Jessie and Friends
Jessie and Friends is a series of three animations which aims to give 4-7 year olds knowledge, skills and confidence to help them respond safely to risks they may encounter online.
Dealing with Emotions
A collection of clips presented from the BBC that explore a whole range of feelings and emotions, as well as providing talking points and tools to feel better.
Measuring Area
An animation from the BBC covering the concept of area, and different ways to measure and calculate the area of rectangles, triangles and composite shapes.
Iron Age Hill Forts
An animated introduction to Iron Age hill forts that describes the Iron Age population of Britain and how they lived in tribal communities.
PhonicsPlay.co.uk
Phonics reading games linked to the 'Letters and Sounds' programme in England. Some are free on this subscription site.
Find Beginning Letters with Words and Pictures
Di is an artist who paints phrases. Help her paint three pictures by matching words that begin with the same two consonants. Select two words that begin with the same letter pattern, such as 'sheep' and 'shoe'.
Sounds and Actions
A useful demonstration on YouTube of the phonics sounds and actions from a teacher using the Jolly Phonics scheme.
Autumn Stars and Planets
A short video which explains why the stars that we see in the night sky change with the seasons.
Starfall - Learn to Read
A good learning to read site. There are good quality games and animated stories which children can interact with. The children can click on words to see what they say. Excellent for learning the sounds the letters make.
Coconut Vowels
A fun spelling game where you need to think quickly or it's game over. Fill in the gaps in the words to make a real words. There are different levels of difficulty. For teachers' information the game focuses on vowel digraphs.
