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ReadWorks.org

An excellent American site with good lesson ideas and materials aimed at improving reading comprehension teaching throughout the primary age range. It is well worth registering.

5-11 year olds
Teachers

Mostly Postie

Can you read scales? Then try this read the scales game which includes weights in grams and kilograms.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Christmas Worksheets

We've put together a selection of Christmas-themed maths worksheets. There are counting, ordering, addition, subtraction, data-handling, measuring and symmetry activities. Mostly KS1 but the addition puzzles are suitable for KS2.

5-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

10 Tips on Hearing your Child Read

Tips for parents on how best to help and encourage your child with reading by Topmarks.

3-7 year olds
Parents

Oxford Owl

Oxford Owl is a free website built to help parents with their child’s reading. This is an excellent resource packed with free ebooks from the Oxford Reading Tree reading scheme, games and activities.

3-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

The Reader Teacher

This site features the great reads for children, teachers, schools and parents to choose from.

3-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Help a Hedgehog

A super read the word challenge game. You have 90 seconds to read as many words as you can. The words are matched to Letters and Sounds Phases 2 and 3 or you can enter your own words.The game helps decoding and blending words.

5-6 year olds
Pupils

Flutter-by Friends

Listen to the story about Cassie Caterpillar and her friend Clyde. When you have heard the story see if you can sequence pictures of the story on a storyboard.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

BBC School Radio

Podcasts of radio broadcasts, downloads, audio, video clips, sound stimulus library and learning resources for primary schools.

3-11 year olds
Teachers

Key Stage 2 Bitesize English

Designed to help Key Stage 2 English SATs revision, the site is limited in coverage, but the activities are still useful and are presented in a lively way likely to appeal to 10 and 11 year olds.

7-11 year olds
Pupils
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