Learning
Here we provide lots of resources, tips and advice from across our partner organisations to help you support your child’s learning, whatever their age and interest, at home or school.
Here are some links to some good resources categorised by curriculum subjects to enable you to find what you need easily.
Art and design
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Jo, who is a mum, PTA member and artist has created a YouTube channel for kids that aims to get kids drawing and having fun. It teaches them how to draw simple, colourful animals.
English
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The Reading Agency is a national charity that tackles life’s big challenges through the proven power of reading.
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Chatterbooks Reading Clubs were launched by The Reading Agency to encourage literacy in young people.
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Sign up for a free weekly bulletin and receive critical thinking resources perfect for children to enjoy alone, with siblings or with parents.
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Head4Arts is a new free bilingual storytelling app designed to support literacy and enjoyment of reading is now available for English-speaking parents whose children attend Welsh medium schools.
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PhonicsPlay. Lots of information for parents about phonics including what exactly they are, how it is taught in UK schools and suggestions for helping pre-schoolers prepare for learning phonics. The subscription service is currently free.
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Pobble provides a picture a day to inspire your children to write creatively.
Geography
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Your child can use this site to explore exciting stories behind weather and climate careers. It’s supported by novel-style cartoons, curriculum-linked activities and worksheets to bring learning to life.
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Free and fun downloadable activities and online games and quizzes for kids.
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Votes for Schools have created this presentation to help start a discussion on fast fashion and its effect on the environment.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)
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A selection of free resources and guidance that can be used at home to provide daily sessions for learners from Years 7, 8 and 9.
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The Brainbox series of games are designed to help improve observation and memory skills.
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Free activities to help parents help their children feel good about numbers.
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Number Rumbler is a family card game developed with children by the charity Maths on Toast. When you play you’ll be having fun, your child will be practising their times tables, and developing their number sense.
Physical Education
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Dance class with Strictly Come Dancing stars Oti Mabuse and Marius Iepure. Great live routines for the whole family to learn and have fun with some of the greatest hits.
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The Body Coach, Joe Wicks offers lots of free exercise classes for children on his YouTube channel for children of all ages. Joe aims to inspire and energise the kids to get active, bounce around and have fun.
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Specialist resources aimed at improving children’s physical and sports skills.
Relationships, Health and Sex Education
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Fastn has put together a guide on talking to your child about dependable relationships. A child’s perception of a healthy relationship is based on their experiences as well as media stereotypes of what is considered‘ideal’. This guide helps to explain what your child will be learning in school and how you can empathise with their views.
Financial Literacy
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Money Heroes is a free and fun financial education programme for teachers, parents and anyone working with primary aged children (3–11). Access an extensive range of engaging resources designed to help improve children’s financial capability.
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A fun first step into the world of business, for primary pupils (5–11) to imagine what business they could create with just a £5 note. They complete activities such as creating a business name and logo, doing market research, planning their products/service and presenting a sales pitch to someone in their house.
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Secondary students can imagine, remotely research and plan a business that starts with a hypothetical £10, creating the logo and a sales pitch along the way!
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If you are working to improve young people’s understanding of money, high quality resources are a great place to start. Here you will find tools and Quality Mark resources produced by Young Enterprise and the organisations they support.
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Aiming to get children and young people aged 3 – 19 excited and interested in financial matters. A fantastic opportunity for young people to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence in money matters to thrive in society.
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Education specialists offering advice on almost anything relating to financial education, enterprise and employability.
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Money Heroes is a free programme from Young Money, supported by HSBC UK, which seeks to transform financial education for primary-aged children.
Cross curriculum
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Online resources categorised by key stages specific to each nation, with free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes by level and subject for children and parents.
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The BBC has put together a fantastic selection of programmes and videos to support your children, covering everything from literacy to fitness.
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s4c have put together Welsh language programmes for younger children, and links to educational games and stories.
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Over 40,000 curriculum-aligned resources for everyday use, completely free and created by teachers. Offering information across a broad range of subjects from maths to art to languages, for every year group from Reception through to Year 10, with a specific section for parents.
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Lots of free resources and games for primary-aged children.
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An early intervention service for parents in Northern Ireland. They offer some excellent advice for parents and schools in developing their child’s skills across a number of learning and development areas.
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Free online resources for students at all levels, with some emphasis on GCSEs and A Levels, with the opportunity to pay to access more.
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Information and worksheets and an email with daily tips. Free 14-day trial available.
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Miss V: a teacher for parents. Free daily tips and advice for parents and a variety of fun learning packs for children ages 3–11 years in the online store. Use the discount code PARENTKIND20 in the online shop to gain 20% off your purchase.
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Take a look at a wide selection of educational videos on lots of topics. Their strapline is Stay Curious and they offer sections for students, parents and teachers.
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This not-for-profit organisation uses creativity to empower and inspire children and young people. Their accessible resources help to support families, teachers and children.
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Virgin Media has put together a list of some of the best educational TV shows to help parents easily find useful educational resources for all ages, including structured lessons and practical advice.
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Catch up on parent training and webinars to support your knowledge of schools, education and how to support learning. -
One of the best and easy ways to help children learn is by playing games. Playing the right sort can inspire your child to learn and gain confidence in lots of subjects but also develop critical soft skills too, such as patience and communication. -
Taking care of your child’s (and your own) mind and body is so important. The following links to specialist advisory organisations should help you to support your child’s emotional, mental and physical health.
