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Offsite Resources : Key Stage 2


Artist's Toolkit Encyclopaedia			20070912220240-3
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http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/encyclopedia.
An in-depth guide to learning more about the building blocks of composition. Here you will see many examples of works of art that illustrate the visual elements and principles. Subjects covered include Line, Shape, Colour, Space, Texture, Balance, Emphasis, Movement and Rhythm.


Aunty Math			20070912220255-4
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http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/get-sta
The mission of the DuPage Children's Museum is to stimulate curiosity, creativity, thinking and problem solving among young children. Children's familiar experiences are expanded through self-directed, interactive exhibits and programs focusing on the integration of the arts and sciences. Its Aunty Math website is for infants and juniors and provides fortnightly challenges.


Big Sums			20070912220306-5
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http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/maths/big sums/Default.htm
An excellent resource from the Northumberland Grid for Learning. These two maths programs are aimed at using with projectors and whole class teaching. They can however be used with small groups around a standard monitor. The screens start with the maximum numbers set to 10 but this can be altered by the user. The main screen allows the user to hide or show the first, second or answer digits. Numbers can also be changed whilst they are hidden. The resources on this website are freely available for use in education establishments but must not be used for commercial purposes or distributed on other websites.


Brain POP			20070912220437-6
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http://www.brainpop.com/
Leading producer of educational animated movies for students. The company creates original animated movies to explain concepts in a voice and visual style that is accessible, educational and entertaining for both children and adults. BrainPOP movies attempt to demystify Math, Science, Health, Technology and English topics.


Children's Storybooks			20070912220437-7
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http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
This web site provides a collection of illustrated stories for young children to read online. Titles include Round Bird Can't Fly, Kitty Wants a Box, Buzzy Bee, The Counting Story, Alphabet, Animals Can See at the Zoo and Farm Animals. Some of the stories have linking activities such as Riddles, Maze and Colouring Book. The website also includes online stories for older children and young adults.


Click teaching			20070912220437-8
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http://www.clickteaching.com/
Free downloads of worksheets, lesson plans, activity ideas and teaching resources for primary schools, teachers and parents.


Create a Scape			20070912231756-24
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http://www.createascape.org.uk/
A mediascape is composed of sounds, images and video placed outside in your local area. To see the images and video, and hear the sounds you need a handheld computer (PDA) and a pair of headphones. An optional GPS unit can automatically trigger the images, video and sounds in the right places. To create a mediascape, you start with a digital map of your local area. Using special, free software, you can attach digital sounds, pictures and video to places that you choose on the map. By going outside into the area the map covers, you can experience the mediascape. Using the handheld computer and headphones, you can hear the sounds and see the pictures and video in the places the author of the mediascape has put them. All sorts of exciting things can happen as you explore the mediascape.


Education Place			20070912220437-9
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http://www.eduplace.com/
This site provides resources for teachers, students, and parents. Subjects covered includes Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Intervention, Professional Development, activities, games, and textbook support.


First School Years			20070912220437-10
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http://www.firstschoolyears.com/
Free educational resources for parents and teachers of young children. As well as worksheets, flashcards and teaching ideas, First School Years also includes A search which enables visitors to choose any day during the year and find out historical events which occurred on that day and which may be of interest to the 4 to 8 age range. A 'Word List' section which allows educators to find lists of words containing a particular phoneme or grapheme or are related to a particular grammatical concept. A growing educational directory. A list of recommended books and publications categorised by subject. First School Years is continuously "under construction" with new worksheets and other resources being added on a weekly basis.


Glass Forever			20070912220437-11
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http://www.glassforever.co.uk/
This web site is an online learning resource that promotes the benefits of glass recycling to a Key Stage 2 audience. GlassForever compares the journey of glass that is not recycled, looking at it’s negative environmental impact, against the journey of glass that is recycled and the benefits that recycling offers. The site employs a mixture of animation, video and interactive activities to cover the following areas; Why should we recycle glass? Why is glass useful? Where can we recycle our glass? How is glass recycled? How is glass made? What are bottles and jars used for? Why choose glass packaging? Additional features include games and a quiz for pupils, printable worksheets and planning documents for teachers.


Home Education			20070912222503-13
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http://www.home-education.org.uk/menu1.htm
Since 1870 the state has increasingly usurped parents rights and responsibilities as educators of our 5 to 16 year old children using the argument that this is in children's best interests. However, some argue that in reality state education has always been in the best interests of state and industry. This website is a celebration of families as providers, of education and parenting. The law in the UK is quite clear, parents rightly remain responsible for the education of their children regardless of whether they are in school or out of it. The state reserves the right to make enquiries should they believe that this responsibility is not being met and to offer an alternative educational environment to the home to those who wish to use it.


ICT Games			20070913010620-37
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http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html
This site provides educational ICT activites linked to the English National Curriculum. All games are designed, made by and © copyright 2005 of James Barrett. These games are generally targeted at infant school teachers and parents of infant age children. Please read and agree to the Terms and Conditions for use of this website before using any of the resources made available. ©James Barrett All rights reserved.


Indus Valley Civilisation			20070912222824-15
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http://www.harappa.com/teach
This website for teachers created by Ilona Aronovsky co-author of QCA recommended teaching materials, provide resourcing and teaching ideas, curriculum planning links, publications, and replica artefacts for sale. There are 100's of photos, tables of Indus ideograms and essays, all provided by leading archaeologists and scholars.


Kid Story			20070912225951-20
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http://www.sics.se/kidstory/
Established in Sweden, KidStory works with children, educators, and researchers from various disciplines in the development process by building an interdisciplinary, intergenerational, international design team. KidStory develops the currently available technology to inherently support social learning experiences while concurrently developing novel technologies that can be used in the learning environments of tomorrow. The third year of the project is now completed.


