Year 4, 5 and 6 Suggested Websites and Activities
Websites
Switcheroo Zoo – www.switcheroozoo.com Watch, listen and games to learn all about amazing animals.
Nat Geo for Kids – www.kids.nationalgeographic.com Learn all about geography and fascinating animals.
Into the Book – www.reading.ecb.org Go ‘into the book’ to play games that practice reading strategies!
ABC YA – www.abcya.com Practice math and reading skills all while playing fun games.
Fun Brain – www.funbrain.com Play games while practicing maths and reading skills.
Highlights Kids – www.highlightskids.com Read, play games and conduct cool science experiments.
The kids should see this – www.thekidshouldseethis.com Wide range of cool educational videos
Crash Course Kids – www.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids A range of videos on many different subjects for kids
Behind the News – www.abc.net.au/btn/stories A kids news show
Oxford Owl – www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for–home A range of English and Maths for all ages.
Scholastic – https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html resources across all learning areas
Read Theory – https://readtheory.org/ Parents will need to sign up. A range of reading comprehension
Study Ladder – https://www.studyladder.com.au/?lc_set
Some suggested activities(These can be done at least once a week. Some like maths and reading should be done |
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| Maths
Measure the area and perimeter of each room in your home. Draw a map of your home and neighborhood, timetables |
Cooking
Cook favourite meals together, write down the steps to create a recipe or recipe books. |
Design a board game
Design and make a board game. Create rules and all the resources needed. Play the game with your family. |
| Times Tables
Create times table flash cards, time how long each times table takes to say out loud
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Write a diary
Keep a written or video diary of your days at home with you family |
Build
Build cubby houses inside and out, build Lego, build with boxes etc. |
| Craft
Sewing, knitting, croquet, pom poms, |
Sensory Play
Make slime, follow different slime recipes online, experiment with consistencies and simple variables like glitter and colours etc |
Get outside and play
Create obstacle courses, kick balls at different targets, can you get the ball into the smallest bucket?, skipping |
