Useful Websites - LearnwithJoel.com

Useful Websites

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www.learnwithjoel.com

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize - Choose Key Stage 2 for 7-11 year olds. This site contains info on every topic. There is useful info for the English, Scottish an Welsh curriculum.

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/ Covers a lot of topics very well.

www.theschoolrun.com - An excellent site for parents who want to help their children.

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/ - Great site for teachers. Regarding levels: The equivalent of between level 4 and 5 was where children were expected to be at age 11.

http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/curriculum-links

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/

http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html

http://www.channel4learning.com/

www.tes.co.uk - A free to subscribe website that is principally used by teachers. It contains a huge amount of information but like a search engine, needs to be sifted through. Use the 'search' function.

http://www.iboard.co.uk/ - A low cost subscription site with interactive games and activities.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=animal+sorting&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=animal+sorting&sc=8-14&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=896FD39734814786BDDA68B058DD576D

http://www.educationcity.com/uk/primary-schools/science

https://uk.ixl.com/promo?partner=google&campaign=1239&adGroup=IXL+-+General&gclid=CPL8_qfgi80CFVU_Gwod5XAK4w

https://hwb.gov.wales/repository/tree?sort=created&language=en - The above site is for the Welsh curriculum but there is a lot of crossover.

http://www.ducksters.com/ An American website. This contains a lot of detail. The games are good and challenging. Some are suitable for secondary school age children.

http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/learning.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio Write questions about the material. The audio clips and podcasts are great for note-taking lessons where listening skills are practised.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/0/ - Excellent website for giving practical reasons why what they are learning is useful. I recommend playing the 60 second clip at the beginning of each topic. The topics covered are English and maths.

http://www.dkfindout.com/uk/ - This website offers a few facts on a lot of topics. The diagrams are excellent. The site is best for science, history or geography.

Games - Various Subjects

http://www.primarygamesarena.com/

http://ictgames.com/literacy.html - Literacy games for younger children

http://ictgames.com/resources.html - Maths games for younger children

http://www.ducksters.com/ - The games are challenging. Some are aimed at secondary school age children.

http://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/geography/

http://www.mathnook.com/math/skill/estimationgames.php - Fun maths games

http://www.mathplayground.com/ASB_GrandPrixMultiplication.html - Excellent multiplication game for those who are good at their tables.

http://www.mathplayground.com/locate_aliens.html - Good for coordinates. Links to other topics too.

www.alanpeat.com/apps.html - Good for spelling, punctutation and writing exciting sentences.

Maths

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - Great for a times table workout!

https://www.mathsisfun.com/ - A good site if you know what you are looking for. Good, differentiated worksheets.

http://www.math-aids.com/ - This contains a lot of great worksheets.

http://nrich.maths.org/frontpage - An ace website for developing deeper understanding of maths. Ace investigations.

http://www.splashmath.com/ - Great games whereby the children can win animated animals.

http://www.mathnook.com/math/skill/estimationgames.php - Fun maths games

http://uk.mathletics.com/ - An excellent subscription site that allows users to learn, but also to compete against players from around the world.

https://www.themathsfactor.com/?v=5&utm_expid=26395339-4.aWpJ097uR7yZdzmVLKv6GQ.2&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F - This website offers maths videos, short practice activities and sessions where the children get to test themselves.

Maths Worksheets

www.mathisfun.com

http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/

http://www.math-drills.com/

http://themathworksheetsite.com/

http://teachingimage.com/

http://snappymaths.com/other/shapeandspace/shapeandspace.htm

http://www.primaryworksheets.co.uk/

English

http://horrible-histories.co.uk/gory-games/gallery - Scroll down to 'Make Your Own Story'

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/16145/nls_dew_Y1.pdf - While this is out of date, it still contains many fab ideas.

https://www.rsc.org.uk/education/teacher-resources - An excellent website for materials on Shakespeare. The developers have been working hard on improving this site.

http://old.bfi.org.uk/education/teaching/primary.html and http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/education/education-resources - A good website if you are linking film into your curriculum.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-site/expert-help/grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-made-easy

http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Primary/Literacy/AllLiteracyresources/BugClub/BugClubOverview.aspx - An excellent site for improving. Please note that you need to pay to subscribe. Check whether your school has a subscription.

www.alanpeat.com/apps.html - Look for Word Juice (players have to make as words as they from a given set of lessons), Exciting Sentences and Pocket Punctuation. All are fun and useful apps.

