Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Find out about the excellent free learning support services including teacher led visits which include art teaching and handling historical artefacts. The site includes information and photographs of Greek, Roman and Egyptian artefacts.
Geometric Solids
A teaching tool, which works well on an interactive whiteboard, which is good for learning about solid shapes and their properties. Explore the number of faces, edges and vertices. There are lesson plans which demonstrate how the tool can be used.
Welsh Assembly Government - Education and Skills
Find out here educational issues and policies affecting education in Wales. It has details of the free breakfast scheme for all primary children, National Curriculum Assessment results, information on Learning Pathways for 14 to 19 year olds and more.
Renaissance
Journey back to a time of great discovery and invention: the Renaissance. Learn what factors led up to this exceptional time in history, about its art, ideas, and notable figures. Interactive activities include an adventure as a spice trader.
NRICH
This site from the University of Cambridge aims to provide learning support in mathematics for able children. It provides investigations, puzzles and aims to answer maths queries. Send in ideas and solutions.
Principles of Flight
Have you ever wondered how a plane gets off the ground? This page from Science Learning Hub explains.
Thinking History
Lots of ideas for an active learning approach to teaching history. Activities include role play, hot seating and physical diagrams.
ChessKid.com
A safe place for kids to learn and play chess. Discover the rules and strategies of chess! Parents will need to register their children.
Canal and River Trust Explorers
Explorers is the Trust's education programme aimed at children aged 5-11. We inspire children's learning by connecting them to our canals and rivers. There are lots of lovely downloadable resources.
Nature Detectives
A subscription site about nature from the Woodland Trust. Find out what to look out for in the natural world in the coming weeks. There are activities and resources to help you learn more about trees.
