Index
of links for TeachersIndex
of links for Teachers
Government sites All subjects English Maths Science ICT History Geography Art D&T Music P.E. R.E. P.S.H.E
Where possible I have given a brief description of the site or have used a quote from the authors which sums up their site. This does make the page a little long but it might help you to find the sort of site you want!
If you have any comments about any of the websites listed or would like us to add one please click here.
Click on the school logo in each section to return to the top of the page
 |
Information relating
to all things education in the UK including schemes of work, pupil performance,
gender and achievement and much more
|
|
 |
Information on:
the organisation, inspection process, complaints, announcements and
events, the results of inspections
|
|
|
|
The Royal Borough
of Kingston Council website includes a section on education giving details
of all schools in the Borough
|
|
 |
"The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is a guardian of standards in education and training. We work with others to maintain and develop the school curriculum and associated assessments, and to accredit and monitor qualifications in schools, colleges and at work." |
|
 |
"This site tells you about your child's education and how you can help. " Site includes information on choosing a school, curriculum and assessment, school admin and health and welfare. |
|
 |
||
 |
The external site of our KingsNet intranet. Curriculum links, resources | |
 |
A variety of curriculum
linked pages and activities for children and adults
|
|
 |
"Your first
stop for internet resources to help complete your homework assignments.
Over 5000 carefully selected resources to assist with your homework
problems!"
|
|
 |
"In our new-look site you'll find heaps more for anyone involved in education - our webguide is bigger and better, our events, schools and resources databases are re-designed and special interest areas are targeted at our main user groups. Surf or search - you're sure to find what you need here!" |
|
 |
"Lesson plans,
activity ideas and resources for Primary teachers" A superb site
from Gareth Pitchford
|
|
 |
A whole host of
curriculum based ideas from Mark Warner
|
|
 |
Links to a variety
of teaching pages - mostly American
|
|
| Encyclopedia.com |
As the name implies
this is an online encyclopedia
|
|
| NC online |
All the National
curriculum documentation with lots of additional material linked to
the curriculum
|
|
|
Games and downloadable resources from Neil Phillips (currently teaching in Kuwait) |
||
| Teaching tips.com |
A site from Anna
Gregory , an American teacher. A whole host of inspiration and ideas.
|
|
| Teacher's library of resources |
Another site full
of curriculum activities for busy teachers.
|
|
|
|
||
| Aesop's Fables online |
"Our online collection of Aesop's Fables includes a total of 655+ Fables, indexed in table format, with morals listed. There are many more on the way." |
|
|
"Welcome to
Wonderland! Here you will enjoy activities with Alice and her Wonderland
friends! ... I developed this web site to share my love of these books
with others, especially hoping that it might influence those who have
not read the books to read them. I hope you enjoy your visit!"
A huge collection of 'Alice'
based activities
|
||
|
"The Internet
has become a great source of information about a great many children's
writers and illustrators. The websites listed here include authors'
personal websites and websites maintained by fans, scholars, and readers."
|
||
| Children's Literature Web Guide |
Internet resources
related to books for children and young adults.
|
|
| Children's Storybooks Online |
A range of stories
for all ages
|
|
| CyberSam - internet adventure (non fiction) |
"Having spent
many an hour searching the Web for suitable Primary sites and places
of educational interest for children I felt I should put the best ones
together in an interesting format. So I produced this Web site as a
kind of jumping off point in which children could explore some of the
sites suitable for them. "
|
|
| Eric Carle web site |
The official Eric
Carle website, author of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'.
|
|
| Guardian unlimited - 100 years of newspapers |
Read news stories
from the Guardian covering the past century.
|
|
| Haiku |
Haiku for people.
Read traditional haiku and modern ones. Hints and tips on how to write
your own haiku.
|
|
| Infant Explorer - online big books |
These online big
books feature Sebastian Swan. Read his adventures. This site is from
Kent NGfL.
|
|
| ISLMC poetry for children |
The Internet School
Library Media Center (ISLMC) Poetry for Children page. Links to may
other poetry sites.
|
|
| Mother Goose Rebus Nursery Rhymes |
"Rebus Rhymes
is designed for children who are learning how to read. Preschoolers
and Kindergartners enjoy picking out the words they can read in their
favorite nursery rhymes. "
|
|
| Primary Resources Online activities |
A host of 'Flash'
based activities to enhance learning in Literacy.