Science

https://bpes.bp.com/ - Easily one of the best science websites. Invaluable for teachers because it has plans and many experiments.

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/primary

Phonics

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/

http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

www.jollylearning.co.uk

Look up: Mr Thorne on Youtube

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

http://www.tesspag.com/

www.alanpeat.com/apps.html

Grammar

http://jollylearning.co.uk/overview-about-jolly-grammar/

Computing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr - Learn to touch type

https://scratch.mit.edu/ - Learn to code and program here.

https://www.python.org/ - Go to downloads. This site is best for those who are very good with Scratch It develops other coding languages and is much harder to use than Scratch.

Art

https://www.youtube.com/ - Good place for art videos

https://www.pinterest.com/ - Good place for ideas

Music

http://jollylearning.co.uk/overview-about-jolly-Music/ - Aimed at younger children.

Good apps include: Garage Band; EasyBeats; Beatwave. You will need to download these.

French- Remember to check what language your child is learning at school

www.linguascope.com (This is a subscription site)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/

www.primarylanguages.net

http://www.languagesonline.org.uk/Hotpotatoes/frenchindex.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03x4f6k/clips - Good for video clips

http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/french/

http://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resources-pr-fr-schemeofwork.htm

http://www.teachitprimary.co.uk/languages?gclid=CKrDmoCqls0CFZcy0wod450DVw

Geography

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

http://geography.mrdonn.org/index.html

History

http://www.ks2history.com/#!the-shang-dynasty---overview-guide/c1x3l

http://ks2historytimeline.co.uk/

http://history.parkfieldprimary.com/

http://mrdonn.org/

http://www.keystagehistory.co.uk/keystage-2/teaching-local-history-at-key-stage-2/ - Need to register - covers all subjects

http://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/game/ - Fab game on the Great Fire of London

All subjects

http://www.primaryworks.co.uk/Category/History On this website you have to pay for each unit but it is cost effective.

http://jollylearning.co.uk/ - Phonics/Grammar/Music

http://www.teachitprimary.co.uk/

Useful Site for Links

http://www.everyschool.co.uk/geography-key-stage-2-world.html

Useful Sites for Additional Needs (SEN)

Dyslexia

https://dyslexiaaction.org.uk/

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

Autism

http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/tmi/map.aspx?gclid=CIir08Ly-M0CFVYo0wodzSIISg

http://www.childautism.org.uk/about-autism/applied-behaviour-analysis-aba-and-autism/

http://resourcesforautism.org.uk/

Communication

http://www.communication4all.co.uk/HomePage.htm

Handwriting

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Useful Apps - The following is aimed at children aged six and younger and those who are struggling with English.

Apps to help children to improve their literacy, language, communication and handwriting (Feb, 2020)

There is a vast number of apps that claim to help children to learn. Fortunately, The Department for Education has produced a list of six apps that it feels will improve literacy, language, communication and handwriting. They are:

1) Liguini – aimed at children aged 2 to 5. It uses speech recognition and video games to improve grammar and speech.

2) Kalgo – aimed at three to five year olds. It is a digital handwriting exercise using a stylus and tablet. It was built using A.I. and created with teachers, neuroscientists and therapists.

3) Phonics Hero – for children who have started school. It has more than 900 games to take youngsters through the 44 phonetic sounds.

4) Fonetti – describes itself as the world’s first listening bookshop. It gives visual clues as the child reads aloud. It highlights where the most support is needed.

5) Teach Your Monster to Read – this uses games in which school-aged children can meet characters and collect friends.

6) Navigo - focuses on developing the skills that underpin reading, including phonics, letters and sounds through games and the games can help children who are learning English as a foreign language.

The National Literacy Trust’s recent report says that audiobooks can benefit children’s reading.

Times Tables: http://keystagefun.co.uk/times-tables-apps/squeebles-times-tables-2/

Useful for Teachers

http://festivalofeducation.com/ - My favourite education event of the year

https://www.stem.org.uk/ A great resources for science, technology and maths

]http://www.tesspag.com/ - Great for spelling, punctuation and grammar

https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/ - Particularly good for maths

http://www.math-salamanders.com

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/primary - Good for science

www.tes.co.uk

http://www.risingstars-uk.com/Free-Stuff

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teachers-tv/teachers-tv