The Gunpowder Plot: Parliament and Treason 1605
This UK Government website has information about the Gunpowder Plot with a downloadable fact sheet.
Battle of Britain
Examine the background to the aerial conflict between British and German forces in the skies over the UK in 1940.
Owl and Mouse Interactive Maps
Free good quality maps, to print out, of countries and every continent of the world. Excellent interactive maps where you roll over the countries to see country names and capital cities.
Assemblies
This assemblies website aims to provide quality, instant access primary and secondary school assemblies for teachers and others leading collective worship. It includes a large archieve of past assemblies.
King John and the Magna Carta
Discover the events leading up to and after the signing of Magna Carta.
Poop Deck Pirates
A phonics game which can help you to build words. Read the words and decide if they are real words or not. The game links to phases 3, 4 and 5 of the 'Letters and Sounds' programme. It works well on an interactive whiteboard.
Art UK
The UK's national collection of oil paintings. Discover over 200,000 artworks from 3,000 venues.
Education Scotland
A collection of information and digital resources developed specifically to support Scottish education.
Dragon Dance
Read about the symbolism and meaning behind traditional Chinese dragon dance and watch a movie clip of a performance in action.
Coal Mining and the Victorians
This feature looks at the lives of children working in coal mines in Victorian England. It includes extracts original sources which help to highlight the working conditions.
