Online Learning Platform
The Westhaven Way
Subject Resources
English
Audible – https://stories.audible.com/
A range of free audio books now available
Classroomsecrets – https://classroomsecrets.co.
Free resource packs for each year group to help pupils learn from home
PhonicsPlay – www.phonicsplay.co.uk
A site packed with interactive phonics games, pho
TypingClub – https://www.typingclub.com/ Learn touch typing for free online
Tips-for-Parents_Carers-to-help-with-READING-and-WRITING
Football fun activity pack (English / Maths / PSHE)
Art
Lower School
Caterpillar Crunch Playdough Recipe / Colours everywhere / Edible Chocolate Playdough Recipe / EYFS-Home-Learning-Pack / Oranges and Lemons Playdough Recipe / Porridge Oats Playdough Recipe / Soft and Silky Playdough Recipe / Sensory activity cards / Spaceship porthole craft / Cardboard tube rocket craft / Hand and foot print alien craft / Paper plate flying saucer craft / Space theme picture craft / Space theme mindfulness colouring / Textured Aromatherapy Playdough Recipe
Middle School
Computing
GCSE and Computer Science Resources
GCSE and Computer Science various videos about different computing components
https://www.youtube.com/
GCSE and Computer Science various theory and video resources. User name: bs234ut Password: computer5 – https://www.teach-ict.com/
Computing Units to earn Duke of York certificates. This requires self sign up (school cannot recover passwords etc). Choose and work through units of choice. Work on bronze award first. – https://idea.org.uk/login
Cyber Security resources – https://www.
IT Resources
Typing practice – https://www.typingclub.com/
Programming Resources
Hour of Code – https://hourofcode.com/uk/
Virtual Microbit coding, including tutorials – https://makecode.microbit.
Create music – http://sonic-pi.net/
Defold is used to create games. The software needs to be downloaded and there are tutorials here – https://defold.com/
Various KS3 Computing aspects – https://www.advanced-ict.
Trinket programming and tutorials – https://hourofpython.com/
Computational Thinking Resources
Bebras challenges – https://challenge.bebras.uk/
Digital Literacy
Be Internet legends questions, quizzes and games – https://beinternetawesome.
Digital Literacy and Citizenship resources (age appropriate) – https://digital-literacy.
D&T
Tinkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making. Email Mr Humphreys if you wish to use this. (Years 10 & 11 already have log-ins)
Learn by Layers: https://www.learnbylayers.com/basic-plan/
3D printing tutorials free during closures
Focus Educational: https://www.focuseducational.com/
Specifically for Science & Technology.. Allowing free access
James Dyson Foundation: https://bit.ly/2U1kPye
Challenge cards for science & Technology activities which students can can do at home.
Food and nutrition
Food home learning / Board game template / Board game example
Super Yummy, Simply Delicious snacks
Recipes
Sandwich wrap / Mac & cheese / Scones / Pizza wheels / Ratatouille / Cheese straws / Oodles Noodles / Can-Can Fish Pie /
Year 10
Term 6 – Task 1
Middle School Food and Nutrition Term 6 Task 1
Recipes: Ragu Sauce / Naan Bread / Croque Monsieur
Term 6 – Task 2
Middle School Food and Nutrition Term 6 Task 2
Recipes: Potato Wedges / Royal Rice / Easy Veg Frittatas
Upper School
Online learning platform to boost workplace skills: https://theskillstoolkit.campaign.gov.uk/
New Immersive Career Experiences
The “Live & Online” Series: Film-Making. Computer Science. Law. International Politics. Architecture. Entrepreneurship.
Maths
Useful Maths Websites for Parents / Carers
Maths is Fun: www.mathsisfun.com
Easy to search for explanations and worked examples. ‘Your Turn’ assessment questions available for most topics.
BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/
KS 3 and GCSE topics covered in plain English with worked examples. Self-assessment tests available in most sections.
My Maths: www.mymaths.co.uk
This website provides a comprehensive menu of structured lessons, self-marking homework and review tasks. A good selection of interactive whiteboard activities and maths games are available. Lessons can be searched by NCL, Foundation or Higher tier topics.
username: Westhaven / Password: square
eMaths: http://www.emaths.co.uk
A large selection of resources and investigations for teachers and pupils. SATS and GCSE past papers are available to download from the students section.
