Map Reading Skills for Children
Top ideas and tips on how to promote children's interest in reading maps. It includes free downloadable activity cards.
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy has three Timelapse clips showing the development of the stone domes, clay wall and the chestnut screen works made at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
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.
Classics for Kids
A lovely site which is designed to help children learn about classical music. It can help teachers use classical music in the classroom. It has audio files, information on composers and tips for parents on helping children get started with music lessons.
Votes for Women
Tracing the history of the struggle for equality for women, this excellent website has fifty biographies of the personalities who played an import part, details of pressure groups and useful background information to the topic.
Optics for Kids
The science of light and lenses explained.
Shabbat Symbols and Objects Explained for Kids
Shabbat is the period in the life of Jews from twilight on Friday to nightfall on Saturday evening. This page explains the symbols and objects connected to this time that you would find in Jewish homes.
Cool Apps for Schools
A great site which features excellent educational apps for the primary age range, across the curriculum. The reviews can help you choose apps for home or school. Many are free too!
Food for Life
The Food for Life Partnership is a network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture.
Speakers for Schools
Speakers for Schools brings enthusiastic, knowledgeable speakers that are leaders in their field into state secondary schools and colleges, free of charge.
