Useful Websites
We’ve put together a list of really useful websites with free games and activities that you can introduce to your child to supplement their learning:
BBC Spellits (Spelling games) (KS2)
BBC Bitesize (Spelling and grammar) (KS2)
Arcademic Skill Builders (Literacy and maths games) (KS1 & KS2)
Crickweb (Literacy and maths educational games) (KS2)
Kids Spell (Create your own spelling lists & games) (KS1 & KS2)
Fun Brain (Maths, reading and spelling games) (KS1 & KS2)
Learning Games for Kids (Spelling and word games) (KS1 & KS2)
Eduplace.com (Levelled spelling and vocabulary games) (KS1 & KS2)
PrimaryGames.com (Spelling rules, incl. vowels, blends, plurals etc) (KS1 & KS2)
ICT Games.com (Look, cover, check game) (KS1 & KS2)
The Times Spelling Bee (Listen to a word and spell it) (KS2) (14 day trial: £1)
Manythings.org (Aimed at ESL students but includes useful spelling & vocabulary games) (KS2)
Spelling city (Vocabulary and spelling interactive activities, printable worksheets, games) (KS2)
Historic Newspapers (Last year, the school was lucky enough to receive historical newspapers to use as a resource for a topic on World War 1)
Why should I play maths games with my child?
Children make progress best as mathematicians when they regularly repeat skills and practise them until they become embedded. This can be quite a long process sometimes, and so the use of the context of an exciting game or interesting activity can be highly motivating. In our experience, our children learn best when they are having fun and that's what games are for!
Internet-based Games relating to Times Tables Practice
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg4/Ghostblasters2006/ghost2006.swf
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg3/mwipe/mwipe.html
http://www.ictgames.com/rhoodbeyond10.html
http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/
Internet-based Activities relating to Number and Place Value
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/PG5/Decimal/decchall.swf
http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.html
End of Key Stage revision (designed for Schools in England/Wales):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
Parents advice
St Colman’s Primary and All Saints' Nursery, Annaclone, Banbridge, County Down BT32 5LS Phone: 028 4067 1363 Email: info@stcolmans.annaclone.ni.sch.uk