Mr Barton Maths: www.mrbartonmaths.com
An extensive library of teaching resources, including ready-made Tarsia activities. Links to ‘the best maths websites in the world’, video tutorials and a link to the site from where you can download the Tarsia jigsaw software (http://www.mmlsoft.com/index.php/products/tarsia).
Pupil pages provide a host of reference material and podcasts, including a 374 e-book (pdf file) containing everything you need to know about GCSE maths up to A* grade. Download and view on screen rather than print it out! Easy to search using Adobe reader.
NRICH: www.nrich.maths.org
A free resource bank of rich mathematical tasks including teaching notes and solutions, designed to get pupils applying and extending their reasoning skills.
Subtangent: http://www.subtangent.com
A collection of investigations, printable resources, links and online maths games.
Transum: http://www.transum.org
Amongst other resources, has a useful ‘starter of the day’ page.
Count On: http://www.counton.org/resources
Amongst a host of resources, this site contains downloadable sets of ‘Summer Numeracy’ activity worksheets (originally designed to bridge the transition from KS 2 to KS3) that will help build confidence in pupils performing below national expectations.
Also includes comprehensive lesson plans and guidance notes.
Classroom Timers: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/
Topmarks: www.topmarks.co.uk
Maths Bot: www.mathsbot.com
5 a day: www.corbettmaths.com/5-a-day/
Maths Frame: www.mathsframe.co.uk
Maths Playground: www.mathsplayground.com
Bar Modelling with Thinking Blocks: https://www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html
Times Tables Rock Stars: www.ttrockstars.com
username: Westhaven / Password: Maths
URBrainy: www.urbrainy.com
Cool Maths 4 kids: www.coolmath4kids.com
The Mathematics Shed: www.mathematicshed.com
Bowland Maths: www.bowlandmaths.org
Hegarty Maths: www.hegartymaths.com
Money Sense: https://natwest.mymoneysense.com
Sumdog: www.sumdog.com
Whiterose Maths: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/
French
LinguaScope – www.linguascope.com Login: westhaven / Password: 20twenty
Duolingo – www.duolingo.com Free access to online language learning – more than 30 languages available!
Humanities
Music
Pupils were given individual logins. For lost passwords please email Mr Burgess.
PE
5 minute workouts for kids with the Body Coach’s Joe Wicks on YouTube.
PSHE
Y10 Bristol: Wheel of strength / The Five Ways to Wellbeing / PSHE Home Learning Y10 Bristol / Transition 1 / Identifying Change / Celebrity stories
Speech and Language
https://sltforkids.co.uk/blog/
Westhaven Choir
Other Resources
Oak National Academy – online classroom and resource hub. The Academy offers 180 video lessons each week for schools to use, across a broad range of subjects. The lessons cover children in Reception through to Year 10 and are free to use by both teachers and young people.
Taskmaster – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT5C7yaO3RVuOgwP8JVAujQ
Alex Horne, the Taskmaster, to make self isolating and social distancing slightly more bearable with #HomeTasking.
GoNoodle: Videos and activities for kids / Word eBook / Twinkl – Enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS / PhonicsPlay – User: March 20 – Password: home / ChatterPack Home Learning resources / WidgitOnline – free access for 30 days / Reward chart for merits / Coronavirus social story / Kooth – Free, safe and anonymous online support for young people / Xenzone – online mental health services for children, young people and adults / Free celebrity classes for kids / Mental health and wellbeing guidance / Craft ideas 1, 2 / Review 100: Social media review writing competition / Education otherwise – Guidance for parents / Online safety advice / Coronavirus – a book for children by Elizabeth Jenner, Kate Wilson & Nia Roberts, illustrated by Axel Scheffler / Covid-19 Time Capsule / Resources to support children, young people and parents at home / 100 things to do indoors / Homeschool History Podcast/ Parenting during COVID 19 pandemic / Parenting during COVID 19 pandemic Poster / Mrs Hazell’s here to help! / School nurse poster COVID / Cat in the hat poster / Lucy’s in lockdown / May Half term activities / Network Rail safety talk / Bristol Water educational website / … /
Museums
- The Louvre: You don’t have to book a ticket to Paris to check out some of the famous pieces in the world’s largest art museum. The Louvre has free online tours of three famous exhibits, including Egyptian Antiquities.
