Online Stories and Learning Activities

Online Stories

You can find lots of lovely interactive books to read online at BookTrust
Books for Topics have compiled a host of online story times for children to access freely from home. And what’s more they are all read aloud by their author or illustrator at Storytime Online
Listen to Maz Evans, one of our favourite authors, talk about her new book VI SPY
Read the first chapter of The Ghost Garden by Emma Carroll; another one of our favourite authors!
Listen to online sessions from well known authors like Frank Cottrell Boyce as part of the Stratford Literary Festival Authors For Schools project
Author Piers Torday will be hosting Lockdown Storytime every weekday at 2.30 p.m. on his YouTube channel.
Head to BookTrust Home Time for lots of fun book related activities for the family to enjoy.
Author S F Said will be hosting a live twitter chat every Tuesday from 2.00 – 3.00 p.m. use the hashtag #whatSFSaid You can also watch SF’s session from Barnes Childrens Literature Festival here
Tune in every day to the National Literacy Trust Virtual School Library to hear a new instalment from their author of the week.
The Bookwanderers Club is back every other Friday at 10am and will feature three different author segments as well as a reading round up and a bookseller top tip.
A Library Lady blog has updated her very comprehensive list of resources to help children enjoy books at home.

Learning Activities

Learn at home with lessons by special guest teachers at Bitesize Daily on BBC iPlayer
Daily lessons will also be broadcast on CBBC and BBC2 from Monday 11th January. Find out more here
The National Literacy Trust Words For Life page has lots of activities to help parents, children and young people improve their language, literacy and communication skills at home
Parents, pupils and teachers can access free video lessons and resources at Oak National Academy
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) have a bank of free teaching resources available to download from their website
CLPE also have a bank of author, illustrator and poetry videos ideal for home learning
Read the latest DFE guidance on remote education for teachers here

Wellbeing

Keep children safe online with this free app from National Online Safety
Join The Princess in Black in the fight against Coronavirus!
Listen to Winnie and Wilbur Stay at Home by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul on YouTube
You can find lots of easy art projects to try at home using materials from your recycling at ArtJumpStart
Become a fake news detective and try out some fun activities with the NewsWise family resource pack
Visit BBC Bitesize for some useful tips for parents on managing your own wellbeing during lockdown
The National Literacy Trust has a range of free resources for parents and carers to support this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week on their website.
BBC Teach also has a range of resources for primary and secondary teachers to support Children’s Mental Health Week