Useful Websites for Our Pupils

It's always best to review the websites ahead of time so that you are able to help your children find the best resources available within the sites. Some offer a great number of games, songs, stories, videos etc so it is important to know the site well in order to support and develop your child’s learning.

www.busythings.co.uk

Excellent site built around the 7 areas of learning in the Early Years Foundation Stage. You can access a free 7 day trial but you need to subscribe after this period to access the content – various subscription packages available.

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

Great site with some free phonics games

www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

Many games often recognised by children from their favourite programmes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories

Cbeebies stories and rhymes.

http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

Interactive books and reading activities to share with your child at home.

http://www.funwithspot.com/

Try creating your own Spot story.

www.sebastianswan.org.uk

Books for reading together with links to understanding of the world (good for natural science).

http://www.ictgames.com/

Some excellent numeracy and literacy resources

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html

Lots of maths and literacy games

www.boowakwala.com

Many games and songs including those relating to festivals.

www.poissonrouge.com

Many delightful games. Spend some time exploring!

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=37

Games of varying quality to support different areas of learning.

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

The Little animals’ activity centre - plenty of good quality activities to support learning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/story/sbi.shtml

The Little animals’ activity centre – stories

www.abc.net.au/children/play

Various educational games, videos and craft ideas

www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-little-kids.htm

British Council “Learn English” – songs and stories

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/index.shtml

Problem solving reasoning and numeracy

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

Visit the world with Barnaby Bear!

• Scholastic Story Starters
• Where in Britain Games
• ICT games (range of games to support learning across the curriculum)
• Dance Mat Typing
• Scratch Junior  (visual computer programming)
• Punctuation Play
• Clockworks
• Money Payer
• Money Splat
• Mend the Number Square
• Number Bonds to 20 game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education

BBC Education have produced a whole host of materials for KS2.  Follow the KS2 link and then select either Maths or English.   Each area usually has an information section for reading, plus an activity and then quiz which is marked online.  Some aspects require a subscription.

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

A site with both Maths and English based quizzes which are marked as you go along.

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

This site has loads of Maths games which help to practise a range of skills.

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm

Lots of Maths games on a range of Mathematical concepts.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html

A range of English games and activities.

http://www.keystage2literacy.co.uk/spellings-menu.html

Activities to reinforce and practise a range of spelling rules.

http://www.spellzone.com/games/index.cfm?wordlist=2255

A range of activities and games to practise a range of spelling rules and patterns.

http://www.icteachers.co.uk/children/children_sats.htm

A site with a range of information and questions – great for revision purposes!

http://www.online-maths-tutor.com/

A site with links to  old style Key Stage 2 Maths Papers, Maths Tutorials as well as Maths Games.  Some of these games are linked to Memory and would therefore help pupils to retain key information.

http://www.emaths.co.uk/index.php/student-resources/past-papers/key-stage-2-ks2-sat-past-papers

These are “old style” Key Stage 2 test papers but are still useful for practise, and in particular, creating discussion around questions and strategies to answer.