The National Literacy Trust
The Trust maintains an online database, and provides information and support to all those interested in enhancing literacy standards. It organises seminars and conferences.
Opendays.com - University and College Open Days
A searchable directory where you can find out open day information about the university or college of your choice in the UK. There are advice pages which includes completing UCAS forms and what questions to ask when you attend an open day.
What's that noise?
An animated, narrated story for young children about animals and the noises they make.
Lion Dance
Read about the symbolism and meaning behind traditional Chinese lion dance and watch a movie clip of a performance in action.
Roman Bath
Find out how the Romans enjoyed their baths. You can read how a replica Roman bath was built using original materials as far as possible. See if you can construct a working aqueduct online and the site also features Roman recipes.
Tudors Audio Clips
Comic sketches, short dramas and music about the Tudors. Topics include guides to the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth and more.
The Great Plant Escape
This attractive site is designed to introduce pupils to plant science and increase their understanding of how foods grow. It could be helpful for Science SATs preparation.
Range Arranger
Build a tower with the blocks in the correct order from smallest to largest. Suitable for Year 2 to Year 6.
Dice
This is a virtual dice manipulative where you can choose dice with dots or numbers and seemly as many as you want. A useful tool especially for adding 3 single digit numbers.
Number Spinners
This resource from Mathsframe generates random numbers using ‘spinners’ with 3, 4, 5 or 6 sides. Up to three spinners can be used in many ways, such as generating addition, multiplication or up to three digit numbers.
