Useful Web Links

Contents:

Art websites

Geography websites

History websites

Literacy websites

Maths websites

Science websites

ARTS WEBSITES

General

http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/4_11/primaryart

Picasso/Self Portraits

http://www.picasso.com/

Van Gogh/Flowers

http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/8art.htm

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/

Rousseau/Rainforests

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Roman Mosaics

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/index.htm

Egyptian Art

http://www.neferchichi.com/

War Art/Henry Moore

http://www.roland-collection.com/rolandcollection/section/32/580.htm

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/mooretoronto/mooretoronto.html

Monet

http://giverny.org/monet/welcome.htm

Georgia O’Keefe

http://ellensplace.net/okeeffe2.html

http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/indexflash.php

Renaissance – Michelangelo

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William Morris Y6

http://www.morrissociety.org

Cezanne/Still Life Y6

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General

http://www.tate.org.uk/home/default.shtm

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/welcome.html

GEOGRAPHY WEBSITES

Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear

Katie Morag’s Adventures

Seaside Places

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/rather.htm

Weather

http://www.met-office.gov.uk/education

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/

Local Studies

http://www.brizenorton.org.uk/community

Rivers

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/contents.htm

Europe

http://www.eurotales.eril.net/

Coasts and Mountains

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts/index.shtml

http://www.dimpey.btinternet.co.uk/archivepictures.htm

General

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

HISTORY WEBSITES

How are toys different from those in the past?

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/index.htm

http://www.thelighthouseforeducation.co.uk/clicker/flashhistoryks1/toys.swf  
(REALLY GOOD!)

http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/index.html

What were homes like a long time ago?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/flash/victor.html

What were seaside holidays like in the past?

http://home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/seaside.htm

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/snapshots/snapshot05/snapshot5.htm

Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/

http://tlfe.org.uk/clicker/flashhistoryks1/florence.swf

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/flo2.htm

http://www.ushsdolls.com/paperdoll/pdfa.htm

How do we know about the Great Fire of London?

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/fire/index.html

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/stuartsmain.htm

http://www.britainexpress.com/History/great_fire.htm

Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study.

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/index.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Romans/romansmain.htm

http://www.romansinsussex.co.uk/level1/index.asp

http://www.roman-empire.net/

http://www.british-history.com/

http://members.aol.com/Donnclass/Romelife.html

http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/index.htm

Why did Henry VIII marry six times?

http://website.lineone.net/~ailsabrims/

http://www.larmouth.demon.co.uk/sarah-jayne/wives/wives.html

http://www.royalpaperdolls.com

What were the differences between rich and poor people in Tudor times?

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/tlife.html

http://website.lineone.net/~ailsabrims/

http://www.history-people.co.uk/children.html

http://www.maryrose.org/

What was it like for children in the second World War?

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/index.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/wwar.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/index.shtml

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/war.html

What can we find out about Ancient Egypt from what has survived?

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/index.htm

http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/egypt/

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/egypt/

http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html

http://www.eyelid.co.uk/

http://www.neferchichi.com/

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/egypt.htm

What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain?

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/victorians.html

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/index.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/victoria.htm

http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/victorian/vindex.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/walk/flash/victor.html

http://www.victorians.org.uk/

Who were the Ancient Greeks?

http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/index.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/forkids/

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/greece.htm

http://www.arwhead.com/Greeks/

http://www.mythweb.com/index.html

http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/htmlver/index.html

http://www.ancientgreece.com/

What were the effects of Tudor exploration?

http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/tships.html

http://www.maryrose.org/

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/sailor.htm

1960/1990s

LITERACY WEBSITES

Authors

Betsy Byars (The Midnight Fox)

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/betsy.htm

J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter)

http://www.jkrowling.com/

Eric Carle (The Hungry Caterpillar)

http://www.eric-carle.com/

E.B White (Charlotte’s Web)

http://www.harperchildrens.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=10499

Marc Brown (Arthur)

http://pbskids.org/arthur/

Beatrix Potter

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/beatrix.htm

R.L. Stine (Goosebumps)

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/stine.htm

W. Shakespeare

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/shakes.htm

Author search engine

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

http://www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Pioneer/ppc/pages/authors.html

Aesop’s Fables

http://www.pacificnet.net/~johnr/aesop/

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/fableindex.htm

Myths

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/mythindex.htm

Traditional Stories

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/mythindex.htm

Dr. Seuss

http://www.seussville.com

Planet Wobble

Anne Frank

http://www.annefrank.com

Treasure Island

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure

Puffin books

http://www.puffin.co.uk

KS1 Phonics and Spelling

phonics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/

Look, cover, write, check

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html

Rhyming Dictionary

http://www.rhymezone.com/

KS2 Spelling

General

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/

Homophones

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/quizes/spell1.htm

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/quizes/spell2.htm

Prefixes/Suffixes

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/year4/fixer.htm

Plurals

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/quizes/plurals.htm

Look,cover, write, check

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html

Rhyming Dictionary

http://www.rhymezone.com/

KS2 SATs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/challenge/

Foundation Stage

Nursery Ryhmes

http://www.snaithprimary.eril.net/rindex.htm

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/rainintr.htm

Peter Rabbit

http://www.peterrabbit.co.uk/

General Key Stage 1

http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant/  
(A fantastic site)

General Key Stage 2

MATHS WEBSITES

General

Ages 4 - 6

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Ages 4 - 8

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/

Ages 5 - 7

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/index.shtml

Ages 5 - 9

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/home.shtml

Ages 5 - 11

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/

Ages 7 – 9

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Key Stage 2 SATs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/

Excellent Maths activities

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/

Key Stage 2

Multiplication Tables

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html

Tests for the 2,5 and 10 x table

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/quizes/tables1.htm

Tests for the 3 and 4 x tables

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/quizes/tables2.htm

Word Problems

An American site

http://www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html

Activities to print out

Shape, space and measure

Activities to print out

Handling data

Activities to print out

SCIENCE WEBSITES

Ourselves

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/ourselves.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/prints.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/feely.htm>/a>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/taste.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/bones/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/04_act.shtml

Growing Plants

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/plants.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/03_act.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/06_act.shtml

Sorting and using materials

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sorting_using_mate.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/what.htm

Light and Dark

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/light_dark.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/shadowa.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/shadowb.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/hide.htm

Pushes and Pulls

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/pushes_pulls.shtml

Sound and Hearing

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sound_hearing.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/glass.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/yoghurt.htm

Health and Growth

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/health_growth.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/7_9entry/9.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/04_act.shtml

Plants and animals in the local environment

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/03_act.shtml

Variation

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/variation.shtml

Grouping and changing materials

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/grouping_materials.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/7_9entry/8.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission/solidsandliquids/

Forces and movement

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/forces_movement.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/7_9entry/7.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/rice.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/seesaw.htm