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.
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.
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.
The Greatest Game Ever
Can you beat the computer by making a 3-digit number that is larger? There is also a number ordering game. Slow loading.
How to Support a Pupil with Dyslexia
A concise page which explains what Dyslexia is and strategies teachers can use to help to identify and support pupils with Dyslexia.
Activities to do at Home and Online
Downloadable activities from the Children's University site with ideas to support children's learning. They are ideal for summer holidays activities.
Filled to Capacity
Compare the volume of different liquids and find the difference by reading the scales on the cylinders.
Subtracting with Regrouping Lesson
This lesson explains how to work out column subtraction of three-digit numbers using regrouping or borrowing.
Using Salt to Melt Ice
An experiment which will fascinate children if you are working on freezing and melting in science. Catch an ice cube with a pinch of salt and string.
What are odd and even numbers?
A Bitesize feature which explains how even numbers divide between two and odd don't. Try your hand at making the monkeys happy.
