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Project Gutenberg

A library of 20,000 free online books. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online.

14-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Nuffield Primary Design and Technology

Great design and technology teaching units which include lesson by lesson teaching guidance, a listing of new vocabulary, a description of links to other subjects and full details of resource requirements. Free to register on the site.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

Oxford Reading Tree

Details of Oxford Reading Tree resources together with free teacher support materials.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

Bookstart

Bookstart is a UK programme which encourages parents and carers to enjoy books with children. Find out about free packs of books and download colourful songsheets which have songs and rhymes to share with your child.

3-5 year olds
Parents

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.

5-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

The French Experiment

Free online French lessons and children's stories in French. There are introductory French conversations, vocabulary and grammar lessons. They could be used with younger children with adult support.

11-14 year olds
Pupils

SymbolWorld

SymbolWorld is dedicated to people who use symbols. It has material for all ages including stories, news items and learning materials. Download free symbol resources too. SymbolWorld is speech enabled with Browsealoud.

7-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

TeacherLED

The site is specifically aimed at delivering free, high quality teaching resources for use on an interactive whiteboard. The content is mainly numeracy related and is well worth a look. It includes some plenary and starters ideas.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

Storynory

Free audio books, including classic fairy tales, myths, verse, Bible stories and original stories for children. Download mp3 files, burn to CD, subscribe to kids' podcast. The only downside is that there is advertising at the end of the stories.

5-11 year olds
Pupils

PhonicsPlay.co.uk

Phonics reading games linked to the 'Letters and Sounds' programme in England. Some are free on this subscription site.

5-7 year olds
Teachers, Parents
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