Topmarks Logo

Find great educational resources

Browse by subject and age group

ChildTasticBooks

A superb blog with great reviews of children's books. Well worth delving into if you are looking for ideas for books for your child or class.

3-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

The Literacy Shed

The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources with teaching ideas suitable for use in the primary classroom. There are some fabulous animations to use as stimulus for writing.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

Brackets - Order of Operations

Use a calculator to carry out calculations with more than one step using brackets. Suitable for use on an interactive whiteboard.

11-14 year olds
Teachers

Make a Snake Mobile

We show you how to make a simple snake mobile. This activity fits in well with a Chinese New Year topic as the snake is one of the zodiac animals.

6-11 year olds
Pupils

Shakespeare Week

Access free resources and events listings designed to provide opportunities for primary school aged children to enjoy their encounters with Shakespeare.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

Autumn Stars and Planets

A short video which explains why the stars that we see in the night sky change with the seasons.

10-16 year olds
Pupils

Images to Inspire

Looking for inspiration for creative writing? Look no further. This great site from Teaching Packs has evocative photographs with lots of ideas for the classroom.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

Build a Bot

Build a robot with Curious George. Find the body parts to enable your robot to perform various tasks and then design your own robot.

3-5 year olds
Pupils

Guardians Defenders of Mathematica

A BBC Bitesize game where you pit your wits and mathematical skills against your enemies with weapons. Mathematical areas covered include: place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals, algebra and more.

9-11 year olds
Pupils

What was it like in Roman Britain?

Find out what it was like in Roman Britain and what customs the Romans brought with them. It covers family life and there is an interactive villa to explore.

7-11 year olds
Pupils
More from Topmarks...