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World War II

The BBC has put together this superb site on the Second World War which not only summarizes the events of each of the war years from 1939 to 1945, but it looks at major aspects of it such as the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, evacuation and much more.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Shadow Shapes

Match shadows to their shapes.

4-7 year olds
Pupils

Teach Your Monster to Read

A free game for young children to practise the first steps of reading. The game is built on the principles of synthetic phonics and follows the teaching sequence of the Letters and Sounds programme.

5-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

All about Astronomy

Zoom Astronomy covers the Solar System, planets, moon, the Sun, asteroids, comets, stars, galaxies and more. There is an illustrated astronomy dictionary and classroom activities. A comprehensive site.

11-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Cashing In

Click on the coins to make specific sums of money. Amounts range from working within 10p to working within £2. The site works well on an interactive whiteboard.

5-11 year olds
Pupils

ITP Coordinates

This resource from Mathsframe allows you to use a marker to identify the coordinates of points on different grids. You can mark points and draw lines and shapes in either 1, 2 or 4 quadrants.

6-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

NST Educational Travel

NST educational travel features school trips including adventure trips, educational conferences and school ski trips for students from Key Stage 2 upwards.

7-18 year olds
Teachers

The Coventry Blitz

A web page which describes how the old city of Coventry was destroyed during the Second World War.

14-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Money Two-Step Problems

Two-step word problems involving money. Calculate how much change is given when 2 or more items are purchased. Designed for use as a teaching aid on an interactive whiteboard.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

National Archives Education Service

A wonderful national archives online teaching resource structured to tie in with National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5 and designed for teachers. It has a range of original sources including documents, film and sound recordings.

7-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils
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