The Literacy Shed
The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources with teaching ideas suitable for use in the primary classroom. There are some fabulous animations to use as stimulus for writing.
The Array
Create and solve easy multiplications such as 9 x 3. Examine relationships between rows, columns and areas in arrays. A useful teaching resource to demonstrate multiplications on an IWB.
Stop the Clock
Match the analogue clocks to their digital times. See how quickly you can complete the matched times.
Listen and Play The Billy Goats Gruff
An EYFS resource from the BBC which has songs, rhymes and listening games as well as the story The Billy Goats Gruff.
Verbs in Space
See if you can spot the verbs. In this game you need to click on the robot holding the verb to whack it!
Magic Verbs
Choose a better verb to make the sentences more interesting. The characters are animated to match the verbs. The game is lends itself well to starter or plenary sessions displayed on an interactive whiteboard.
City Mouse and Country Mouse
A video of an updated story of the Town Mouse and Country Mouse.
Adjective Adventure
Click on the label which has an adjective to feed the spider with a fly.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
View the texts of Shakespeare's complete works.
The Learning Zone
Designed especially for children by Oxford University Museum of Natural History, there are lots of fun things to do and learn here. Sections include: Animals, Insects, Rocks, Fossils, Minerals, Funstuff.
