Useful sites for Teachers
Search Engines
Google, A very effective serach engineMirago - A UK search engine which also lets you search by region.
Yahoo
Hotbot - Searchs a selection of engines.
Webcrawler
Links 2 Go - structured index of links to a large number of reference sites. Back to top
Teacher Information Sites
The National CurriculumBehaviour Management
Homework
DFES
QCA
BECTa
National Grid for Learning
Teacher Training Agency
Just for Teachers Back to top
General.
Dorling Kingersly Eyewitness Guides - complete set online, pictures and text can be copied for educational purposesOnline thesaurus
Rogets Thesaurus with dictionary and games
Channel 4 Learning
Welcome to the Planets
teaching and Learning online. Back to top
English
Poetry for kidsPoetry for children, including shape poems
National Literacy Trust
Puzzlemaker
Roald Dahl
Goosebumps website
Book reviews
Wacky web tales - children fill in adjectives, verbs, nouns etc into the tale and the story is automatically created Back to top
Maths
Monster MathMagic Squares
How far is it? Type in two places and the distance (as the crow flies) between them will be calculated
Cool Maths 4 Kids
lots of cool games to play at a variety of activities.
Maths Word Problems - A fantastic web site with hundreds of words problems sorted by age/year group. Unfortunately having just revisited the site you now have to subscribe to it. Its $12 a year and its definately worth it!
This is a fun addictive website with lots of cool games to play.
This site was part of Maths Year 2000. It contains lots of interesting games, some easy and some that will really make you think. Suitable for all ages, including adults!
The Association of Teachers of Mathematics - theres lots of ideas, hints and resources available.
Maths Census of Schools in the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Information and data can be downloaded and analysed.
This is a time ticker across the zones, useful for work on time and calculating differences. This web site was developed to help students improve their maths skills interactively.
Visit their game room and play exciting games like Matho and Hidden Picture...Test your maths skills with their Flashcards! Try out the Maths Word Find puzzle. Also check out the homework helpers.
A fantastic Maths site with lots of activities to do. It is an American site so their money activities are different to ours. American grade numbers are about the same as our school years, so grade 5 = year 5.
Megamaths from the BBC, a fun way to practise work on shape and learn your times tables. Only problem is it can take a while to download.
Do you prefer sport to Maths? if the answer this is the site for you. By answering Maths questions you get to play in a Baseball game (similar to Rounders) every correct answer is a strike. Great fun!!
Loads of Excellent Maths Games. It is sorted into 4 sections: Early Years, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.
A variety of games to play including Tetris, Snake (like on mobile phones) and many more!
A site which gives you links to loads of maths games for all abilities to play. Back to top
History
For Historical websites that are a part of your theme please look at the relevant year group. There are websites on the Romans, Aztecs, Tudors and Victorians.World History - Includeds lots of timelines! Back to top