Life Skills

During our time at home, Summerswood is keen to support children to learn life skills that will be beneficial throughout their life. Below this section is a PDF version of the sheets.

Below are some links to musical activities from singing to body percussion workshops. Have fun and let your teachers know how you get on! 

Sing Up: https://www.singup.org/home-schooling 

Songs and resources/activities organised into 4 different age categories to access and sing along to at home.

Beat Goes On: https://www.youtube.com/user/OllieTunmer 

Body Percussion workshop on every day at 11am for aged 7+. No need for any equipment

BandLab: https://learning.inclusivemusic.com/courses/bandlab-for-schools-free-covid-19-edition 

Fancy becoming a digital musician? This amazing software is currently free while homeschooling, and will treat you to an introductory course in Music Technology!

Singing Hands: https://www.youtube.com/user/SingingHandsUK 

Free Makaton signing with all of your favourite songs.

Home learning information

These activities are for you to use as you choose; if you have other ideas to keep the children learning – please go ahead and do these and keep track of their learning so we can share it when we are all back in school together. The learning we are sharing is not ‘new learning’, they are activities we are revisiting to embed the learning that has taken place so far this year.

Message from Joe Wicks

Starting Monday 23rd March I'm going to be hosting a free workout aimed at kids LIVE on my YouTube channel.

With the schools closed and with us all spending more time at home, it's more important than ever that we keep moving and stay healthy and positive.

Exercise is an amazing tool to help us feel happier, more energised, and more optimistic. 

The workouts will be fun and suitable for all ages and even adults can get involved.

You don't need any equipment, just tune in to my YouTube channel at 9am each morning for a 30-minute, fun workout.

We understand that you might not know where to start when planning the day for your child to complete their home learning grids. We have uploaded an example of a timetable which you can adapt to meet your own needs.

Free websites to use

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-owl/reading 

https://www.funbrain.com/

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

https://www.storylineonline.net/

http://bedtimemath.org/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

https://www.ictgames.com/

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/

*Teachers will update their class pages with websites which link with the topic and specific learning which has been taking place in class.