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Number Rack

A fantastic abacus type resource of moveable, coloured beads that encourage learners to think in groups of fives and tens. It can help children to explore a variety of addition and subtraction strategies. Great IWB teaching tool.

5-9 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Elements of a Story

The "Elements of a Story" interactive is designed for children to do on their own, but the different online activities can also be adapted for classroom use. Taking the story of Cinderella it explores the different 'ingredients' that make up a story.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Bead Numbers - Place Value

Bead Numbers is a place value investigation involving a tens and ones abacus. The game provides a good context for encouraging learners to think systematically.

6-8 year olds
Pupils

Number Line

Number Line helps students visualise number sequences and illustrate strategies for counting, comparing or the four operations. Number lines can be easily adapted with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, or negative numbers.

5-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Online Stories

Online stories on Vimeo and in PowerPoint.

4-6 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Teaching Science through Stories

Looking for inspiration for science activities in the classroom? This site has some great ideas taking stories as a starting point. Well worth exploring.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

Story Shuffle

Unscramble the historical stories and find out when in history they took place. They feature the relationship between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, the Gunpowder Plot, a plot to steal the Crown jewels and the legend of the ravens at the Tower of London.

8-11 year olds
Pupils

Number Line

An interactive number line to support the teaching of number and scales. Useful for teaching negative numbers. It has been designed for use on an interactive whiteboard.

7-11 year olds
Teachers

Thinking of a Number

Guess the number by revealing the clues on the clouds one by one. This site lends itself to use on an interactive whiteboard.

5-8 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Thinking of a Number

Use inverse operations to work backwards to find the missing number. Useful as a teaching aid on an interactive whiteboard.

7-11 year olds
Pupils
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