|
|
 |
"Scholastic.com,
“The Most Trusted Place in Cyberspace” has won numerous awards ...With
rich educational content and classroom-tested online curriculum, Scholastic.com
is revolutionizing the way teachers and students integrate technology
into the classroom and work together to enhance learning. "
|
|
|
"By visiting
this site, you're about to discover what makes Oxford Reading Tree the
nation's favourite reading scheme, and what its huge range of resources
can offer you. This site includes sections for teachers, children and
parents"
|
||
|
Find rhymes, antonyms
and synonyms. Just type in your word and the results come back oragnised
by the number of syllables. Great for poetry and creative writitng.
|
||
|
A story telling
community for parents and children. There are stories to read and stories
to write along with a large selection of other story related activities.
|
||
|
"The Willy
Wonka Candy Factory wholeheartedly believes in the following three guiding
principles - Quality, Innovation and Fun. Therefore, we are committed
to developing the premier website for kids, making the site an entertaining
and educational forum for children to learn in the interactive."
Visit the Wonka School Library to read about their selected book of
the month. Loads of activities for children.
|
||
|
|
||
|
The Royal Borough
of Kingston Maths website aims to promote Maths within the LEA and provide
information of Natioanl initiatives and examples of good practice, along
with ideas and activities for the classroom.
|
||
|
Interactive Mathematics
Miscellany and Puzzles
|
||
|
Information about
the Egyptian number sysytem and links to related problems.
|
||
| Fibonacci numbers |
"This page
has been split into TWO PARTS. The first, looks at the Fibonacci numbers
and why they appear in various "family trees" and patterns of spirals
of leaves and seeds. The second page then examines why the golden section
is used by nature in some detail, including animations of growing plants.
"
|
|
| Games at Funbrain.com |
A huge range of
interactive Mathematical activities which can be selected according
to age group.
|
|
| Mathsphere |
"The site provides
the following: Fun mathematics activities, games and puzzles to be found
on the Children's section. Many of these are interactive and can be
used in school. Children may be encouraged to try them at home on their
own computers. Over 100 worksheets may be printed out and used with
your classes for evaluation purposes. "
|
|
| Maths Problems |
"This Web Site
contains word problems for students and teachers. The problems are classified
into grade levels from Grade 5 to Grade 12...a set of carefully selected
problems which can help you improve your problem solving skills -if
you try to carefully think about how you would solve each problem, and
once you have found the solution, you make sure that you understand
all parts of the solution. (USA site)"
|
|
| Maths Worksheet Factory |
Download this brilliant
worksheet creation software. "Challenge your students with supplementary
and enrichment mathematics activities with this professional worksheet
creation software."
|
|
| NRich |
"The NRICH
Prime Site is part of the NRICH Online Maths Club, which is FREE to
join. Click on the NRICH Club button below to go to the club's home
page. You will find more games, problems and information - mostly for
Secondary level, but some very good for Primary too. Visit the Library
to find all the past problems, games, magazines and links to other sites.
"
|
|
| Numeracy Centre |
Birmingham's Numeracy
site - "We are pleased to help you with any matters regarding Numeracy.
Use the site to download valuable resources, check out the events calendar
and feedback your thoughts to us."
|
|
| Primary Resources Online Activities |
A host of 'Flash'
based activities to enhance learning in Numeracy.
|
|
| Starter activities |
Lesson starters
from Birmingham's Numeracy site.
|
|
| What If? |
Some Mathematical
Challenges for Key Stage One - "This is not an exhaustive list
and you may wish to adapt them to suit your needs. They do not always
require a written response, indeed it is important children feel they
can use their own recording system. Some may seem " easier " but you
never know where a budding mathematician will end up"!
