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Childline

Childline is a free 24 hour helpline for children and young people in the UK. Find out the contact details here and there is also a help and advice section on the site.

7-18 year olds
Pupils

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Find out about the excellent free learning support services including teacher led visits which include art teaching and handling historical artefacts. The site includes information and photographs of Greek, Roman and Egyptian artefacts.

5-18 year olds
Teachers

Indus Valley Investigation.

Connect your class to the British Museum for a free live interactive workshop. Students investigate the Indus Civilisation from around 5,000 years ago in part of modern Pakistan, India and in a small part of Afghanistan.

7-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Science Crossword Puzzles

Try these free crossword puzzles to test your science knowledge.

11-14 year olds
Pupils

Welsh Assembly Government - Education and Skills

Find out here educational issues and policies affecting education in Wales. It has details of the free breakfast scheme for all primary children, National Curriculum Assessment results, information on Learning Pathways for 14 to 19 year olds and more.

3-18 year olds
Teachers, Parents

Bank of England Museum

Find out about the work of the Bank of England either through the website or through the free educational presentations offered to pupils of all ages. Useful educational films but they are YouTube so may be blocked in your school.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Parents

School Art Exhibitions

'Images' specialise in setting up art exbitions of pupils' work in school free of charge. They frame the pictures and raise funds for themselves and the school through the sale of pictures to parents.

3-11 year olds
Teachers

Teachit.co.uk

Quality resources including lesson plans and schemes of work for English teachers of 11 - 18 age range. There are free resources, but the site offers a subscription service.

11-18 year olds
Teachers

Alupro - Aluminium Packaging Recycling

Check out the education centre for free resources, including cross-curricular ideas. There is an introduction to recycling section on the site, but lots more information is available if you send for the free information for primary or secondary schools.

7-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Sing Up

Download songs with either full vocals or backing tracks from the fabulous Sing Up website which has popular music for children. Play each song on the website or download as MP3 files as well as the lyrics. Subscription site with some free songs.

5-11 year olds
Teachers
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