At Beckfoot Priestthorpe, we believe children will be more successful when home and school work together. Please explore below for a variety of resources that can help develop your child’s skills and knowledge outside of the classroom.
Homework
At Beckfoot Priestthorpe we provide homework to enable children to practice their learning from school in their home environment. Homework tasks provide children with the opportunity to revisit school learning to help them know more and remember more. Reading is a key part of homework, research shows that children who have a reading age that matches their chronological age are more likely to achieve well in school. As children progress through school, homework expectations increase; this prepares our Year 6 children for secondary school.
Our Learning Apps
We use a range of Learning Apps in school, which can also be accessed at home. Please use the links below to practice key skills.
Times Table Rockstars is an award-winning maths learning platform where children can practice their times tables like a rock star! Certificates can be achieved every Thursday for the children who have made the most progress in terms of the biggest increase in accuracy that week. We also run in school competitions.
Accelerated reader will allow children to read a book and then take an online quiz to test their knowledge and understanding of the text, and receive immediate feedback. Students respond to regular feedback and are motivated to improve their reading skills.
Spelling Shed uses the science of spelling to teach it to pupils. Using phonics as a base and drawing upon proven approaches such as teaching morphology, etymology, and orthographic mapping, as well as teaching spelling patterns.