School of Education Communication and Language Sciences

Access Art visual arts on-line workshop
ArtisanCam See artists at work, learn how they do it and have a go yourself
Children's Museum of Indianapolis on-line art workshop
Colour Shifts document
Crayola free registration for access to resources
Digital Palette examples of artwork by pupils of all ages mapped onto the QCA Scheme of Work, Worcestershire County Council
Dorling Kindersley clip art from DK
Freefoto.com free photographs (funnily enough) on just about anything
Hayword Gallery art teaching packs
Microsoft clip art, sounds,movies and photographs
Museum of Modern Art (NY) art Safari, an adventure in looking
Northumberland Grid for Learning excellent information sheets from Tony Murray
Pintura Art Detective an art history adventure
Sanford suppliers of art materials provide help with tips, techniques and resources
SEN Teacher resources inc. free painting and drawing programs
The Incredible Art Department on-line resources and galleries from Princeton on-line
The Vincent van Gogh Gallery
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Hot Potatoes latest version of the interactive suite
The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.
Kid's Domain lots of FREE programs from the Kaboose network
Mom's Corner FREE fonts
School House Technologie The Worksheet Factory etc., create word searches and more!
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Census at School downloadable census data from around the world
CLEO Cumbria and Lancashire on-line, click on geography link
Geography Association Primary (and beyond) geography resources index
GLOBE Programme in the UK participate in collecting environmental data in this global project (104 countries)
Kent NGfL Sammy Seagull big book and resources
National Geographic search for educational materials
National Statistics view and download a wealth of economic and social data
Tea Trails all you ever wanted to know about... tea!
UNESCO teaching and learning for a sustainable future
Wild over Waterways downloadable educational resources
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Atlapedia full-colour on-line atlases and classroom resources
Multimap street maps, aerial photos and route planners
National Geographic Map Machine, maps and photos across the globe
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Kennesaw Education a compiled list of volcano related sites
Teach-nology Online teacher resources on the theme of volcanoes
Volcano World the world's leading on-line source of info on volcanoes
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BBC Weather uk weather inc. downloadable weather forecasts in video and audio format
Met Office weather data and teaching and learning resources
Weatherbase weather reports and archives from around the globe
Win Weather freely downloadable software for Windows
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Adflip archive of printed adverts through the decades, mainly from US
Bayeux Tapestry Activities and Learning Resources
Bayeux Tapestry digitised images of the full tapestry
BBC History materials for every period in history
British Museum Ancient India
British Museum Mesopotamia
British Museum virtual studies of artefacts in the museum
History On the Net historical information linked to the National Curriculum, comes highly recommended
History On-Line EXCELLENT gateway to resources
Holocaust Memorial Day teaching material by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust
Nettlesworth Primary School Aztecs, Romans, WWII and more
Nuffield Primary History downloadable lesson plans and resources
Public Record Office film archives dating back to 1906
Public Record Office lessons based on information from 1066 to present day
School History Site primary and secondary, links, games and resources
University of Exeter New History resources for KS2 and 3
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British Museum Ancient Egypt, all you ever wanted to know..
National Geographic At the Tomb of Tutankhamen
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BBC History What did the Romans ever do for us
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Sainsbury's Virtual Museum Victorian Britain
Victorian Web lots of useful background information
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4Learning Channel 4's education site
BBC Learning
Clickteaching lots of useful primary ideas and resources linked to QCA schemes
Gareth Pitchford's Primary Resources National Curriculum resources
Kent NGfL teaching and learning resources
National Curriculum in Action inc. sample pupil work matched to the National Curriculum
Schools UK Guide with Key Stage (KS 1, 2) teacher lesson plans
Stockport Education Division National Curriculum resources
Teachernet Comprehensive Teacher portal
Teaching Ideas for Primary Teacher worksheet creation software
The Activity Village lots of themed printable resource for the under 10's
Topmarks Education National Curriculum resources
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Apple Learning Interchange not just for Mac's!
Awesome Library K-12 Education Directory
Canada's SchoolNet
Funbrain on-line games and activities
K-12 Resources lots more American links for resources on research, resources and on-line activities
Scholastic Resource inc. on-line activities and lesson plans
The Gateway to Educational Materials education portal for lesson plans, activities and resources
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Ambleside's Old site it back definitely an oxymoron
BBC Education Words and Pictures
Boots the Chemist curriculum materials inc. a literacy lesson on head lice
British Library inc. teachers' area and curriculum resources archive
Camelsdale First School (Veronica Carter) excellent and generous classroom resources for literacy and numeracy (PowerPoints mainly R,KS1)
Children's Laureate Web Page Jacqueline Wilson
Collaborative Learning Project inc. free, downloadable resources
Gridclub the DfES website for kids
Hamilton Trust adaptable weekly plans and project resources!
