BwD E Learning Service

Solve It – http://kids.mysterynet.com/solveit/ – English – KS2

A whodunit for children – updated weekly. Each story is about 700 words in length. Click on the name of the person you suspect, and you can see how others have chosen, along with the correct solution and the reasoning. The same site has shorter stories and some mystery stories written by children.

Extreme Science – http://www.extremescience.com/index.html – Science/Geography – All Key Stages

Do you know what the largest living organism on Earth is? Or the deepest ocean, deadliest creature, the wettest place on Earth? The Extreme Science website is home to the biggest, baddest, and the best in the world of extremes. Not only will you find out who holds the records, but also the science behind why each one is the most extreme of its kind.

Subtangent – Maths stuff – http://www.subtangent.com/maths/index.php – Maths – KS 2 & 3

Puzzles, investigations, games and more.

Personal Demons - http://demons.english.cam.ac.uk/index.html – English – KS 3 & 4

This project offers schools the chance to collaborate with author Steve Alton. Steve is sharing the process of writing his fourth novel, Personal Demons, with pupils, working with them on the processes of drafting, editing, plotting and polishing. With the help of AST Jack Todhunter and Cambridge University, Steve is making the resources available to more schools.

Get Safe Online – for parents, teachers & young people – http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1182 – ICT & all who use the Internet – all Key Stages

This site contains lots of advice and links to resources for parents, carers and teachers – and young people themselves. The links on this page will help you find the information you need.

FreeDigitalPhotos – http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ -Audio visual resources – All users of images

As always – caution should be exercised when searching any site for images with children – but this site contains 2,000 free images for websites, PowerPoint, newsletters, forums, schools and homework. The site offers a search facility, as well as the ability to browse images via categories.

FreePhotos – http://www.freephotos.com/ -Audio visual resources – All users of images

A limited number of photogrpahps can be downloaded by anyone from this site. Sign up for free membership in order to be able to search for a wide range of images. As mentioned in the link above – care should be taken searching any site for images.

British Library Images Online -http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/britishlibrary/controller/showtree – Audio visual resources - All users of images

Images Online gives you instant access to thousands of the greatest images from the British Library’s collections which include manuscripts, rare books and maps spanning almost 3000 years with material from every continent. This link takes you to the subject index – but there is also a search facility. Higher quality image files can be purchased on CD, but images for personal or school use can simply be copied the free of charge from the web pages.

The British Library Learning section – http://www.bl.uk/learning – All subjects all key stages

The British Library encourages people to think about big ideas, interpret sources and do their own research. On these pages you can explore online resources

Welsh Virtual Teachers’ Centre - http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc-home/vtc-ks3-home/vtc-ks3-history/vtc-ks3-history-wwi.htm
– History – KS 3

World War 1 – valuable resources.
 

Teacher Express – http://www.teacherxpress.com/ – All subjects – All Key Stages

Lots of links – categorised for easy access.

Active Science – http://www.activescience-gsk.com/home.cfm – Science – All Key Stages

A variety of activities, aimed at Key Stages 1 to 4. Mainly biology based, though there are activities which cover other areas of the science curriculum.

NGfL Guide to C S Lewis – http://www.ngfl.gov.uk/features.jsp?sec=16&res=90790 – English – KS2

This guide offers some of the latest online resources to help bring the world of CS Lewis into the classroom.

Association of Maths Teachers – http://www.atm.org.uk/resources/index.html – Maths – All Key Stages

Many of these resources are are free – with offerings in a variety of formats for all Key Stages. This page also contains a link to the catalogue of materials which can be purchased.

Resource Education – http://www.resourcekt.co.uk/menuspec.htm – Inclusion/Special needs – All Key Stages

A software house which produces applications for all phases. Their software can be used to meet a number of special educational and physical needs however, items in this selection may be of particular interest.