Spelling it Right March 10, 2011
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy , add a commenthttp://www.spelling.hemscott.net/
Roger Smith’s Spelling it Right website features spelling activities together with pages of advice for pupils and their parents. Spelling patterns and rules are also reinforced using games, wordsearches and crossword puzzles.
Teeny Reading Seeds February 28, 2011
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy, Foundation Stage , add a commenthttp://www.phonicsinternational.com/trs.html
Phonics International is a commercial scheme but the people behind it have made these basic early phonics resources available for free on their website. The material includes rhyme & song suggestions, colouring sheets, picture games and alphabet displays.
Oxford Reading Tree Resources September 9, 2010
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy , add a commenthttp://www.oup.com/oxed/primary/oxfordreadingtree/teachers/
The Oxford Reading Tree website has a collection of free resources for teachers who are using the reading scheme with their students. The downloads include material such as character sheets, word & sentence level teaching notes and activity ideas. Don’t forget we also have a large selection of Oxford Reading Tree activities and resources on this page of the Primary Resources website.
My Online Reading June 4, 2010
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy , add a commenthttp://www.myonlinereading.com/
This Australian website contains a collection of simple illustrated stories and texts designed for students with reading ages ranging from four to seven. It has been developed to improve reading fluency and confidence and, although the stories are very simple, younger students should enjoy them.
Doorway Online February 8, 2010
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy, Maths/Numeracy , 1 comment so farhttp://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/
Doorway Online is a suite of free learning activities provided by the Scottish Borders Council. Designed for independent use, each exercise has range of accessibility and difficulty options. Topics covered include time, money, counting to 10, first words and first sounds.
Digital Adwise January 20, 2010
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy , add a commenthttp://www.digitaladwise.mediasmart.org.uk/
Digital Adwise, from Media Smart, has been designed to help teach KS1 and KS2 students about marketing communications. The interactive online lessons can be used by individuals or small groups on classroom computers. The lessons aim to help children to identify and understand the commercial purpose behind online marketing techniques such as viral marketing, the use of social marketing sites and online games.
Mr Thorne Does Phonics January 15, 2010
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy , 1 comment so farhttp://www.youtube.com/breakthruchris
UK Primary teacher Chris Thorne has created this great You Tube channel full of phonics videos to support teachers, pupils and (mainly) parents who are reading with their children at home.
Primary Projects (Diaries) September 28, 2009
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy, ICT , add a commenthttp://primaryprojects.co.uk/
This site, with resources and activities suitable for use with year 5 & 6 pupils, has been created by teacher Lara Jeffries. It explores the theme of “diaries” through engaging activities looking at several different texts. It features some good suggestions on how blogging can be used to enhance and demonstrate the understanding of texts and provides some useful links for those wanting to set up their own blogs.
Questionaut April 1, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy, Maths/Numeracy, Science , add a commenthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/games/questionaut/
Questionaut is a new game (on the BBC website) that helps KS2 pupils revise areas of English, Maths and Science. Click the link above for a magical journey where students need to click and explore each wonderfully illustrated level to trigger each set of questions.
(Source: BBC Schools Newsletter)
CBBC Me and My Movie February 1, 2008
Posted by Gareth in : English/Literacy, ICT , add a commentFrom the latest BBC Schools Newsletter…
CBBC me and my movie is a unique film-making initiative inspiring and enabling children to make movies and tell their own stories. The website provides fun, interactive film-making tutorials and a safe space where children can upload, share and rate each other’s films including the winning films of the first me and my movie award, in association with BAFTA.
The free me and my movie film-maker’s pack for children is also available to download from the site in the How To section.
Coming soon – a free Teacher’s downloadable pack plus details of me and my movie activity in 2008.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/meandmymovie
Looks interesting.
