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Good resources for English and Maths

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yesitsuptome · 09/11/2019 11:37

I am an ex primary school teacher but have not taught in the UK for more than ten years. Because we are about to move abroad, I want to have the resources to teach my kids both English and Maths at home, but I'm out of touch with the UK curriculum and what good resources to use. My kids are 6 and 9, so I need resources with cover almost the entire primary phase (my 6 year old is still very much learning to read so I would like to start again at the beginning with phonics etc). Can anyone suggest some good English and Maths schemes that I could buy and use to teach my kids at home?

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crashcourseinbrainsurgery · 09/11/2019 11:59

If you want the program that covers UK NC abroad, best one I can think of is IXL. Covers from reception to yr13.

uk.ixl.com/

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yesitsuptome · 09/11/2019 12:15

Thanks a lot crashcourse. That's exactly the sort of answer I was looking for. Will check it out.

I don't really need the whole curriculum to be tailored to people who are abroad though, I am happy to use UK based resources too. I just mentioned going abroad to explain the context.

Will check out the link :-)

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yesitsuptome · 09/11/2019 12:22

Ok I've had a look at this now. What I was looking for more is a scheme I can teach them myself at home, more like what a teacher would use to guide them in class, rather than an online resource.

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MarchingFrogs · 09/11/2019 18:19

The actual programmes of study are here (but you have probably already looked at them?):

www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum

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Norestformrz · 10/11/2019 05:07
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yesitsuptome · 10/11/2019 09:46

Oh wow! Thanks guys. Yes I have looked at the National Curriculum, but I'm also looking for teaching resources to help me. I want to give the kids the best possible support I can, so looking for some good resources to guide me and them through the curriculum. The White Rose Maths is amazing! Thank you for that. I can see how I could work through that step by step and be sure my DS and DD are getting the right kind of questions and material. Can anyone recommend something for English? I'd be happy to pay for it if it's paid resources, either on or offline. Same for maths, I'd be happy to look at any supplementary resources or paid for schemes too.

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Caaarrrl · 10/11/2019 11:05

Class room secrets is great for maths. It follows the White rose small steps. It costs £45 for the year and gives you loads of maths questions and power points. It's differentiated 3 ways too. I highly recommend it. I'm a primary teacher

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yesitsuptome · 10/11/2019 14:44

Wow that's great Caaarrri. I'll check it out.

Can you or anybody suggest something good for English?

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RamsayBoltonsConscience · 10/11/2019 14:54

Classroom Secrets has a load of English (certainly GPS) as well

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Norestformrz · 10/11/2019 15:02

White Rose have their own resources which are £19.99 per year group as well as lots of free materials

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BringOnTheScience · 10/11/2019 15:36

Classroom Secrets and Twinkl are your friends. Twinkl is used a LOT in schools, perhaps too much.

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yesitsuptome · 10/11/2019 17:52

Thanks a lot everyone. It's really helpful. I remember when I was teaching (a looooong time ago) we used to get sets of books to follow for each year group, and in those days there was some publishers or schemes that were clearly much better than others. And I'm so out of touch these days I was wondering what kind of stuff is the best today. I'm loving the White Rose site though, that's incredibly helpful, and thinking about taking out a membership with either Classroom Secrets or Twinkle. Thanks a lot guys for the help.
Can anyone suggest some workbooks that might be good? Or maybe I can just pick up resources online and buy myself a printer :-)

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Norestformrz · 10/11/2019 18:23

I'd avoid Twinkl

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Norestformrz · 10/11/2019 18:25
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yesitsuptome · 10/11/2019 20:39

Thanks, that's helpful norestfrormz, those kinds of books can be useful, especially if they are matched to some planning, much appreciated...

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