SafeShare
SafeShare is a safe way to watch and share YouTube videos without distracting ads or comments. Simply paste your YouTube link and generate a safe URL which you can bookmark to use again if you wish.
Wonderful Words, Creative Stories about Space
improve two simple sentences by adding descriptive words. Observe how your choices affect the animated images. Use your sentences as inspiration for a story about space. A good site for demonstrating how to write more interesting sentences.
Violet's Vowel Suffix
A spelling game with two parts: a demonstration mode and a game mode. It teaches important suffixes such as ing, ed, ey and er. It is great for teaching when to double consonants when adding suffixes.
Finish the Story: Bushfire
Edit the comic book adventure called Bushfire to make the story more interesting. Choose a conclusion for the story and then improve the grammar by looking changing nouns to pronouns, by adding adverbs and choosing saying verbs.
Blast Off
Blast Off is a mental maths game for 5 to 8 year olds which can help you to know your two digit numbers and help with addition and subtraction skills. It covers different vocabulary such as more than, less than, count on and count back.
Hyperactive Children's Support Group
Concerned parents may find this online explanation of hyperactivity helpful. The site considers possible causes and dietary implications.
Primary Resources
Don't miss this wealth of worksheets, ideas, activities and resources for primary teachers. Sections included are literacy, homework, maths, science and art. Some resources are online, others are in PDF format.
Life in Elizabethan England
The Compendium of Common Knowledge contains concise information on many topics associated with the Elizabethan World such as money, religion, food and domestic details. Easy to navigate.
Learn about the Weather
Learn about weather phenomena including clouds, rain and snow, with these excellent videos and animations from the UK Met Office. They are YouTube videos so will not be accessible in all schools but they are ad free.