Kid's Review			20070912224858-17
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http://www.kidsreview.org.uk/
This website has been developed by parents who noticed first hand how easy it is to motivate children to use computers but how difficult it can be to motivate the same children to pick up and read a book. They also recognise how important other children's views are in book choice. Kids' Review enables children to share their own book reviews within a protected environment. A new Teacher Review section allows teachers to share their views on how these books can be used successfully with children.


Kids' Space			20070912225306-18
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http://www.kids-space.org/
Launched in May 1995, Kids' Space was established to break down cultural, religious, ethnic and racial barriers between children of the world by promoting cross-cultural collaboration in creative projects. The site now features creative writing from more than 150 countries. The website also includes Kids' Space Communication for communication activities, such as pen pals.


KidsMAPE			20070912225705-19
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http://www.mape.org.uk/kids/index.htm
MAPE (Micros and Primary Education) is an organization that has played a pioneering role in using ICT in Britain. The KidsMAPE section of the website includes Greenfield Road (a 19th century database with differentiated activities), History Photo Quiz (dating photographs) and History Treasure Trials (Greece, Roman Empire, Tudors, Victorians and World War II).


Learn for Life			20070912230513-21
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http://www.wwtlearn.org.uk/index0.html
This website by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust contains downloadable lesson plans, data sets, fact files and images about water, wetlands and wetland life. Designed for primary school children, it is aimed at learning in both school and home and is linked closely to the English National Curriculum but adaptable for children living in other countries. There is also a Kid's Zone with a large collection of online games.


Literacy Matters			20070912230959-22
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http://www.literacymatters.com/
The site specializes in providing free literacy lesson plans and resources for Early Years to Y7 teachers. The Medium term and weekly lesson plans are based on good texts and are cross referenced to the National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching objectives. The plans are written by former teachers who continue to try out these ideas in the classroom. The site also contains an 'Ask the Expert' section, a discussion forum and has many useful links.


Mighty Jungulator			20070912232516-25
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http://www.nestafuturelab.org/
Futurelab, the research centre based in Bristol, works with partners on projects that put prototype ICT packages. It does not develop commercial products. Instead, it attempts to test the educational potential of new technologies. For example, they have recently worked with Nathan Hughes, a professional sound and animation expert, to help children from Bristol's Luckwell primary school produce an animated advent calendar. The project used a prototype 3D animating program called Virtual Puppeteers alongside the Mighty Jungulation music manipulation tool.


Numeracy Software			20070912235556-27
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http://www.numeracysoftware.com/xm.html
This website is for primary school teachers who would like to make better use of ICT in their mathematics teaching. There are sections containing Numeracy News and Numeracy Links but the most valuable feature is probably the Free Downloads. Here you will find free resources to download, including pre-written spreadsheets, logo procedure files, My World screens, data files, PowerPoint Presentations etc. These cover all areas of mathematics and are suitable for a wide range of pupils.


Parents Centre			20070913000740-28
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http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/learnjourn/index_ks1.cfm?ver=graph&subject=fo
All 4 year olds and many 3 year olds are entitled to free part-time education. These early years, together with their time in reception class at primary school, make up the foundation stage. It probably won't feel like learning - most children see it as just fun and play. But as they get to grips with speaking and listening, singing and dancing, stories and counting, they'll be gaining all the basic skills that will get them off to a flying start when they reach year 1. 'What is the Foundation Stage?' It's for children aged 3-5, and covers the years they spend from the beginning of nursery or pre-school to the end of reception class in primary school. It was introduced in September 2000 to cover these important years in your child's life. 'Where will my child go for Foundation Stage?' The government is funding Foundation Stage places: in nursery and reception classes in playgroups in pre-schools in nurseries with accredited childminders in approved childminding networks.


Schoolsnet			20070913001937-31
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http://www.schoolsnet.com/
Launched in November 1999 to offer "parents, pupils and teachers an indispensable educational resource." Its primary section includes materials on Art, Design & Technology, Geography, History, ICT, Literacy, Music, Numeracy, Physical Education, Religious Education and Science.


SEN Teacher			20070913002627-32
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http://www.senteacher.org/
A resources site, targeting parents and teachers of children with severe, profound or complex learning difficulties. Just over 30Mb of Windows freeware and printed materials are available, as well as links to other sources of SEN information and resources. The author splits his time 50:50 between teaching learning disabled and autistic teenagers and working as a consultant to the Learning Disabilities and Multimedia Research Project at the University of East London.


Snaith Primary School			20070913002936-33
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http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/
The web site is primarily designed for classroom use. Many of the units available loosely follow the structure of QCA schemes of work, with humour and interactivity added. You will find 1500 pages of classroom resources, worksheets and lesson plans for Key Stage 1 & 2. This includes Myths & Legends, Aztecs, Ancient Greeks and Egyptians, Vikings, Victorians, World War 2 and much more.


Story Street			20070913004606-34
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http://www.storystreet.co.uk/
A free companion website from Longman to accompany Story Street, the fiction strand of the new reading programme Literacy Land. However, this website is ideal for practising Literacy and ICT skills even if you don't use the Story Street books. You can take a virtual tour of Story Street, find out about and email the authors including Jeremy Strong or send a postcard to a friend. The Story Street School Magazine is updated termly with new articles, jokes and news and schools are invited to send in their own magazines for publication on the website. The website offers a registration facility to notify you when new materials and special offers of interest are added to the website.


Teaching Ideas			20070912220437-12
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http://www.teachingideas.co.uk
This site contains lesson