Kids' Zone

This section of the website is to provide helpful links that children can utilise at home.

Parents can also use this to help their children in their studies as well as make their own research to understand the curriculum being delivered by the school.
Click the links below to be taken to the respective sites:

KS1 Bitesize KS2 Bitesize

Here is a quiz made by one of our own children targeted at KS2 children. Try it out here: Beech Hill Quiz

Typing Club

Home Learning page

Computing

Disclaimer

Below are all the computing work that year groups have done. Here you will see all the links and units that each year group has completed and or is still in the process of learning. Please note that these links lead to a 3rd party website and we are not responsible for what you view on the website or responsible for what pops up so please keep that in mind, we have scanned through the websites and they all seem kid friendly but please have a responsible adult to pre open the links before having a child go onto them as sometimes websites can be prone to change that many not be suitable for viewing, if that is the case please alert the Beech Hill IT team and we will be sure to remove the link (do this by calling Beech Hill Primary front office and asking for one of the IT team members).

Kapow – websites/software used in each unit.

YEAR 1

Unit – using a computer

Sketchpad – Draw, Create, Share!

Paint – Microsoft Store Apps

Unit – programming beebots

Bee-Bot Online (terrapinlogo.com)

Unit – Algorithms unplugged

What is an algorithm? – BBC Bitesize

What are computer bugs? – BBC Bitesize

What is decomposition? – BBC Bitesize

Unit – Digital imagery

Google Photos – Apps on Google Play - can be downloaded for use on smartphones and tablets

Entertainment & Search Engines Safety – Internet Matters- link for parents information

Unit – Intro to data

JIT5 (j2e.com) - Free access with google or Microsoft office account

Unit – internet safety

What is the internet? – BBC Bitesize

Smartie the Penguin | Childnet - story about online safety

Digiduck’s Big Decision | Childnet

YEAR 2

Unit – programming Scratch Jr

Here are the options to access ScratchJr:

To work on a laptop/desktop (Mac or PC), download the free desktop app from here.* Scratch JR for Desktop | Open Source Community Port (jfo8000.github.io)
To work on a tablet, download the free app from either the Apple or Google Play storeTo work on a Chromebook, download from the Google Play ScratchJr – Home

Unit – word processing

edclub (typingclub.com)

* This is a link for direct free access to the TypingClub activities webpage. Please use a computing device that has a keyboard and access it via an internet browser such as Chrome or Safari. Select the UK version from the flag icon at the top of the website.

Unit – Internet safety

Unit – Data handling – Space stations

ISS Virtual Tour 1.0 (esa.int) - virtual online tour of a space station*

ISS Kid Zone (nasa.gov)*

Explore Mars: A Mars Rover Game | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids*

ESA – Space for Kids – learn*

International Space Station on UStream | NASA

Sketchpad – Draw, Create, Share! * **

* These are external websites and we do not have control over their content – please check before showing them to the children.

** Sketchpad can be accessed in an internet browser such as Chrome or Safari on any laptop/desktop (Mac or PC), tablet (Apple or Android) and Chromebook.

If using on a Tablet, then ideally, you would use something with a mouse or touchpad.

Unit – Creating media- stop motion

JIT5 (j2e.com) – free animation app with google or office sign in

Parents can Download and install the Stop Motion Studio app onto childrens’ tablets: ‘Android’and ‘Apple’
Note – Stop Motion Studio contains in-app purchases (that are not required) Make sure that tablets are set up so that pupils cannot make purchases via this method.

YEAR 3

Unit – Programming scratch

Scratch – Imagine, Program, Share (mit.edu)

*Scratch can be used in an internet browser such as Microsoft Bing, Microsoft Edge, Chrome or Safari and on ‘Android’ or ‘iPad’ tablets and Chromebooks – an extension can be found ‘here’. Although Scratch is recommended for educational purposes and is used in many schools, it is an external website and we do not have control over its content.

