Free Digital Resources from St Helens Libraries
Helping you at home
The following resources are provided free to you by St Helens Libraries. 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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RBdigital
Website: https://sthelens.rbdigitalglobal.com
eMagazines, eComics & eAudiobooks with RB Digital.
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PressReader
Website: https://sthelens.rbdigitalglobal.com/service-details/newspapers-group/newspapers
Online newspapers with Press Reader via RB Digital.
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Find My Past
Please email us at libraries@sthelens.gov.uk to access this service.
Take a look into your family’s past.
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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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Be a part of history!
Website: https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/libraries/archive-service/part-of-history/
Find out how you can help document our local experience of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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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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First News
PDF download: https://schools.firstnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/free_resources/FIRSTNEWS_735.pdf
Weekly junior newspaper, now available online.
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Home Schooling
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BBC Bitesize
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Beginning Monday 20 April, BBC Bitesize will publish daily online lessons for all ages. They will also have a new dedicated TV channel full of learning content, podcasts on BBC Sounds and loads of educational video on iPlayer.
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Coronavirus Information Book
Free information book explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler.
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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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Carol Vorderman’s The Maths Factor
Website: https://www.themathsfactor.com/
Let Carol teach your child Maths during this difficult period. The Maths Factor FREE for everyone (usually about £2 per week) to support children’s continued learning at home for the duration of the UK Schools closure period.
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Scholastic Home Learning
Website: https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/homelearning
Scholastic Resource Bank have put together a range of FREE home learning packs for Early Years, Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 children.
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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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Cosmic Kids
Website: https://www.cosmickids.com/
Making yoga and mindfulness FUN for kids.
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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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Think U Know
Website: http://b.link/thinkuknow
Online Safety at Home.
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Fun for All Ages
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Citadel Arts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citadel.sthelens
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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Early Arts UK
Website: https://earlyarts.co.uk/blog0
Some fantastic creative ideas for families and schools to do during lockdown.
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National Shelf Service
Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPUIqlJM0aieXdq-LxKDvWA
A new daily YouTube broadcast featuring book recommendations from professional librarians. This focuses on helping children and families discover new and diverse reading experiences.
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Libs Connected – #LibrariesfromHome
Website: https://www.librariesconnected.org.uk/page/librariesfromhome
Libraries may be temporarily closed but public libraries still have lots to offer their communities. At Libraries Connected, they are showcasing the best digital services from public libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Draw Along With Videos
Step by step drawing videos posted on social media by children’s illustrators:
Rob Biddulph: https://twitter.com/RobBiddulph #DrawWithRob
Ed Vere: https://twitter.com/ed_vere #DrawWithEdVere
Sarah McIntyre: https://twitter.com/jabberworks #DrawingWithSarah
David Roberts: https://www.instagram.com/dr.illustration/ #DrawWithDavidRoberts
Steven Lenton: https://twitter.com/StevenLenton #DrawAlongALenton
Jim Field: https://twitter.com/_JimField #DrawWithJimField
Lydia Monks: https://twitter.com/LydiaMonks #DrawWithLydia
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Booktrust Hometime Hub
Website: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/
Looking for something fun as a family? Enjoy storytime with free online books and videos, play games, win prizes, test your knowledge with book-themed quizzes, or even learn how to draw some of your favourite characters.
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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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World Book Day
Website: https://www.worldbookday.com/2020/03/book-ideas-hub-brilliant-stay-at-home-ideas-free-resources/
Book Ideas Hub: Brilliant stay at home ideas & free resources.
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National Theatre at Home
Website: https://www.youtube.com/user/ntdiscovertheatre
A programme of National Theatre Live productions, streamed for free via YouTube every Thursday evening at 7pm.
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The Shows Must Go On (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmPjhKMaXNNeCr1FjuMvag
Full length performances every Friday evening at 7pm.
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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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Elevenses with The World of David Walliams
Free audiobooks from David Walliams – a new one will be released every day at 11.00.
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Pete McKee Drawing
Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc35qZqwmCU5zdftDZMdpUA
How to Doodle Stories.
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Inky Willis
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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Stay safe, everyone. From all of us in St Helens Libraries x