Computing at St Peters
Welcome to this ICT page at St Peters.
Your child has their username and passwords for Lexia, Mathletics, and Purple Mash in their contact book.
Internet Safety at St Peters
The world of technology continues to rapidly advance and, wherever as such wherever possible, we need to help the children in our care stay safe when using computers, laptops, i-pads, tablets etc.
At St Peters we take this responsibility seriously and have in place a number of policies and procedures to help our pupils explore the world of computing. We want them to learn about the benefits but also educate them as to how to manage the risks.
As part of this responsibility, you will find guides for parents, an e-safety video and links to further information on our e-safety page.
Online Resources
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Lexia Core 5
To access Core 5, click on the link above, enter the teacher email below, then enter your child's unique login details.
Teacher Email for setup only - support@stpetersinfants.co.uk
Lexia Core 5 is an online programme that helps children develop their reading skills, by focusing on the 6 core areas of reading – phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension and structural awareness.
Each student follows a personalised learning path, moving through a variety of levels. Their progress is constantly monitored and adapted based upon the responses they give. The programme can give immediate corrective feedback and additional targeted instruction if required.
Important! Please allow your child to work independently at his or her own pace. Provide encouragement, but don’t give away the answers - it is important that your child learns at their own pace, able to fully understand what they are doing before they move to the next level.
A good minimum target for Lexia is to complete level 1 by the end of year R, Level 2 to 5 during year 1 and levels 6 to 9 in year 2.
Certificates are awarded at the end of each level and are issued in school on a Friday, those children that have completed a level will be mentioned in celebration assembly and have their name added to the weekly celebration newsletter.
Your child individual login can be found in their blue contact book.
To access Mathletics, click on the link above, click on the sign in button, then enter your child's unique login details.
Teacher Email for setup only - support@stpetersinfants.co.uk
Mathletics is a web-based learning programme that integrates home and school learning via the Internet, using a unique username and password - which can be found in your childs blue contact book. It allows children to develop their mathematical understanding in a fun and exciting way and to work at their own pace in their own time.
Each child has their own Student Centre which keeps track of their awards, scores and progress, they have a customisable avatar which they can buy additional items of clothing with the credits that they make from completing challenges. Children love the Live Mathletics games where they have 60 seconds to answer as many question as possible in time quizzes with other children from around the world. They can also work their way through a variety of curriculum based topics with step by step instructions and mini quizzes.
Certificates are awarded for use, with the focus on consistency. A bronze certificate is awarded for earning 1000 points in a week - depending upon the activities chosen this can achieved as with as little as 15 mins work, but easily within an hour. A silver certificate is awarded for 5 weeks of 1000 points, and a gold if they have done 20 weeks of a 1000 points.
Certificates are given out on a Friday, with your child being mentioned during celebration assembly and their name added to the celebration newsletter.
Please check out the user guide below which gives you a detailed look at the Student Centre.
Purple Mash - http://www.purplemash.co.uk/stpetersinf
To access Purple Mash, click on the link above and enter your child's unique login details.
Purple Mash is an exciting and safe online environment where children can get involved in all sorts of creative projects to support their learning in English, Maths, Science, Computing, History, Geography, RE, Art, Music, and Design and Technology. This award-winning website for nursery and primary school children enables children to explore and enhance their knowledge in a fun and creative ways. Children can have hours of fun creating leaflets, articles or stories. They can paint, create mini games, play music and much, much more.
DK Findout is a safe place online to see, learn, and explore almost everything.
DK is a top publisher of general reference and illustrated non-fiction books aimed specifically at children.
DK Findout brings together the very best of their knowledge into a secure site for your child to search and explore. It is packed with tips and hints to help support your child’s learning and education.
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Phonics play has a variety of free Interactive phonics games that children love playing. Games include identifying simple phonetic sounds, reading simple words, identifying if words are real and made up, silly sentences games.