Help with spelling more from the Collaborative Learning Project
Kids on the Net literacy resources linked to the NLS
Literacy Matters ideas, plans and resources for the literacy hour
Puppets by post looking for puppets for use in the literacy hour
Standards Site check out resources and publications
Stories from the web story starts from world famous authors
The Flat Stanley Project new contexts for writing
Writing Fix New loads of ideas for encouraging writing
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Folklore and Mythology free electronic texts
Snow White different versions and variations from around the world
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Infant Explorer big books with lesson plans
Northumberland LEA follow Resources link then English
The Online Books Page over 17,000 free books on-line
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'Free Text' free, downloadable, child friendly word processor
'Word Search' free, downloadable program to make word searches
Crick Software home of the mighty Clicker and free Clicker grids for literacy
Discovery Schools puzzles galore...web site to make puzzles
Kent NGfL using a Roamer in the Literacy Hour the 'Tale of Sheppey Pigs'
Literacy Time Becta's advice on using ICT in the Literacy Hour
Wacky Web Tales write your own (often bizarre) stories on-line
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British Newspapers links to all national papers
icNewcastle inc. The Evening Chronicle, The Journal
The BIG project links to newspapers everywhere!
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Children's Poetry from Porchester Junior School
Giggle Poetry interactive fun with.. poetry
Poem Hunter search using just first line
Poetry Class a resource for teachers wanting to bring poetry alive in the classroom
Poetry portal worldwide poetry on-line
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English Resources free teaching and revision resources
English Teaching (KS 3,4) lesson plans and Schemes of Work
English Teaching in the UK Harry Dodds site (Harry who - go to the site and find out!)
Teachit free English teaching resources
Web English Teacher (KS 3,4)
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Camsoft ICT products fun with texts etc
Catherine Murphy's ZUT website interactive activities for French teachers and learners
CiLT Centre for Information on Language Teaching
ICT 4 Language Teachers on-line ICT training materials in 4 languages
Linguanet virtual language centre
Nacell resources and information about early language learning
Quia.com pages of support materials for french teachers
Teacher Resource Exchange
WELL Web-Enhanced Language Learning
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About everything french
BBC French GCSE Bitesize
BBC German GCSE Bitesize
BBC Spanish GCSE Bitesize
Learn Spanish on-line support with Spanish grammar
The French Learning Website for students and teachers of French
The Internet Handbook of German Grammar
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ABC Cuisine recipes
Actustar.com Showbiz gossip in French - a little risqué in parts!
ASTÉRIX official site in French, English, German, Spanish and Dutch
chez Clément recipes and menus
Cortland rave reviews from the TES
Encarta in French
Fan Club Français de Friends Friends in French
France 2 news, sport, current affairs and so on
France.com French Information Centre inc. Tourism
La Redoute fashion
Linguascope
Meteo Consult weather in French
Momes.net for younger speakers of French
SNCF train timetables
Tennessee Bob's Famous French Links
Tintin.com official site from Belgium but in several languages
UpToTen activities in French for children aged up to ten
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Allo multilingual site for young language learners exploring the Web
Theale Green School resources and ideas in French, German and Spanish
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French Orange previously Wanadoo
French Yahoo!
German Yahoo!
Spanish Cervantes
Spanish Yahoo!
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BBC Education resources and links for life-long learning
Becta Search Service resource content search engine
Britkid a website on racism
Discovery the Discovery Channels website for schools
Grid for Learning resources for all phases of statutory education
London Grid for Learning click 'primary reference materials' for resources
National Trust an interactive site from the National Trust
PBS PBS teacherline, on-line professional development courses for teachers from the USA
Stockport Education Division National Curriculum resources
Teachers' TV complementary website to the TV channel for teachers and school workers
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BBC Music Page access all BBC radio and music services
Free Sheet Music
LGfL (ICT) Unit 3b (Year 3) Manipulating Sound
Musical resources huge site, advanced
National Curriculum in Action what the NC for Music looks like in practice
The Standards Site Music Scheme of Work, KS1 and 2
Virtual Orchestra hear every type of instrument played, courtesy of Northumberland LEA
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BBC Making Tracks Radio 3 games for making and playing music
Music keyboard turns your computer keyboard into a piano keyboard (nearly)
San Francisco Kids Orchestra compose music, research orchestral instruments etc.
