Free Digital Resources from St Helens Libraries
Helping you at home
The following resources are provided free to you by St Helens Library Service. For access to some resources you will require your St Helens library card.
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BorrowBox
Website: https://fe.bolindadigital.com/sthelens
eBooks & eAudiobooks with Borrowbox.
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Libby
Website: https://libbyapp.com/library/sthelensuk
eMagazines, eComics & eAudiobooks with Libby.
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PressReader
Website: https://libbyapp.com/library/sthelensuk/extras
Online newspapers with Press Reader via Libby.
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St Helens Archives
Website: www.sthelens.gov.uk/history
St Helens Archives online catalogue.
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St Helens Community Archive
Website: https://www.sthelenscommunityarchive.org.uk/
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Issues Online
Website: https://sthlibrarieswp.koha-ptfs.co.uk/online-reference/#Issues%20Online
A homework resource for students to help gain a better understanding of the world, and the issues which affect our lives.
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Home Schooling
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BBC Bitesize
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Use BBC Bitesize to help with your homework, revision and learning. Find free videos, step-by-step guides, activities and quizzes by level and subject.
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BBC Teach
Primary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/primary/zd7p47h
Secondary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/secondary/zkqp47h
You can use BBC Teach for free. The website is home to thousands of free curriculum-mapped videos, arranged by age-group and subject.
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PE with Joe Wicks
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos
Keep active while at home! Join Joe from The Body Coach TV for his livestream of daily workouts. A 30-minute workout class for kids of all ages… teenagers and adults you can get involved too.
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Twinkl
Website: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub
Twinkl Home Learning Hub – New ideas, everyday!
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Oti Mabuse Dance Class
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/mosetsanagape/videos
Dance class to get your everyone moving and dancing.
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Fun for All Ages
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Wonder Arts
Website: Wonder Arts
Facebook:www.facebook.com/wonderarts.nw
Bringing arts & crafts into your homes as well as an exciting online program of events.
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Heart of Glass
Website: http://www.heartofglass.org.uk/
Bring Art into your home, virtually.
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Mako Create
Website: https://www.makocreate.co.uk/class/onlineworkshops/?wcs_timestamp=1588341600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MakoCreateUK/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpuBv8ezpxFqU_KGZDd8ngw/featured
Looking for something creative to do whilst stuck indoors? Then come and join Mako, every Friday from 2PM when they will be live-streaming free animation workshops.
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Draw Along With Videos
Step by step drawing videos posted on social media by children’s illustrators:
Rob Biddulph: Draw with Rob
Ed Vere: Draw with Ed
Sarah McIntyre: Drawing with Sarah
Steven Lenton: Draw with Steven Lenton
Jim Field: Draw with Jim Field
Lydia Monks: Draw with Lydia
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Puffin Books
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/children.html
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/puffinbooks1
Puffin are here to help keep storytime going by sharing story-inspired activities and ideas.
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Chicken House Books – #CoopedUpKids
Website: https://www.chickenhousebooks.com/schools/coopedupkids/
Welcome to #COOPEDUPKIDS, the Chicken House home for all the tools you’ll need to let your imagination fly! Here, you’ll find all the resources that Chicken House and our author and illustrator friends have pulled together while we’re all, well, cooped up inside!
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CBeebies
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
CBeebies helps pre-schoolers learn whilst they play fun games, watch clips, sing songs and make things with their favourite CBeebies characters and shows.
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Penguin Books
Games, activity sheets and quizzes that are book or character themed.
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Nosy Crow Books
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/NosyCrow
Sing along with nursery rhyme videos plus author readings for all ages.
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World of David Walliams
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/activities/
Free resources from David Walliams, based on his best-selling books.
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Inky Willis
Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc35qZqwmCU5zdftDZMdpUA
How to Doodle Stories.
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Early Arts
Website: https://earlyarts.co.uk/blog0
Some fantastic creative ideas for families and schools to do during lockdown.
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Bump Booster
Ideas for parents to be: https://www.ascel.org.uk/bump-booster/ideas-for-parents
Rhymes for parents to be: https://www.ascel.org.uk/bump-booster/rhymes-for-parents
Giving a child the best start in life, even before they are born.
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