Cheltenham Virtual Science Festival 2020

Due to the coronavirus situation the Cheltenham Science Fesitval has moved online this year becomes the 'virtual' Science festival. Click here to access their videos.

STEM Learning

To help parents and guardians engage their children in their learning activities, STEM Learning have produced some resources suitable for those aged from 4-16.

 

On 5th May they launched a selection of free curriculum-linked science lessons for pupils and parents to support home teaching. Covering a range of topics, these lessons are remote-delivered and can be accessed at any time of the day. Suitable for all ages, the lessons help improve subject knowledge and understanding. Click here to access the lessons.

 

Click here to see short videos from STEM Ambassadors; they includes Exploding rainbows, Blast Off Rockets and How do they feed? Bird Adaptations.

 

Click here for Starters for STEM, 10 activities that parents can use at home to help children develop their  science, technology, engineering and maths skills. Theses activities are easy to resource and provide children with the stimulus to talk about the world around them.  If you see a link you can explore how to extend these activities. You will need to sign up, for free, to access these materials. 

 

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Weather and Climate resources

 

The Teaching Times Report, a resource for teachers, has produced some free resources about the Weather and Climate which you may like to take a look at with your child. For reference, Minecraft is rated OK for children of 7+ years, depending on which version of the game they are playing, but as with any decision on media, the final say should be your own decision as a parent.

 

Weather Classroom Resource

It is important that pupils understand what weather is and appreciate that there is a difference between weather and climate. Weather can be described as what is happening now – whether it is hot or cold, raining or dry, sunny or clouded over. Click here to access the resource.

 

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Third Space Learning provide maths support to schools through access to downloadable resources on
the Third Space Maths Hub. Parents are now able to sign up for their own free Maths Hub accounts to
access all Third Space Learning's free resources.

 

Instructions on how to access school resources for your child can be found in the document below.

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Premier League Friday Family Challenge - Maths

Our friends at Kidderminster Harriers Community Trust have sent us information about a weekly initiative from the Premier League called the Friday Family Challenge.

 

Each Friday, Premier League Primary Stars will be helping families keep their children educated and entertained with the Friday Family Challenge. This week (3rd April) it's a Maths challenge which can be found via this link.

 

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