With many of us now working from home, any spare tech a household has is probably being used by mum & dad, which causes problems for those of us who’re homeschooling – and trying our best to keep kids motivated to learn.

But, there is a solution to help keep little minds active without having to use laptops/tablets and the internet – The BBC!

In an announcement made yesterday, the BBC said it was on a mission to make sure that all children had access to curriculum-based learning, even if they don’t have access to the internet.

Primary Homeschooling

From Monday, January 11, CBBC will run a schedule of primary school programmes for three hours from 9 am Mon-Fri.

The programmes are set to include BBC Live Lessons and BBC Bitesize Daily, as well as other educational watches such as Our School, Celebrity Supply Teacher, Horrible Histories, Art Ninja and Operation Ouch.

Secondary Homeschooling

For older kids, BBC Two will cater to the secondary school curriculum with programmes aimed to support GCSE modules and will include at least two hours of content from Monday to Friday.

Programmes will be built around Bitesize Daily secondary shows, accompanied by Shakespeare and classic drama adaptations alongside science, history and factual titles from the BBC’s award-winning factual programming units.

Pre-School Learning

To help get the littlest minds learning, CBeebies is also running a whole host of educational shows throughout lockdown – check them out.

Parents and kids will be able to access all of the BBC’s programmes on demand too; Bitesize Daily primary and secondary will also air every day on the BBC Red Button as well as BBC iPlayer.

Tim Davie, BBC Director-General, says:

Ensuring children across the UK have the opportunity to continue to follow the appropriate core parts of their nation’s school curriculum has been a key priority for the BBC throughout this past year. Education is absolutely vital – the BBC is here to play its part and I’m delighted that we have been able to bring this to audiences so swiftly.

Oliver Dowden, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, also commented:

The BBC has helped the nation through some of the toughest moments of the last century, and for the next few weeks, it will help our children learn whilst we stay home, protect the NHS and save lives. This will be a lifeline to parents and I welcome the BBC playing its part.

Will you be tuning in?

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