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Useful Links

If you are a parent or carer, we hope you will find the web links below useful.

BBC Parenting Site Advice for parents of primary-aged children.

BBC Adult Learning Lots of information about getting into learning.

Parents' Resources Articles written by practising teachers designed to help with the education of your child.

SureStart Childcare Where to find childcare in your area.

DirectGov The latest and widest range of public service information from the UK government.

Parent Link Practical tips on helping with children's school work.

Parent Info Expert information to help children and young people stay safe online.

LEARNING ZONE This website is about books and ideas for children and teenagers. It is written for intelligent young readers who are keen to choose their own books. Adults can join in too. There are 328 detailed children's book reviews on this website and more are being added all the time. The full list of reviews is on the Books page. There is also a list by Authors.

Parent Centre

Bookstart Bookstart is a national programme that encourages all parents and carers to enjoy books their children from as early an age as possible.

Literacy Trust Suggestions and activities for parents and carers. Early years to Adult.

Treasure Island A site based on treasure island. Includes quizzes and how to write a book review.

Eric Carle The official Eric Carle website - fetures @The Very Hungry Caterpillar' and 'The Red Fox'.

Peter Rabbit The world of Beatrix Potter tells us about the life of the author and the characters in her book.

CBeebies Activities and games based on CBeebies characters such as Teletubbies, Fimbles, Tweenies and Bob the Builder. Aimed at ages up to 6.

Digger and the Gang Digger and the gang activities to support Year 3 and 4 of the National Strategies for Literacy and Numeracy, and KS1 and KS2 programmes of study.

Bitesize Activities designed to prepare children for KS2 National Tests.

Spellits Covers the word and text objectivies of year 3,4 and 5 of the National Literacy Strategy.

Starship Aimed at children preparing for KS1 National Tests in English.

Magic Key Can be used in the literacy hour for reception year and year 1.

Words and Pictures Learning phonics can be used as part of the literacy hour for year 1,2 and 3 with interactive games suitable for whole class work using an interactive whiteboard.

The NRICH Project New activities added regularly. Use the Archive to find activites and solutions from previous months.

Number Time Number Time activities fit into the Numeracy Framework for reception year and year 1 and 2.

Count On Maths games and activities

Dynamo DynaMo Literacy, numeracy and science games, including spellbound and Who's spooking Who? Designed for home use.

Pod Mission Pod's Mission covers KS2 QCA Science Unit 4A: Moving and growing, Unit 4D:Solids, liquids and how they can be seperated, and Unit 4F: Circuits and conductors. There is also a unit on bones.

Ordnance Survey

Barnaby Bear Supports KS1 QCA Geography Unit 5: Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?

Rivers and Coasts KS2 QCA Geography Units 14 and 23: Investigating rivers and coasts.

Two Cities Explores and compares life in Belfast and Mexico City.

What is weather Covers KS2 QCA Geography Unit 7 : Weather around the world.

Channel 4 Learning Channel 4's site packed with information and sources for historical research and other subjects.

Ancient Greece Ancient Greece covers KS2 QCA History Units 14 and 15.

Anglo Saxons Anglo-Saxons covers KS2 QCA History Unit 6B: An Anglo-Saxon case study.

Victorians Children in Victorian Britain covers KS2 QCA History Unit 11.

Romans Covers KS2 QCA History Unit 6A: A roman case study.

WW2 Children Children of World War 2 covers KS2 QCA History Unit 9.

Walk Through Time Case studies in Unit 6: Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, Unit 8: Tudors, Unit 11 and 12: Victorians and Unit 13: Changes since 1948.

The National Maritime Museums The National Maritime Museums site with links to the Royal Observatory.

The Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum better known as The V&A.

Schools Finder Search Engine to find primary and secondary schools.

Tales of the Road Information for childred and parents on road safety.

Net Mums Netmums is a network for Mums (or Dads), offering information on both a national and local level. Once registered you can access details for all kinds of local resources, from child-friendlu cafes to childminders, places to go and in just a few clicks you can chat with local mums in the coffee house.

Parent Line This website provides help and support to all parents, mums, dads, grandparents, stepparents, other friends and relatives. Bringing up children is rewarding yet hard thing to do and sometimes it can be tough if parents are splitting up, or setting up a new family, or child is being bullied ....and sometimes parents can feel lonely, isolated and judged.

Walk to School The Walk to School Campaign is run by the charity Living Streets with funding from Department for Transport and the BIG Lottery fund. It asks parents, pupils and teachers to think about their journey to and from school and the many benefits of making it on foot.

Safe Routes to School Sustrans runs a free national schools information service, aimed at supporting schools, parents, pupils, local authorities and all those interested in school transport initiatives.

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