Introduction to Biomes
The nature of the world's major biomes are explained here. It gives the distribution, climate, flora and fauna of tundra, savanna, taiga, tropical evergreen forest, temperate deciduous forest, grasslands, desert scrub and Mediterranean scrub.
BBC Bitesize Science Key Stage 2
Colourful, interactive science activities from the BBC Bitesize on the key areas: materials, energy, light and sound, humans, plants and animals. Designed for 10 to 11 year olds.
Button Bop
A memory challenge game. Can you remember a sequence of up to 10 sounds and shapes? This is a good activity for helping a child's listening skills.
Spinner
Spinner is an interactive resource for generating random numbers up to 10. You can reduce the number of segments. Try this for generating equations.
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.
Lovereading4kids
Lovereading4kids is a book website for parents and children to help make book choices easier. You can download an extract from each book. Each book has a synopsis and reviews.
4 Ways to make your maths working wall work
This blog post, which is aimed at primary teachers, has some useful tips on how to make effective use of a maths working wall.
Students' Guide to Chemistry Freeware
This is a website intended to help undergraduate and beginning graduate students find the free software they need for common chemical tasks.
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.
Introduction to Exploring Scotland
This resource helps you to discover more about the natural resources of Scotland and the relationship between soil and the Scottish landscape.
