Welcome to Resources4Learning.org

Welcome!

Hi there, and welcome to our slightly clunky, funky site ... and yes, we're a little bit geeky - one of our main specialisms on these pages is Computing!  [That said, have a dig around: some of us are also musicians; we also have some very useful help on planning timetables, subject workmix, and getting to grips with barriers to learning - and a growing stack of links to sites run by known, reliable teacher friends in other subject areas.]

This site is frequently updated.  More goodies arriving regularly.  Keep coming back.

We aim to provide a range of resources and materials to help parents handle the task of home educating children and relieve some of the anxiety and uncertainty.

The authors are providing the material here on a help yourself, "take what you need and use it" basis.  So be our guest, wander round, grab anything you find useful, save it to your computer, print it if you like, use it.

eSafety

The Internet and World Wide Web provide unrecedented access to information and learning materials; but there is also a darker, murkier side to the web.  At R4L we are acutely aware of this, so we have put some useful links in both the Useful Stuff and Other Sites pages of this site.

NEWS

TWO months into 2021 already...

• * * * L A T E S T * * * This week our GCSE Computing course is seeing some attention, the Computer Systems section is growing some new lessons, for example.   Well worth looking into.
• Recent news New in our KS3 Computing and Useful Stuff pages, some guidance on safety online.
• *** New for 2021 *** Over the first week or so of 2021 you'll see some useful notation and music theory stuff arriving over on the GCSE Music page.  Check it out!
• *** New at the end of last year *** R4L has a new page! funstuff check out Fun Stuff on the main menu - we thought we'd put something a bit more light-hearted into the mix, especially with the festive season now upon us.  Head on over and check it out.
• recent additions: In the KS3 Computing section, our Web Site Design course has grown several more new lessons, including an introduction to JavaScript.  Head on over and check it out.  Also very useful for GCSE students who haven't worked with HTML or JavaScript yet.
• The EYFS page has some interesting new links.
• Recently... In the GCSE Computing course, the Programming section now joins-up with another teacher's site offering a ton of excellent links to programming materials and resources.  Dive in, get coding!
• The Primary pages now have links to materials for Science, Music and Sensory Learning.  Well worth exploring.
• Our Other Sites page has just expaned enormously and seen a facelift.  Head on over and find some great links to ... other sites!  Go take a peek and see what some of our friends are offering.
• Our Key Stage 3 section also now has a page containing links to the National Curriculum suggested programmes of study for each subject.  Pop over to our new-look Key Stage 3 section and check it out.
• The Computer Systems section of our GCSE Computing course has seen some recent additions - check out Generally Useful Stuff towards the bottom of the page), as has our Other Sites page - not least here some information on exam centres when the time arrives (have to get booked-in by sometime in February).
• *** PRIMARY *** After half a night's work from our Webmaster, we now have a Primary Section!  At the moment mainly focused on helping you find your way around the National Curriculum (The Government Web site is a nightmare to navigate, so we've put all the links you need in one place!)  Other resources and a few materials wil appear in due course.
• Our GCSE Section now has pages for Music and Geography - these provide: a growing collection of useful respources (in the case of music); and some tips on answering the longer exam questions in Geography.   KS3 Music also contains all manner of goodies, both "taught" lessons, and just bundles of stuff to take away, play with, make some noise, and learn in the process.  Head on over, take a look.
• In the Useful Stuff link on the menu bar, we've just added some advice on tackling barriers to learning;
• Also in Useful Stuff you will find some helpful guidance on subject mix and timetabling at Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4.
• In the GCSE section you can find a useful introduction to GCSE Computing, and links to each of the exam boards, explaining what the courses are about.

Stay tuned! We are continuing to develop our selection of materials for Computing, ICT, Music.  ... and we won't be stopping there - the collection will continue to grow as our teachers either write new stuff, or continue to adapt their classroom materials for homeschool use.

We're on your side.

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Elsewhere on the Web

We will also be setting-up a sister site, with additional materials, at a very low cost (we appreciate times may be tough for a lot of people; we're making lots of good stuff available FREE here, and the "paid-for" site will be asking very small amounts for the additional materials there).

Our other sites page has a growing list of friends' learning sites, and sites recommended by us or our friends

For example:

Our friends at GCSE Revision Monkey have some excellent resources for Sciences.

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We're all in this together.