|
|
|
|
||
 |
A whole host of information about the galleries, onlines interactive activities and investigations. Everythoing you want to know about Natural History, from Dinosaurs and insects to buildings and volcanoes. | |
 |
"Online Exhibitions and Interactives Discover more about science, scientific people and events through our collections of exhibitions and interactives. " | |
| The Exploratorium | "The Exploratorium's mission is to create a culture of learning through innovative environments, programs, and tools that help people to nurture their curiosity about the world around them. " | |
| BBC Science Site | "Explore the world around you with hundreds of pages about science... " Beasts, dinosaurs, human body, robots, space, games and competitions. | |
| How stuff works | If you want to know how something works then this is the first port of call. Everything from digital cameras to knuckle cracking and pickpockets to CD burners! | |
| Online Activities | The Primary Resources site offer Flash based activities about plants and the human body. | |
| Online experiments | "Welcome to Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab. Your source of free science experiments for parents, teachers, and children of all ages. Kick off your shoes. Pull up a chair. Make yourself comfortable. Oh yeah, did we mention that protective goggles are required... " | |
| Yucky.com | "Our Yucky teaching units (for grades 3-8 and K-2) correlate with the science topics that your students love on the Yucky Site. They are designed to align with your curriculum's scope and sequence and with national standards. So take your pick, there's plenty here to keep your class busy! " Some really disgusting stuff that will appeal to children of all ages! | |
| Great Plant Escape | "Welcome to the Great Plant Escape, an elementary program for 4th and 5th grade students. Each of the lessons in this program is interdisciplinary, designed to introduce students to plant science and increase their understanding of how foods grow. Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts, social studies, music and art....Many activities are for students to work independently and some are for group work. " | |
| Zoom Rainforest | Everything you could ever want to know about Rainforests. | |
| BBC Nature Site | Aniamls, plants, Earth, Wierd Nature, Wild Facts and Nature based TV programmes are covered in thei BBC site. | |
| Frogland | 'Allaboutfrogs.org' - need I say more! | |
| Pond Dipping | In Pond Dipping you can join in and send us reports and pictures of the wildlife you have seen in your ponds. There are loads of reports in the tadpoles page, frogs page and the pondbugs page. If you haven't a pond, there's even a page about how to make one and this is a good time of year to do so. | |
| 5Tigers | "The Tiger Information center is dedicated to providing information to help preserve the remaining 5 subspecies of tigers" | |
| The Electronic Zoo | Pick a species and find out all about them. Links to lots of other webpages. | |
| Kids Health | Dealing with feelings, staying healthy, everyday illnesses and injuries , my body and growing up are just a few of the topics covered in this site. | |
| Healthy Eating | Dole 5 a day campaign. All about healthy eating and fruits and vegetables. | |
| 3D Vision | Information about 3D vision and stereograms to check out how you see in 3D. | |
|
This NASA site covers
Air, Natural Hazards, Land, Water and People.
|
||
| N.A.S.A. - Space for kids | Everything you ever wanted to know about space. | |
| Science Menu | ||
|
Welcome to the physics
lab! Meet the Wizard! Learn about motion, sound, electricity, and light.
Read the fascinating biographies of natural philosophers Aristotle,
Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, and Einstein. Test what you've learned with
a quiz provided, submit a question to the Wizard, look up physics terms
in the glossary, or just take the virtual study tour.
|
||
|
|
"HAIR-RAISING RESULTS Have you ever been shocked when you walked across a rug or touched a light switch? Wait until a cool, dry day to learn about static electricity". - An investigation for children to try offline. | |
|
|
||
 |
"Becta
seeks to: evaluate information and communications technology (ICT) practice
support existing applications of ICT investigate emerging technologies
and associated pedagogy. As the Government's lead agency on the use
of ICT in education, Becta plays a crucial role in helping to maximise
the benefits to all teachers and learners that using ICT can bring.
" - Basically this site has everything you could ever need to know
about ICT in schools.
|
|
|
Curriculum
resources which use ICT
|
||
|
The
BBC guide to becoming 'WebWise'
|
||
|
|
||
|
"The Education
Department of The British Museum offers a range of learning experiences
for everyone, whatever your age or level of interest. "
|
||
| Museum Net |
"This
website is an information resource for people with an interest in museums.
Whether you're an academic conducting research, a school contemplating
an educational visit, or just looking for a good day out, this site
is here to help. "
|
|
| History Channel |
Pick
a date and find out what happened in History on that day.
|
|
| 100 years of the Guardian |
Read
news stories from the Guardian covering the past century.
|
|
| BBC History |
Find
information by topic, time or people on this BBC site.
|
|
| Museums around the world |
"This
page includes an eclectic collection of World Wide Web services connected
with museums around the world. "
|
|
| The Royal Family website |
Choose
a monarch and find out all about them.
|
|
| National Trust Education |
"This
area provides you with lots of information about the many opportunities
we offer for all ages to learn. From wilderness reserves to coastline
and to elegant mansions, a wealth of enjoyable learning and discovery
awaits you! .... Interactive is the brand new area with fun games to
play - especially for 8 years to the young at heart! "
|
|
| Jorvik Viking Centre |
"The Jorvik
Viking Centre in York, England, opened in April 1984 and has since welcomed
over 12 million visitors through its doors to travel back in time to
the Viking Age. Here, archaeologists discovered the preserved remains
of Jorvik - the place the Vikings once called home. "
|
|
| Romans in Britain (BBC site) |
Information
about Roman life and citizenship relating to the TV series
|
|
| All about Caesar in Britain |
The
Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BC
|
|
| Hadrian's Wall |
"HADRIAN'S
WALL is the most important monument built by the Romans in Britain.
