Ideas and Resources to Support Home Learning: English – Hethersett Woodside Primary and Nursery School

Regular phonics practise will really help with basic reading skills. RWI Phonics. Sounds. Sets One, Two and Three give you all the sounds in the order that we teach them.
Use these handy cards to practise RWI Phonics. Sounds. Sets Two and Three.
These word lists are a really useful resource when teaching different sounds.
Write a daily diary of what you have been up to at home.
Write clues for a treasure hunt around your home or garden.
Write a book review of a story you have just read.
Publish a book! Write your own version of your favourite story and make it into a mini book with drawings.
Write what you would like to be when you grow up and why? Or write a list of things you would like to be able to do when you are older. Can you make it into a poem and add some pictures?
Learn and practise spelling the ‘Tricky’ Red Words. Can you write them in a sentence?
Write a poem or a riddle.
Write ‘What am I?’ clues for someone to guess an animal or object.
Write a letter or email to a friend, family member, teacher or key worker. Email a photo of it or stick it up in your home window.
Make up your own game and write instructions for how to play it.
Set your child the challenge to write for a real purpose, from writing a letter to the local council to writing poems for greetings cards.

Starfall Education: Read online interactive stories and play various phonics games.

Letters and Sounds: Lots of resources and games for all stages of phonics learning.

Help your child learn to read with the Alphablocks programmes on cbeebies. Check out their Alphablocks Guide to Phonics.

BBC Supermovers: Videos with songs and dance routines to help with English grammar.

Premier League Primary Stars: To inspire football fans, try these home learning resources by The Premier League!