Primary-teaching resources
@school
@school gives pupils, parents and teachers immediate access to thousands of
resources and online activities relevant to Key Stages 1 and 2, special
needs and early years. @school is free from advertising and acts as a gateway
to online assessment activities, learning tools, resource materials and online
educational activities.
AccessArt
AccessArt is a collection of online workshops and arts-education activities
aimed at all ages. For teachers, educators and artists, AccessArt provides
access to contemporary issues in visual arts education and an exchange of
information and ideas.
BBCi Schools: Key Stages 1 and 2
resources
A range of useful websites covering art, geography, history, languages,
literacy, numeracy, PSHE, science, and other subjects.
BBCi
Schools: Revision
BBC multimedia revision services with websites, TV programmes, books
and CD-ROMs which can be used together or separately.
Channel 4's Learning
Online educational resources for teachers, pupils and home learners and a
complete guide to over 400 hours of Channel 4's programmes for schools.
CreateArts
Enter your primary school to win a free visual art and creative writing project
that will see pupils working with professional artists and business volunteers
to transform a neglected area in your school. Open to all state-funded Inner
London primary schools. Launched: 17 September 2007.
Curriculum Online
This DCSF website is an online catalogue of thousands of multimedia
resources, linked to the National Curriculum. Many are free, the
rest can be bought with a school's eLC (electronic learning credit)
money.
EducationGuardian.co.uk
EducationGuardian.co.uk is the Guardian newspaper's online news
and information service for the world of education.
Electronic Telegraph: Internet for Schools
Internet for Schools is a free service provided by the Electronic Telegraph, to
help teachers and students get more out of the Internet.
English Resources
A site containing free resources for teaching and revising English language
and literature with over 250 resources to download.
Film Education
Film Education is a registered charity funded by the film industry in the UK.
Its aim is to encourage and promote the study of film and cinema within the
curriculum. In addition to providing a range of free educational materials,
Film Education organises INSET courses, workshops, seminars and events
including the National Schools Film Week.
Granada Learning
Granada Learning produces a range of educational resources spanning the primary
and secondary school syllabuses to meet the requirements of learners of
all ages and abilities, ranging from infants through to A level and adult
education.
Independent Education
The Independent newspaper's online news and information service
for the world of education.
Learn.co.uk
Learn.co.uk is a learning resource for homework, revision, or
preparing lessons.
National Archives Learning Curve
The National Archives Learning Curve is an online teaching resource, structured
to tie in with the history National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. Designed
for teachers, the Learning Curve contains a varied range of original sources
including documents, photographs, film and sound recordings.
National Schools' Observatory (NSO)
The National Schools' Observatory is a major web-based resource that
allows UK schools to use world-class astronomical telescopes sited all around
the world. Observing time has been specially reserved on these professional
instruments for schools. Working with the resources developed by the
Schools' Observatory, students can prepare and carry out their own
astronomical research and share in the excitement of discovery.
Neighbourhood Journeys
The Neighbourhood Journeys website is a practical guide for Key Stage 2
teachers to making the most of the local built environment as a
context for learning, in and around a school. The activities are achievable in
any location, and are designed to deliver the national curriculum in relevant
and stimulating ways. Tasks are organised into 'journeys', centred on
literacy, dance, numeracy and geography, and can be used in a variety of
ways.
Nuffield Primary Design and Technology
The Nuffield Primary Design and Technology Project is developing materials
to support design and technology teachers, with examples of pupils'
work, sample classroom materials to download and other resources for
teachers.
Nuffield Primary History
This website has a collection of real primary history lessons taught by
real teachers. For each one there is an account of the lesson including
objectives and outcomes, resources needed, and examples of children's
work.
The Poetry Archive
The Poetry Archive is a free online resource, new in 2005, which will
make available recordings of English-language poets reading their own
work. The website is packed with information about poets and poetry, with
advice on teaching poetry effectively, lesson ideas based on the
Archive's recordings and an area where teachers can create and save their
own lesson plans.
The Primary National Strategy
This website explains what the Primary National Strategy is, what the key
initiatives are, and outlines the priorities for numeracy and
literacy.
Primary Resources
Lesson plans, worksheets and activity ideas for primary-school
teachers.
RSPCA education
The RSPCA has produced a large number of curriculum-linked resources. Topics
range from Animals and the Law to Biodiversity. They are aimed at different age
groups and cover curriculum material for Key Stage 1 to 4. Many of the
resources are also available in Welsh.
Spark Island Learning Adventures
Spark Island contains more than 100 curriculum-led educational activities
designed to help ages 3 to 12 improve their learning. Activities are designed
to meet specific curriculum learning outcomes and allow teachers to easily and
effectively integrate ICT into the classroom.
Teacher Assessment Activities
QCA has developed support materials for the Teacher Assessment Activities
series in art and design, design and technology, geography, history, and ICT.
These materials are fully integrated with the national curriculum, and provide
examples of assessment activities to help identify, track and enhance pupil
progress. Each book includes activities and teacher guidance.
Times Educational Supplement
Internet version of the Times Educational Supplement
publication, covering the world of primary, secondary and further
education.
Last updated: 8 May 2008
