may change in future.

• AudioElevenses – a daily read aloud with best-selling author David Walliams

• Oxford Owl – free ebook library for 3-11 year olds, including coloured book band ebooks (video guide here)

• Storytime Online

• Story Time From Space

• International Children’s Digital Library

• World Book Day Storytime Online

• Literacy Shed for creative writing ideas and inspiration

• White Rose Maths Home Learning – this site supports TBS’s and Maths No Problem’s approach to learning concepts

• Chatterpack – a list of online, free, boredom-busting resources

• Kids Activities Blog – a list of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closures