The Art of War
See the work of Second World War British War artists who have captured the conflict in their artwork.
Toys
A useful collection of images of toys from the Victoria and Albert museum if you are working on a topic related to toys or forces.
Coconut Ordering
Compare and order different numbers, including decimal numbers, and metric quantities involving length, mass, capacity and money. Includes UK, Euro and Dollar currencies.
Letter Formation
This site has excellent animations which provide a good model for learners starting to write letters. They indicate the starting points and proper strokes required. Works well on an interactive whiteboard.
World War II
The BBC has put together this superb site on the Second World War which not only summarizes the events of each of the war years from 1939 to 1945, but it looks at major aspects of it such as the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, evacuation and much more.
Daily 10
Daily 10 has maths questions on a range of maths concepts: addition, subtraction, ordering, partitioning, digit values, rounding, multiplication, division, doubles, halves and fractions. Great starter or plenary activity. Useful for mental maths.
Bingo - Addition
Useful for whole class addition mental maths for use on an interactive whiteboard. Levels are carefully progressive from single digit addition to HTU and TU addition. It can improve mathematical vocabulary. The decimal addition options are faulty.
Loop Cards
Loop cards can help to improve your mental maths. Complete the loop against the clock. All types of calculations. You play the game similar to dominoes. NB The 75% section is faulty.
D-Day Normandy 1944 An Educators' Guide
A PDF document produced to complement the screening of the D-Day film but it can be used as a stand-alone resource. It looks at the historical context of D-Day, how WW2 influenced today's technology and has student activities.
The Coventry Blitz
A web page which describes how the old city of Coventry was destroyed during the Second World War.
