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Home Enrichment
Looking for ideas to broaden your horizons while at home? Click on the ideas below to learn more…
Nature
Even though you’re indoors, you can still get in touch with nature. Have a look at these ideas for inspiration on how you can get closer to British wildlife and learn more about the environment.
- Wildlife Challenge
- Create a bee hotel
- Snail racing
- Stargazing – get into Astronomy
- Birdwatching – learn to identify the birds that you see outside
- How to grow carrot tops
- Create a fairy garden
Arts & Crafts
- Create Origami cards
- Create Origami animals
- Create Paper aeroplanes
- Create a Puppet show
- Create Shadow puppet theatre
- Learn how to knit
Ones To Watch
- TED – Inspirational talks on a wide variety of topics
- 50 films every child should watch before 16 (age certifications vary)
- Artistic films – for students who love film (age certifications vary)
- National Theatre at Home – Streamed online at 7pm on Thursday evenings (age suitability varies)
- Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre – Streamed online (age suitability varies)
- Virtual tours of museums and art galleries
- Mr Thompson’s Tech Videos
Think About Your Future
- National Careers Service
- UniFrog – A fantastic Careers Information platform subscribed to by NBS, email your tutor if you’ve lost your access code
Foodie Fun
Virtual Tours
Exercise
Why not set yourself a fitness challenge? You could walk or run a certain distance – a marathon for example – but in bitesized chunks. Or you could set yourself a physical challenge each day – a yoga class, a certain number of push-ups etc.
- PE lessons with Joe Wicks
- Street dance for beginners
- Ballet dance for beginners
- Ballroom dance for beginners
- Find an NBS workout programme at the bottom of this page!
Creative
- Learn some magic tricks
- Create a song
- Create a computer game
- Create a digital animation
- Learn how to create a video
- Charades ideas
Reading Fun
- KS5 – Suggestions for bridging the gap between school and university
- KS4 – Suggestions for 15+ (constantly updated to feature new releases)
- KS4 – Current affairs
- KS3/4 – Latest news
- KS3 – Reading list (constantly updated to feature new releases)
Writing Fun
Write anything for the School Magazine – articles, creative writing, diary entries, blogs – anything goes! If you are featured in our school online magazine you receive 20 Achievement Points – as well as enjoying the fun of showing your published work to everyone.