A Merry Tudor Christmas
Three classroom video clips from the BBC which give an insight into what a Tudor Christmas would have been like for Henry V111.
10 Tips on Hearing your Child Read
Tips for parents on how best to help and encourage your child with reading by Topmarks.
The Microbe Zoo
Informative and visually appealing site about microbes. Covers the positive and negative effects of microbes in agriculture, on animals including people, in water and in the air. Play the Safari game to hunt for microbes.
World War 1 Medal Stories
Read the stories of six people who were awarded medals in World War 1. Not too wordy.
Medieval Siege
Find out about life in a castle in the Middle Ages and the weapons that were used in warfare at this time. You can even build your own virtual trebuchet and fire sandstone balls at a castle wall.
Rivers
Support materials and lesson plans about rivers and their journey to the sea from the Royal Geographical Society.
Daily 10
Daily 10 has maths questions on a range of maths concepts: addition, subtraction, ordering, partitioning, digit values, rounding, multiplication, division, doubles, halves and fractions. Great starter or plenary activity. Useful for mental maths.
Arrow Cards
Build a two or three digit number using the cards. Click the button to see how it is written. This site can help children understand place value. It is suitable for use on an interactive whiteboard.
Test yourself on Maths SATs questions
Sample Key Stage 2 Maths questions taken from past SATs tests.
The Anatomy of a Glacier
A well explained account of the formation and effects of glaciers.