It is the best known frontier in the entire Roman Empire and stands
as a reminder of past glories of one of the world's greatest civilisations.
"
|
|
|
"The Mary Rose is the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII. After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology. " |
||
| Guardian's Egypt |
Welcome to Guardian's
Egypt where you can explore the mystery and splendor of ancient Egypt
from the comfort of your own computer. Includes a Cyberjourney.
|
|
| Pyramids, Pharaohs & Heiroglyphs |
Pyramids,
Pharaohs and Heiroglyphs!
|
|
| Colour me Egypt |
Games,
stories, poems and colouring.
|
|
|
All
about Ancient Egypt from the trustees of The British Museum.
|
||
|
"Egypt
is a country rich in history and culture....This personal web site contains
about 120 pages which reflect my interest in Egypt. Take a tour of the
country, relish ancient poetry, find out about Egyptian antiquities,
see Egypt from above, plus much more. "
|
||
|
Translate
words into heiroglyphs.
|
||
| V&A Museum |
The V&A aims to
help teachers to use the Museum independently with their classes. To
achieve this, we offer an annual programme of professional development
for teachers, a range of publications both printed and digital as well
as occasional taught programmes for schools.
|
|
| Life and times of Queen Victoria |
Architecture,
Arts and Literature, Associations, Events, History, Interior Design,
Lifestyles, Museums, Trivia and Victorian Shopping Mall. There's even
an online tearoom!
|
|
|
"The
most popular of Greek heroes, Hercules (sometimes called "Herakles")
was celebrated in stories, sculptures, paintings, and even in the geography
of the ancient world. What stories did the ancient Greeks tell about
his life? What were the Labors of Hercules, anyway? Who were the women,
both goddesses and mortals, in his life? And where in the ancient world
did he travel on his adventures? Read on, to find out more about Hercules,
Greece's greatest hero."
|
||
|
Greek
sports, sites, spirit and stories. Part of 'The Perseus Project' database.
|
||
|
Information
about the Olympian Gods.
|
||
|
|
||
| Atlapedia |
Atlapedia
Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key
facts and statistics on countries of the world.
|
|
| BBC Guide to Rocks |
Information
on this BBC site includes - Programmes, Britain's Rocky Past, Walks
with Rocks, Stones at Home and Links
|
|
| BBC Weather |
UK Weather,
World Weathe,r Travel Weather, Sport & Events, Astronomy, Gardening,
Marine, Pollen and Weatherwise are all part of this BBC site.
|
|
| Met Office |
These web
pages are designed to help teachers and pupils by extending their knowledge
of weather and climate - in the UK and around the world.
|
|
| MultiMap |
Find maps
and aerial photos of locations all around the world.
|
|
| National Trust Education |
"This
area provides you with lots of information about the many opportunities
we offer for all ages to learn. From wilderness reserves to coastline
and to elegant mansions, a wealth of enjoyable learning and discovery
awaits you! .... Interactive is the brand new area with fun games to
play - especially for 8 years to the young at heart! "
|
|
| National Geographic |
Creature features,
colouring, facts, jokes, games and challenges.
|
|
| Ordnance Survey |
"Ordnance
Survey is committed to improving the accessibility and affordability
of maps and data to schools. Teaching of map skills is defined in the
national curriculum for geography and an Ordnance Survey map extract
is a feature of many certificated examinations in the same subject.