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: The works of Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Jeff Koons, and Franz Marc are just some of the 625 artists whose work are a part of the Guggenheim’s Collection Online.
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Move at your own pace through the 360-degree room-by-room tour of every exhibit in the museum.
- Van Gogh Museum: You can get up close and personal with the impressionist painter’s most famous work thanks to Google Arts & Culture.
- Getty Museum: Los Angeles’s premiere gallery has two virtual tours, including “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry,” which is a closer look at food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
- The Vatican Museum: The Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica, and Raphael’s Room, are just some of the sites you can see on the Vatican’s virtual tour.
- Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum: Madrid’s must-see art museum has the works of some of the continent’s most celebrated artists like Rembrandt and Dali available online.
- Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: Six virtual exhibits are available online from this museum named for the “Mother of American modernism.”
- National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City: Dive into the pre-Hispanic history of Mexico with 23 exhibit rooms full of Mayan artifacts.
- British Museum, London: The Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies are just a couple of things that you’re able to see on a virtual tour of the museum.
- NASA: Both Virginia’s Langley Research Center and Ohio’s Glenn Research Center offer online tours for free. Also, you can try some “augmented reality experiences” via The Space Center Houston’s app.
- National Women’s History Museum: Have a late International Women’s Day celebration with online exhibits and oral histories from the Virginia museum.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: Though the Met Gala was cancelled this year, you can still have a peak at the The Costume Institute Conversation Lab, which is one of the institution’s 26 online exhibits.
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta: This museum’s popular online exhibits include “Civil Rights Photography” — photos that capture moments of social protest like the Freedom Rides and Rosa Park’s arrest.
- Detroit Institute of Arts: Mexican art icon Frida Kahlo is the focal point of two of the four available online exhibits.
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Golden Age of Dutch art is highlighted in this museum which includes the work of Vermeer and Rembrandt.
- National Museum of the United States Air Force: You can’t take a ride in Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidential airplane, but you can check it out, in addition to other military weapons and aircraft, online in the Air Force’s official museum.
- MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art): New York’s extensive collection is available for view online.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The 16 virtual exhibits include a special section on 21st Century Designer Fashion.
- Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. https://my.matterport.
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Zoos and Aquariums
- The Cincinnati Zoo: Check in around 3 p.m., because that’s the time the Zoo holds a daily Home Safari on its Facebook Live Feed.
- Atlanta Zoo: The Georgia zoo keeps a “Panda Cam” livestream on its website.
- Georgia Aquarium: Sea-dwellers like African penguins and Beluga Whales are the stars of this aquarium’s live cam.
- Houston Zoo: There are plenty of different animals you can check in on with this zoo’s live cam, but we highly recommend watching the playful elephants.
- The Shedd Aquarium: This Chicago aquarium shares some pretty adorable behind-the-scenes footage of their residents on Facebook.
- San Diego Zoo: With what may be the most live cam options, this zoo lets you switch between koalas, polar bears, and tigers in one sitting.
- Monterey Bay Aquarium: It can be Shark Week every week thanks to live online footage of Monterey Bay’s Habitat exhibit.
- National Aquarium: Walk through tropical waters to the icy tundra in this floor-by-floor tour of the famous, Baltimore-based aquarium.
Theme Parks
- Walt Disney World: Set aside some time, because there’s plenty to see here. Virtual tours you can take include Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Epcot, just to name a few. There are also unofficial YouTube videos that feel just like you’re on famous rides like the Frozen Ever After ride, It’s a Small World, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, and Pirates of the Caribbean.
- LEGOLAND Florida Resort: The Great Lego Race and Miniland USA are just two of the attractions you can check out in a virtual tour of the park.
- SeaWorld Orlando: The virtual tour of Seaworld includes a tour of Discovery Cove and the option to”ride” the steel roller coaster Mako.