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Anvil Studio™ a free program designed to help record, compose, sequence and play music with MIDI and audio equipment (huge download)
Classic Cat classical MP3 downloads
Finale® NotePad™ introductory notation software (2003 version is free)
Free iTunes MP3 player also plays digital radio (big download)
Happy Note games to that help with reading music
Realplayer see bottom left of their web site for FREE version
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Cheesy sing-alongs lyrics and music!
Christmas Songs lyrics to popular Christmas songs and carols
Traditional English Songs
Traditional Irish Songs
Traditional Scottish Songs
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BBC Revision KS 2 and upwards
Cadbury World some useful worksheets.. BUT healthy eating it ain't!
Centre for innovation in Mathematics Teaching
Colin Bignell colour pictures of UK coins old and new
Count-on on-line maths activities
Enrich maths enrichment through puzzles, games and challenges
Industrious clock the ultimate on-screen clock
Interactive Lighthouse interactive maths activities that can be used with interactive whiteboards
Kent NGfL resources for mathematics investigations (KS1 and 2)
MathsWeb loads of paper based resources
MSWLogo download LOGO program and support materials
Numberlines for using with a projector
Numeracy software.com inc. free downloads for some useful PowerPoints and interactive whiteboard programmes
RHL School more free worksheets (mainly primary)
Standards Site numeracy unit plans and resources
SuperKids math worksheet creator
The human clock take part!
Think Quest learn programming with LOGO
This Is Mega-Mathematics! unusual mathematical ideas for primary schools
Valiant Technology home of the Roamer
World Class Arena DfES developed tests in maths for gifted and talented pupils
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Masterfoods Education Centre resources all about pets
Well Town DfES interactive site for children on staying healthy and safe
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Collective Worship term by term for primary and secondary
Dottie and Buzz interactive Early Years RE
RE-XS for schools Religious Education Exchange Service
TeachRE teaching resource for RE Teaching recruitment
The RE site information for teachers and interactive resources for pupils (all Key Stages)
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AstraZeneca the site reports on exciting developments, provides excellent resources for Continuing Professional Development and offers a growing range of lesson and planning resources
BBC Science & Nature all sorts of good stuff
Exploratorium museum of science, art and human perception - this is a SUPER site
How stuff works! click on 'Science Stuff'
Kent NGfL ideas and resources for 'ICT in Science' inc. help on using Intel Microscope
National Whiteboard Network IWB resources for science
Planet Science free games, resources and ideas
Primary science investigations with ICT from the Becta VTC
Roger Frost's science site useful data logging information
Science Museum inc. a 'Learn and teach' section
Science Netlinks this is a US site BUT some useful lesson plans,websites,online games
Virtual Teacher Centre Becta Primary Focus site
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ASH Action on Smoking and Health UK
BBC Science & Nature on-line wildlife database
BBC Science & Nature UK Wildlife
British Nutrition Foundation inc. Education area
Dole 5 A Day a commercial site but don't get put off by the opening screen, lots of information on fruit and vegetables
Fun with flour explore the journey from field to plate
Garden Organic for Schools free information leaflets
Great plant escape on-line investigation into plant life
KidsHealth find out how your body works
Microbe Zoo good and bad microbes
Natural History Museum nature on-line
NatureGrid Nature Explorers
Nutrition Cafe
Potatoes for Schools everything you ever wanted to know about the humble spud!
Smithsonian Education lessons on 'partners in pollination'
Stalking the Mysterious Microbe interactive investigation with Sam Sleuth!
Teethwise site on keeping teeth healthy
ThinkQuest Library on Nutrition
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BBC Education the essential guide to rocks
Discover petroleum and what we get from it
Rocks for Kids US site but useful nonetheless
Smithsonian Education lesson plans on rocks,minerals, crystals and gems
Unidata all about temperature
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Bob Miller's guided Light Walk a unique and fascinating classroom experiments on light, shadows, images
Crocodile Clips FREE software MacPC on making simple electric circuits
GRIN Great images in NASA
Lightwave quizzes, sources of information and educational resources
NEED Project energy booklets on-line (coal, electricity, wind, solar etc)
The Nine Planets this is the definitive site on the solar system
ThinkQuest The Soundry interactive site on sound
Unidata what is a rainbow
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HowStuffWorks Learn how Everything Works!
LEGO interactive activities as well as lots of product promotion
Nuffield Foundation Primary Design & Technology
Valiant Technolog home of the Roamer
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