If your child has any issues accessing any of the learning apps please email office@cippenhamschool.org.uk for assistance.
Tapestry is a secure online Learning Journal used in Reception classes to record evidence of learning, staff observations of children busy at work all in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum. Tapestry will be used to build up a record of your child's learning experiences.
Parents and carers are given their own log-ins using their email and password.
Parents can see their children's learning in school and also add their own observations by adding a title photo's, videos and notes.
This app is used by children up to Phase 5 Phonics.
Bug Club is a reading program to help children become confident and motivated readers.
Each child has a personalized homepage where they'll find the e-Books they've been allocated by the teacher and motivating rewards.
To open a book just click on the one your child would like to read and it will open. You can choose to have the book read to your child or for them to read it themselves.
Throughout the book are 'bugs' to click on, there will be questions to answer to earn active points.
When the bug is answered return to the book to complete it.
This is used by students after reaching Phase 6 Phonics. The Reading Eggs program;
focuses on a core reading curriculum of phonics
sight words using skills
strategies essential for sustained reading success.
It completely supports children's learning at school and will help your children to make good progress whilst having fun!
Children love playing the games and earning rewards as they become fluent readers.
Numbots is a highly engaging platform to supports children's adding and and subtracting skills.
We use this with children from Reception through to the end of Year 2.
The focus is for each child to achieve a “triple win” of:
understanding addition and subtraction
recall of mental addition and subtraction facts
fluency of addition and subtraction
For most effective practice we suggest playing for at least 3 minutes a day, 4 or 5 times a week .
Times Tables Rockstars are used from Y3 - Y6.
Times Tables Rock Stars is a carefully sequenced programme of daily times tables practise.
Each week concentrates on a different times table, with a recommended consolidation week for rehearsing the tables that have recently been practised every third week.
Times Table Rock Stars is a fun and challenging programme designed to help students master the times tables.
To be a Times Table Rock Star you need to answer any multiplication fact up to 12×12 in less than 3 seconds!
Each child will be given a Rock Speed and Status based on how quickly they can answer questions and how many they can answer correctly.
The goal is for all participating rockers to practice daily.