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The Children's Poetry Archive

A superb selection of poems arranged by themes, style or author. You can listen to an audio track of each poem being read by the author.

5-11 year olds
Pupils

Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

CCEA advises on and supports what is taught in schools and colleges in Northern Ireland and how it is assessed. Find details of assessments and examinations. Find out about the revised National Curriculum for NI Schools.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Decorate the Christmas Tree

Decorate the Christmas Tree with colourful Christmas baubles and delightful Christmas characters in our festive game which is just the thing to get you in the Christmas spirit.

3-9 year olds
Pupils

Words for Life

Words for Life’s aim is to inspire more people to read, more regularly, for both pleasure and personal advancement. Useful booklists especially chosen to appeal to less confident readers. Free resources matched to books.

3-11 year olds
Parents

Make a Horse Puppet for Chinese New Year

How about making this cute hobby-horse puppet as the horse is one of the Chinese Zodiac animals? Fits in well with a Chinese New Year topic.

6-11 year olds
Pupils

Imperial War Museum

A superb site. Find out about the range of free educational visits and examine the online photograph archive albums on both world wars and conflicts since 1945. There are lots of propaganda posters and find out about resources you can buy.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Association for Science Education

The ASE site is designed to meet the needs of its 25000 members, mainly science teachers. The association promotes, supports and develops science education from primary through to tertiary levels.

5-18 year olds
Teachers

The Barefoot Programme

The Barefoot Programme supports primary educators with the confidence, knowledge, skills and resources to teach computer science.It includes FREE high-quality resources, lesson plans and local CPD workshops.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

The Battle for Berlin in World War Two

This article from the BBC features interviews with survivors from both sides in this battle. It examines the events when Stalin's attempted to take Berlin ahead of the allies, an action which led to the deaths of so many Russian soldiers.

14-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

The Reader Teacher

This site features the great reads for children, teachers, schools and parents to choose from.

3-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents
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