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NCEA Castle School Logo
  • Our School
    • About Castle School
    • Values and Ethos
    • Curriculum
    • Reading
    • Religious Education
    • Assessment
    • Accreditation
    • Meet our Staff
    • Facilities
    • Careers and the World of Work
    • Visiting Professionals
    • Governance
    • NCEA Trust
    • Work For Us
  • Key Information
    • Policies
    • Statutory information
    • Admissions
    • Pupil Premium
    • Sport Premium
    • Safeguarding
    • Anti-bullying and e-safety
    • SEND
    • GDPR
  • Parents/Guardians
    • Letters and Newsletters
    • Term dates
    • Uniform
    • School Timetable
    • School Meals and Menus
    • School Transport
    • Ofsted Parent View
    • Severe weather
  • Home Learning
    • Evidence for Learning
    • Home Learning Gallery
  • Contact Us
NCEA Castle School Logo
  • Our School
    • About Castle School
    • Values and Ethos
    • Curriculum
    • Reading
    • Religious Education
    • Assessment
    • Accreditation
    • Meet our Staff
    • Facilities
    • Careers and the World of Work
    • Visiting Professionals
    • Governance
    • NCEA Trust
    • Work For Us
  • Key Information
    • Policies
    • Statutory information
    • Admissions
    • Pupil Premium
    • Sport Premium
    • Safeguarding
    • Anti-bullying and e-safety
    • SEND
    • GDPR
  • Parents/Guardians
    • Letters and Newsletters
    • Term dates
    • Uniform
    • School Timetable
    • School Meals and Menus
    • School Transport
    • Ofsted Parent View
    • Severe weather
  • Home Learning
    • Evidence for Learning
    • Home Learning Gallery
  • Contact Us

General Resources

Home Learning
  • General Resources
  • Jigsaw Therapy OT Activities
  • Home Learning Gallery
  • Evidence for Learning

Useful Websites

  • The Department for Education (DfE) have put together an initial list of online educational resources to help children to learn at home.
  • Department of Education SEND specific online educational resources to help children learn at home. 
  • Northumbria Healthcare has developed a ‘Home Book of Feelings and Thoughts’ to help children to manage how they feel about the pandemic.
  • The Sensory Projects have also collated a list of useful resources/websites for use at home.

Click on the tabs below to see resources and ideas for each area

Live Streams

 9.00am Daily  P.E. @thebodycoach  or The Body Coach TV 
10.00am Daily Play ideas for children – Facebook
10.30am Daily Singing Hands – Twitter
11.00am Daily fine motor skills – Facebook  or YouTube
11.00am Story time with David Walliams 
11.30am Daily Dance with Oti Mabuse – Facebook or YouTube
1.30pm Daily Dance with DDMix – Facebook 
2.00pm [Tues/Sat] Musical Fun with Soundabout –Facebook 
2.00pm [Mon/Thurs] Sensory activity sessions with Sensory Spectacle –Facebook
2.00pm [Tue/Thurs] Massage Stories –Facebook
4.00pm [Mon/Wed/Fri] Stories with Positive Eye – Facebook 
All day, every day! – Edinburgh Zoo Web Cams  

PMLD/Sensory

TACPAC are offering set 5 for free please go to and at the checkout add the code 8Q7A3TXS
Home learning activity ideas for sensory learners 
Story Massage 
Sensology example 
Sensory Play Activities
Sensory ideas/recipes

Physical/Movement

Daily fitness session with the Body Coach 
Cosmic Kids Yoga
Go Noodle
Super Movers!
Patty Shukla on Youtube – Familiar songs and exercises 

Music

Singing hands
Soundabout 
Sing Up 

Cookery

Fun Little Foodies – Download a free activity cookbook
BBC Good Food– A range of fun recipes for families and children

Some more easy recipe ideas to try at home…(Click to enlarge)

ICT

SENICT – Lots of free and accessible resources
Help Kidz Learn
Crick Software – Free access to schools to Clicker Software
50 ideas for simple switch and low tech

General Learning Websites

Twinkl – Twinkl is opening its website up to parents for free during the school closures. Codes for access: CVDTWINKLHELPS or UKTWINKLHELPS
Mrs Mactivity
Primary Stars Education – Free learning resources for maths KS1 and KS2
Teacher’s Pet – They have created a range of free home learning packs for EYFS, KS1 and KS2
Oxford Owl – A great range of free online resources – You can access a range of free online E-books
Phonics Play –  Free online phonics resources and games
Alphablocks and Number blocks  – Educational videos, games and resources online to help with learning numbers and letters
Teach Handwriting – Handwriting resources including: videos, printable worksheets, games and information
Teach your monster to read – Covers everything from letters, sounds and reading full sentences. Free on the computer –  Small charge for the App.
Topmarks – A great range of free online games
CBeebies Bedtime Stories 
National Council for Special Education
Sunningdale School – Home activities
Chatterpack 
TTS – Activity Packs
Driver Youth Trust – At home activities
World Book Online
Oxford University Press – Oxford Owl for Parents 
SEN Resources Blog – Ways to learn through play at home – YouTube videos

Home Learning

  • General Resources
  • Jigsaw Therapy OT Activities
  • Home Learning Gallery
  • Evidence for Learning

Contact Us

01670 844322

admin.cs@castle.ncea.org.uk

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Northumberland Church
of England Academy Trust

Castle School, Academy Road,
Ashington, NE63 9FZ

01670 844322

admin.cs@castle.ncea.org.uk

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