Education Sites

We hope these sites will be useful to everyone.
Please let us know of any broken links you find. Addresses change and so, unfortunately, does content.


• A to Z Teacher Stuff
  Themes, lessons, tips, activities plus more links.
• Alfy Park
  A portal to lots of story sites. We haven't had time to look at them all. The site also has a teacher's area with lesson plans and other activities. Well worth a look!
• Artchive
  Virtual art gallery. Great pictures!
• Assemblies
  Lots of good ideas.
• Basic Skills Agency
  Research, resources and assessments in Literacy and Numeracy.
• BBC
  Using e-mail with children.
• BBC
  for 'Little Kids'. Games, stories and pictures to colour.
• Between the Lions
  Literacy resource. Stories online, printable versions, games based on the stories, songs, printable games and activities, teacher and parent's page, video clips. Well worth a visit.
• Billy Bear 4 kids
  Pictures and some good fonts. School information.
• Bob the Builder
  
• Book Trusted
  Lots of children's book info. Addresses and contact details of publishers, Links to writer's agents, organisations etc. A must for school librarians!
• British Dyslexia Association
  Information and help for teachers.
• British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA)
  ICT in practice. Lots of information about about Educational software, and SEN related material.
• Child Fun
  Wonderful site full of ideas for Early Years. A big help in planning for topics. This one's a must!
• Click Teaching
  Ideas for Primary teachers. All subjects
• Community Learning Network
  Help and information on integrating technology into the classroom. Links to resources and Internet projects.
• Cool Planet
  Oxfam site with special age related material. 'A global perspective for the classroom'. Some Geography and Literacy for the younger children.
• Culham Institute
  "Promoting and Supporting Religious Education" Links to some really useful resource sites. Definitely worth exploring.
• Derwentside
  List of teacher resource links.
• DLTK KIDS
  DLTK's Crafts for Kids features a variety of fun children's crafts, colouring pages and more including projects for holidays, educational themes and some of our children's favorite cartoon characters. There are lots of printable templates suitable for ages 2 and above.
• Educate the Children
  Lesson plans, worksheets etc.
• Enchanted Learning
  Software company homepage
• Fun with Spot
  
• Gareth Pitchford's Primary Resources
  Lesson plans and ideas.
• Get Mapping Aerial photos to view online and buy. Good Geography resource.
  
  
  
• Get Ready to Read
  Site for teachers of early years. Advice on how to develop pre-reading skills.
• Guardian Unlimited
  A must for the latest news on everything including education. Worth subscribing to.
• ICTeachers
  Teacher,parent and children areas. Links, resources including policies, planning,photos. Cyberhunts for children.
• Ideas 4 Early Years
  Activities linked to learning goals. Good site!
• 'Infoplease'
  Site for children.
• Insect Lore
  A great idea! You can buy caterpillars from here and watch them change into butterflies. Everything you need is supplied. You can also get stick insects, locusts and other creepy crawlies. You have to order well in advance for the summer months. They sell games, books and videos too.
• Kid's Web
• KidzSing
  Music to sing along to. Nursery Rhymes and popular childrens songs.
• Lesson plans
  Links to lesson plans online.
• Learning Page
  Basic skills sheets to download, theme sheets and, if you become a member, you can access some nice clipart too.
• Literacy Matters
  Literacy resources for all age groups. Good printables.
• Little Explorers
  Online picture dictionary. Links to worksheets provided by Enchanted Learning. Great idea!
• Music for Teachers
  A site created by a Music Advisor in Shropshire. Info and ideas for all stages including Foundation. Very helpful!
• N.A.S.A.
  Official N.A.S.A. site for kids.
• National Grid for Learning
  A collection of resources and information for teachers and parents.
• Nursery World
  Teaching resources and links to recommended web sites for every curriculum subject.
• Online Ideas
  Childcare magazine.
• Parents Information Network
  Brilliant for software evaluations by teachers, parents and children. All age ranges. Check this site out before you spend your limited funds.
• Postman Pat
  
• Preschoolers
  Links to Early Years sites. There are also links to lots more educational kid's sites. Very useful portal.
• Projects using I.C.T.
  Ways for teachers to use the internet with children.
• Rays Learning (Report Assistant)
  On this site you can download a free program that helps you fill in those dreaded reports. We think it's wonderful! There is a bank of comments for you to download too, and you can add your own.
• Scholastic
  You can put your class's work on the web here. Good stuff.
• Scholastic Classport
  Find international penpals or project co-workers...instant translations!
• School Icons Club
  Nice icons for your school web page. (Our little bears came from there.)
• Schools Net
  Some scripts here.
• School Zone
• Source Education I.T. and net site. News, advice and lists of Educational sites
• Spark Island
  Subscription site with free trial. Costs around £100 per year for schools. Looks good if you can afford it.
• S S Software
  Some free worksheets
• Standards Site
  Schemes of work
• Stories, Folklore and Fairy Tales
  Information, good content and lesson plans.
• Stormie
  Lesson plans, curriculum activities and much more.
• TeacherNet
  Dept for Education and Employment site.
• Teacher's Directory
  MSN site. Encarta learning zone web directory.
• Teacher's Net
  Lesson Plans
• Teacher Training Agency
  How to use I.C.T. in subject lessons and year groups.
• Teacher Vision
  TV listings
• Teacher Xpress
  This site claims to have the education web all in one place. Links to almost everything!
• Teaching Ideas
• Teaching Times
• Teletubbies
  Lesson plans, curriculum activities and much more.
• The National Society for Promoting Religious Education (C of E)
  
• The Discovery Channel
  There's a section called Discovery School with stuff for children, teachers and parents. Check out the ClipArt!
• Thomas the Tank Engine
  
• Top Marks
  General resources.
• Tweenies
  
• Up To Ten
  Kid's portal which claims to be recommended by Education Authorities Worldwide. We can see why. There are some lovely simple activities for young children, and they don't take all day to load. Certainly worth a good look. We've only scratched the surface!
• Web Guides
  Contains links to thousands of educational sites in various categories. (We found this through the Guardian Unlimited site)
• Words and Pictures