Food a Fact of Life
The website is a comprehensive education programme which communicates up-to-date, evidence-based, messages around ‘food’ to all those involved in education. The are excellent free lesson plans and printable or presentation resources to support teachers.
BookTrust
BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity and they provide free books, resources and support to promote reading. Well worth a visit.
Storyteller Videos
Watch professional storytellers read a selection of the Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales books. The videos are from Oxford Owl.
Beginners' Guide to Using a Compass.
A step by step guide on how to use a compass with an Ordnance Survey map.
Learning Letters and Words through Play Activities
Help your child to learn letters and words through play activities with this guide for parents by Topmarks.
The History Association
Download lesson plans and resources for primary history and literacy at KS1 and KS2 from the Nuffield Foundation. They include the resources you need and examples of the children's work as well.
Temperature
Learn to read a thermometer. Useful for getting to grips with reading lots of different scales. Also work out the difference in temperature between two thermometers.
Learning Numbers Through Play
Help your child learn numbers through play activities with this guide for parents by Topmarks.
Encyclopedia of the First World War
A comprehensive site on the Great War which includes biographies of the main personalities involved, details of the soldiers and their lives in the trenches, war statistics, the home front and much more.
The Victorian Web
A comprehensive collection of academic contributions relating to Victorian times, such as the political and social history of the times.