Projects | Computer coding for kids and teens | Raspberry Pi

Robot Bop on Scratch (mit.edu) – program a game

Storytelling on Scratch (mit.edu) – program an animation

Unit – Online safety

What are facts and opinions? – BBC Bitesize

Own It – A place to help you boss your life online – Own It – BBC

Upsetting social media content: Seen something scary online? Tips to deal with upsetting content – Own It – BBC

Places to get help – Own It – BBC

Need answers? – Own It – BBC

Play the Thinkuknow Band Runner game – Own It – BBC

Unit – Emailing

Unit – Video trailers

7 camera shots and angles to use in filmmaking (futurelearn.com)

iMovie on the App Store (apple.com)- free app

Unit – Databases

Creating and understanding charts and graphs – BBC Bitesize

Working with data – BBC Bitesize

YEAR 4

Unit – Internet safety

Unit – website design

Google Sites – where you can create a webpage online using html ( pupils will be learning to use this site in lessons. this is an external website and we do not have control over its content – please check before showing it to the children.

Unit – Investigating the weather

World Temperatures — Weather Around The World (timeanddate.com) this is an external website and we do not have control over its content – please check before showing it to the children.

Make your own weather station – Met Office

Unit – The internet- HTML

Wanted (trinket.io) * To access this free Trinket HTML project, there is no need to log in or create an account. Please access the free project in an internet browser such as Chrome or Safari on any laptop/desktop (Mac or PC), tablet (Apple or Android) and Chromebook. The pupils will be doing a lesson on this but they can access from home to have another try. . this is an external website and we do not have control over its content – please check before showing it to the children.

Tell a Story (trinket.io) * To access this free Trinket HTML project, there is no need to log in or create an account. Please access the free project in an internet browser such as Chrome or Safari on any laptop/desktop (Mac or PC), tablet (Apple or Android) and Chromebook.

How do you spot fake news? – CBBC Newsround

Unit – Collaborative thinking – pupils are using google classroom to create and share google documents, google forms, slides and spreadsheets.

Unit – Computational thinking – pupils are using scratch activities in this unit

Pattern Recognition 2 on Scratch (mit.edu)

Scratch – Imagine, Program, Share (mit.edu)

Square on Scratch (mit.edu)

Code with Anna and Elsa – Code.org this is an external website and we do not have control over its content – please check before showing it to the children.

Introduction to computational thinking test questions – KS3 Computer Science Revision – BBC Bitesize

YEAR 5

Unit – Online safety

When emojis go bad – Own It – BBC

Why you should always ask permission before posting pictures of your friends – Own It – BBC

Places online to help you Own It – Own It – BBC

Places to get help – Own It – BBC

Unit – Stop motion animation

Stop Motion Studio – Apps on Google Play

Stop Motion Studio on the App Store (apple.com)

Unit – Search engines

Unit – Programming microbits

Overview | micro:bit (microbit.org)

Microsoft MakeCode for micro:bit (microbit.org)

Unit – Data handling Mars rover 1

Mars Exploration Rovers – NASA Mars

Unit – Mars Rover 2

Mission Updates | Mission – NASA Mars Exploration * These are external websites and we do not have control over their content – please check before showing them to the children.

Student Video: Mars in a Minute: How Do Rovers Drive on Mars? | NASA/JPL Edu

Student Video: Mars in a Minute: What Happens When the Sun Blocks Our Signal? | NASA/JPL Edu

YEAR 6

Unit – Bletchley park

Unit – Bletchley park Part 2

Unit – Online safety

Upsetting social media content: Seen something scary online? Tips to deal with upsetting content – Own It – BBC

Social media photos and ownership: how to make sure people don’t use your photos on the internet – Own It – BBC

“Someone posted my image on an inappropriate website!” – Own It – BBC

What do we mean by ‘digital footprint’? How much information does the internet know about you? – Own It – BBC

Unit –Online safety part 2

Why do people bully? – Own It – BBC