Telling the Time
Read the time on an analogue clock and match with digital time. Different levels of difficulty. Options include using a 24 hour clock and seeing how many correct answers you can get in a given time.
Starfall Art Gallery
A delightful site for Key Stage 1 pupils about six famous artists and their work. It also promotes reading skills. There are literacy exercises. A good non-fiction text. More detailed biographies for Key Stage 2 pupils.
PhonicsPlay.co.uk
Phonics reading games linked to the 'Letters and Sounds' programme in England. Some are free on this subscription site.
The Poetry Zone
An inspirational poetry site with all sorts. If you are between 4 and 18 you can send in your poems to be published. There are ideas for teachers on how to teach poetry. Read interviews with poets and find contact details for poets who visit schools.
Points of View Newspaper Report
Witnesses to accidents can see different things. Read and listen to two witness reports of a skateboarding accident, and learn about how journalists structure newspaper reports and use verbs, adverbial phrases and pronouns to create an effect.
Job Mixer
Read what the different people need to do their jobs and then select their correct outfits. Check to see if you are right and to find out their job.
Spellingframe
A spelling game with some free spellings taken from the spelling curriculum in England. Each word is read aloud, included in a sentence and broken into syllables.
Aesop's Fables
Forty of Aesop's best-known fables are brought to life in adaptations for children. Each story is five minutes long and read by an all-star cast including Brenda Blethyn, Richard E Grant, Jane Horrocks and Alison Steadman.
The Fair Trade Foundation
Read about the campaign to ensure that farmers in third world countries get a fair price for their produce.
Focus on Phonics
Are you baffled by what 'phonics' means? Here are frequently asked questions with answers which can help you to understand what they are and how they are used to help your child to learn to read. You can listen to the hear the sounds the letters make too.
