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Welcome to BarmingPrimary School

Barming Primary School is a 2 form entry primary school on the outskirts of Maidstone. It is a co-educational school for children aged 4 to 11 years old. There are currently 411 children on role.

A Message from the Head of School

Barming Primary School has so much to offer. Everyone is welcome and children are encouraged to flourish and achieve their goals. Come and find out what we are all about!

Orchard Academy Trust

Barming Primary School is an Academy and is part of the Orchard Trust family of schools. The Trust currently consists of Allington Primary School and Barming Primary School.

Last Week's Attendance:

Reception 87.7%
Year 1 89.1%
Year 2 89.8%
Year 3 89.9%
Year 4 83.6%
Year 5 93.9%
Year 6 96.8%
Whole School - 90.5%

Year 2

Home Learning for Year Two children:

All activities are suggestions; please adapt to suit your child, giving support where ever it is needed.

Keep learning fun and practical, have lots of breaks and rewards for completing any set tasks.

If you have a garden then use it as much as possible! Work outside and make the most of the sunshine!

Remember read to your child and encourage them to read to you every day (for at least 10 minutes).

For phonics based de-codable books, please sign up to the Oxford Owl website which has free e-books.

You don’t need a printer - any words/sounds/equations you might need just write them down on paper.

Most importantly – please don’t stress……do an activity and then take a break...just like we would in school!

Home Learning Opportunities:

Reading:

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 – Read for 10 minutes a day.

Here some activities that your child/ren can work on at home.

Learn the Year 2 Common Exception Words.

Practise your phonics – Phase 5 and Phase 6

Try the ICT games for English and Maths

Read a book together online

Download and print the Year 2 Home Learning Pack.

What else can parents do when there’s no school? Online learning from home offers children opportunities to develop and learn new skills at the touch of a button. There are heaps of awesome online learning platforms that can be accessed at home, including Pobble 365.

However, screen time for the entire length of the school day can have a negative effect on children's wellbeing. So here are some non-screen activities you could do at home…

Here are 25 fun and meaningful ideas to choose from:

How many different words can you make from the letters in this sentence, below? Grab a pencil and paper and write a list!
‘Learning from home is fun’
Thank a community hero. Think of someone that helps you in some way and write a short letter to thank them.
Get building! You could build a Lego model, a tower of playing cards or something else!
Can you create your own secret code? You could use letters, numbers, pictures or something else! Can you get someone else to try and crack it?
Start a nature diary. Look out of the window each day and keep note
of what you see. Birds, flowers, changes in the weather, what else?
Hold a photo session. Use a camera or a mobile phone to take some snaps. What will you photograph? Your pets or toys perhaps?
Build a reading den. Find somewhere cosy, snuggle up and read your favourite book!
Use an old sock to create a puppet. Can you put on a puppet show for someone?
Make a list of all the electrical items in each room of your home. Can you come up with any ideas to use less electricity?
Design and make a homemade board game and play it with your family.
Do something kind for someone. Can you pay them a compliment, make them something or help them with a task?
Can you create a story bag? Find a bag and collect items to go in it that relate to a well-known story. If you can’t find an item, you could draw a picture to include.
List making! Write a list of things that make you happy, things you’re grateful for or things you are good at.
Design and make an obstacle course at home or in the garden. How fast can you complete it?
Can you invent something new? Perhaps a gadget or something to help people? Draw a picture or write a description.
Keep moving! Make up a dance routine to your favourite song.
Write a play script. Can you act it out to other people?
Read out loud to someone. Remember to read with expression.
Write a song or rap about your favourite subject.
Get sketching! Find a photograph or picture of a person, place or object and sketch it.
Junk modelling! Collect and recycle materials such as yoghurt pots, toilet rolls and boxes and see what you can create with them.
Draw a map of your local area and highlight interesting landmarks.
Write a postcard to your teacher. Can you tell them what you like most about their class?
Draw a view. Look out of your window and draw what you see.
Get reading! What would you most like to learn about? Can you find out more about it in books? Perhaps you can find a new hobby?