This week’s favourite things!
Links to ideas, activities and support for children and families during lockdown.
Curriculum Linked
- BBC Teach: Home to thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and subject
- Craft Council – School resources
Tech Linked
- Online cyber security & computer science education
- Computing curriculum online
- Microsoft platform for developing programming skills by quickly creating and modding retro arcade games
- Barefoot – Home learning
- Side Quest – Design your own video game
Activities, Crafts and Fun
Torre Abbey – Young People’s Lockdown Photography Competition
- Making the most of the outdoors around you
- Drama workshops for primary and secondary
- Early Arts creative ideas for families and schools
- Inspired indoor activity from the Scouts
- Crafts Council – Craft for Home School
- Into Film – Best family films to stream at home
- Medium – Simple and fun non-screen activities
- Literacy Zone’s Book of Hopes
- Theatre Alibi – Things for Now
- IKEA furniture forts
Arts & Culture
- Online theatre and dance
- Sadler’s Wells Theatre
- Getty museum Challenge
- Royal Shakespeare Company – Live lessons
- From Lockdown with Love
- Royal Opera House – Learning Platform
- Bristol Plays Music – Let the music play
- Get Creative 2020
- Into Film – Competition
- At Home With Nature, Somerset
- Rambert Home Studio
- Young People’s Trust for the Environment
- Unicorn Theatre – A free streaming theatre for children aged 3-8
- Kneehigh
- Ancient Mariner Big Read
- Contains Arts – Challenges to do at home
- The Box, Plymouth – Creative curriculum
- Real Ideas’ Future Make Challenges
- Hall For Cornwall – Home is Where the Heart Is
- Bristol Museum and Art Gallery – Weekly themed activities
- Artist Darrell Wakelam – #ArtJumpStart
- Above Bounds – Activities for families
- Little Angel Theatre – Puppetry fun
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra – Summer activities
Links to articles providing thoughts and support for home schooling: