Useful Links

LINKS

Useful links to support learning at home

FAMILY SUPPORT & SAFEGUARDING

http://www.familylives.org.uk/

Parenting and Family Support – Family Lives (Parentline)

Helpline 0808 800 2222 and for parenting classes.

ART

DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

www.howstuffworks.com

A site jam-packed full of useful information on how everything works.

 

EDUCATION SITES

www.thegrid.org.uk

The public pages from Hertfordshire Education.

http://www.education.gov.uk/

Information and support for parents on how to help with your child’s learning.

www.bbc.co.uk/learning/index.shtml

Contains a range of interactive sites for Primary Pupils – check out SPYWATCH and The Romans.

GEOGRAPHY

Geography – BBC Bitesize

Geography topics to support pupils learning in school. 

HISTORY

History – BBC Bitesize

BBC History ltopics covered in primary schools.

www.nmm.ac.uk

The National Maritime Museums site with links to the Royal Observatory.

www.vam.ac.uk

The Victoria and Albert Museum better known as The V&A.

HOMEWORK HELP

History – BBC Bitesize

Activities designed to support students in school and home.

www.bbc.co.uk/sosteacher

A service for students from KS2, KS3, GCSE and AS/A2 Level to ask a teacher a question on homework, coursework or revision (replies in 24 hours) and to search the database of over 15,000 previously asked questions.

ICT

HowStuffWorks – Learn How Everything Works!

A site jam packed full of useful information on how everything works including the INTERNET!

 

LANGUAGES

KS2 French – BBC Bitesize

Beginners’ French for key stage 2 pupils.

ENGLISH

English – BBC Bitesize

Resources to support English learning in school and home.

NCH ACTION FOR CHILDREN

http://www.actionforchildren.org.uk/

Parents Guide on Internet Usage. Also look at www.nchafc.org.uk for advice for children and young people.

Bullying Online

www.bullying.co.uk

Advice for children, parents and schools

Kidsmart

www.kidsmart.org.uk

An Internet safety site from Childnet, with low-cost leaflets for parents.

Think  U Know?

www.thinkuknow.co.uk

Home Office site for pupils and parents explaining Internet dangers and how to stay in control.

Safekids

www.safekids.com

Family guide to making the Internet safe, fun and productive

MATHS

www.nrich.maths.org.uk

A really rich resource, for extending students, with new activities each month; use the Archive to find activities and solutions from previous months.

PE

www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp

The site for all information on the Olympic movement.

 

SCIENCE

Science – BBC Bitesize

Activities to support pupils science learning.