Maps and data also provide a flexible resource with many cross curricula
applications. "
|
|
| Savage Earth |
Website linked
to a TV series about volcanoes and earthquakes.
|
|
|
This site provides
address searching and street map facilities for the uk. We currently
have street and road maps for the whole of mainland Britain.
|
||
|
|
||
| Art History Adventure | An adventure in art history by Educational Web Adventures Teachers' Resources. | |
| Art Edventure | Someone is draining the colours from the museum's art works. Can you save the day? | |
| The Amazing Picture Machine | Type in the name of something you want to see a picture about and 'The Amazing Picture Machine' will try to find you one. | |
| Leonardo da Vinci Adventure | "Dr. N. Ventor, scientist-extraordinaire and inventor of a time machine, is also a big fan of Leonardo da Vinci. To thank you and your friend Carmine Chameleon for testing her time machine, she is showing you her collection of Leonardo's works. "This is one of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings," says Dr. Ventor. "He was one of the masters of the Renaissance! "What's happening to the portrait!" exclaims Dr. Ventor. "It's disappeared and just left a blank canvas! Someone must have used my time machine! They've gone back and meddled in time!" " To the rescue! | |
| L.S. Lowry | Although this is a site selling Lowry paintings you can get to see a selection of his work. | |
| Van Gogh Museum | Take a virtual stroll through the most important halls in the Van Gogh museum, have a look in Van Gogh's bedroom, or chat with other visitors. | |
| Visit Monet's Garden | All you want to know about Monet and his works. | |
| Famous Paintings Exhibition | A huge collection of information pages about artists and their work. | |
| Museum of London | "Welcome to the Museum of London. We are the largest city museum in the world, telling the fascinating story of London from prehistoric times to the present day. " | |
| National Gallery | Information about the gallery's events for schools and teachers. | |
| The Louvre | The education part of the site is only available in French but you can take a virtual tour of the gallery. | |
| The Global Children's Art Gallery | A gallery of artwork by children from all around the world. | |
| Tate Modern | Information about the gallery as well as events for children and teachers. | |
| The Tate | "E-Learning at Tate is a portal to an expanding digital resource which explores the Tate Collection and exhibitions. It is intended for teachers, pupils, students, community groups and adults. " | |
|
|
||
| D&T Online | Electronics, packaging, environments, food, pneumatics, mechanisms, manufacturing projects and packaging are all included on this site | |
| How Stuff Works | If you want to know how something works then this is the first port of call. Everything from digital cameras to knuckle cracking and pickpockets to CD burners! | |
| Lego | "Whether you are teaching pre-school children about the community in which they live or older students about how to calculate speed, LEGO Dacta Learning Concepts are great tools to use. " | |
| Paper Aeroplanes | "Free paper airplanes, paper helicopters and gliders, LEARN TO FLY... " | |
|
|
||
| Classical music - Composers | This comprehensive site includes Composers A-Z, Glossary and Introduction to Classical Music | |
| Earth Sounds | "There are sounds all around. We're surrounded by sound! On these web pages you can: Find yourself shipwrecked on a deserted island! You must learn and communicate to survive. Help the composer and conductor Lauren Gazelle with his natural symphony. Listen to and learn about drums of the world, and learn to build your own water drum. " | |
| Kididdles | MoJo is a singin', swingin' music mouse-chine! She'll be happy to take you on a guided tour of her Musical Mouseum, loaded to the brim with almost two thousand kids' song lyrics, now organized both alphabetically and by category, and with search engine capabilities! | |
| MIDI and Music Technology Resources for Teachers | Need music or sound effects for a presentation or webpage? This site has a fantastic number oflinks to collections of MIDI music. | |
| Music Teachers Resource Site | "Welcome to the MTRS. Since 1996 we have helped thousands of music teachers and teaching students with their queries, lesson ideas etc. " | |
|
|
||
| Kingston Primary School Sports | Find out about school sports fixtures and events in Kingston. | |
|
|
||
| Assemblies | New current assemblies are being added all the time! Standing assemblies are for special or difficult occasions. Rapid Response assemblies respond to news events. See the Resources section for assembly tips on preparation, presentation, music, drama and responses. | |
| Bible Gateway | Look up bible passages in a number of different versions. | |
| RE Net | World faiths, theology, philosophy, RE & ICT are all covered in this site. | |
| The R.E. site | "Searchable index of over 300 RE Resources drawn from all over the Web. Links to chool and LEA websites with RE information / material.Useful curriculum resources and services.IT in RE guide to CD-ROMs, software, and video resources... also TV & Radio programmes. Educational visits - places of worship to visit." | |
| Sikhs.Org | A large amount of information about Sikhism. | |
|
|
||
| Bullying Online | An excellent site offering help and advice for anyone having to deal with any aspects of bullying in school | |
|
|
||
