Recycle Now
A great site packed with information, ideas and resources to encourage us to recycle. It has facts about how different materials are recycled including videos and animations. The text is hard for Key Stage 1 but the videos and teaching ideas are useful.
Flip Counter
A brilliant counting tool which displays numbers up to 99.999. It is excellent for demonstrating 1 more or less, 10 more or less or 100 more or less. It is also useful as a place value tool and there is an optional decimal point.
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
An abridgement by the BBC of Michael Morpurgo's moving story about a soldier called Thomas "Tommo" Peaceful, who is looking back on his life from the trenches of World War 1. It underlines the senselessness of war.
The Royal Family
This official site of the British Royal Family aims to provide an authoritative resource of information about the Monarchy and Royal Family, past and present.
Trenches on the Web - An Internet History of The Great War
Comprehensive reference library about World War 1. A timeline, biographies of important figures, first hand accounts, photographs and details of major battles are some of the excellent features here.
GCSE Bitesize - Chemistry
Subjects covered include changing materials, geology, patterns of behaviour and structure of materials. Test yourself on the interactive quiz.
pH Scale
A simulation where you can test the pH of things like coffee, spit, and soap to determine whether each is acidic, basic, or neutral. It also helps you to visualise the relative number of hydroxide ions and hydronium ions in solution.
Grover's Winter Games
This game is probably suitable more for use at home than at school. It has three parts. The first has number to 15 number recognition activities, the second has shape patterns to complete and the third tests a child's ability to follow instructions.
Scooter Quest
A place value game which will test your knowledge of digit values. There are 3 levels of difficulty which go from two to four decimal places. Note the currency is dollars but this does not mean the game is not useful in other currency areas.
What is the Circulatory System?
A simple video explaining why we have a circulatory system and its function. There is also a short quiz to test your knowledge.
