Literacy

Visit our new Literacy Zone.

English Stories from the Web
Texts, reviews and interviews with authors.

Listen and Write
KS2 Literacy Hour writing activities with teacher's notes.

Kids on the Net
Collaborative writing projects and activities.

Words Alive
Cross curricular Literacy activities from the British Library.

Children's Story Books On Line (pop up adverts!)
On line stories, riddles and mazes.

The Pazooter Works
Alice in Wonderland - full text with sounds.

Alice in Wonderland
Activities based on the story.

Scholastic Books -Harry Potter site
Sample chapters, author interview and activities.

The official Harry Potter website
Warner Bros website.

Authors and Books
Interviews with authors and illustrators.

Numeracy

Visit our new Numeracy Zone

Ambleside Primary School - Numeracy Hour Resources
Excellent set of teaching tools, tests and games.

Woodlands Maths Zone
A large selection of on line maths activities.

Interactive Resources
Maths activities.

The National Numeracy Strategy in Cumbria
Resources to download.

Sandwell Numeracy Site
Policies, advice and interactive resources.

Maths Web - Leicestershire Numeracy Site
Lesson ideas and resources from the NNS Team in Leicestershire.

Teaching Time
Interactive resources for teaching analogue and digital time.

Kid Klock - Online Clock
Set the clock to display any time in digital and analogue form.

Geoff Dellow's Maths Resources
Including tangrams and fraction animations.

Worksheet Factory
Download a program that will generate tailor-made worksheets.

Science

Visit our new Science Zone

Woodlands Science Zone
A large selection of on line science activities.

Brainpop
Health,science and technology, short films and quizzes.

Explore Science
Interactive multimedia science activites.

Active Science
Interactive lessons on habitats, population and materials

Meteosat Weather Satellite Images
Up to date images provided by Nottingham University.

How Stuff Works
Information on everyday mechanisms.

Professor Bubbles
Everything you ever wanted to know about bubbles.

The Nine Planets
A tour of the Solar System, statistics and pictures of the planets.

NASA Solar System Simulator
Create a colour image of planets and satellites from a selected viewpoint.

The Science Museum
Links to the National Museum of Photography and Film and the National Railway Museum.

Volcano World
Statistics and pictures of all the major volcanoes.

The Natural History Museum
Interactive site. Including Walking with Woodlice.

Canterbury Environmental Education Centre
Virtual tours of woodland, grassland and pond habitats.

Children's Butterfly Site
Pictures and information about the world's butterflies.

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Age appropriate activities and classroom resources.

History

Visit our new History Zone

Woodlands History Homework Help Zone
Easy to read pages to support a variety of topic work

Ancient Egypt
Guardian's Egypt
Pyramids, tombs, temples and other antiquities.

Ancient Egypt
The British Museum's Ancient Egypt site.

Neferchichi's Tomb
Egyptian Clipart.

Akhet Egyptology
Information about people, gods, tombs and pharaohs.

The Greeks
Snaith Primary School
Child friendly site with information on life in Ancient Greece.

The Romans
BBC Education - The Romans
Timeline, activities and classroom resources.

The Tudors
The Tudor History Site
Who's Who in Tutor History.

The Tudors Project
Informative school site.

The Elizabethan Costuming Page
Everything you need to know about Elizabethan clothing.

The Mary Rose
The schools' page about people and life on board the ship.

Active History
Have a virtual chat with Henry VIII.

The Vikings
BBC Education - The Vikings
Timeline, activities and classroom resources on Viking life.

Viking Network Web
Maps of the countries conquered by the Vikings.

Victorians
Children in Victorian Britain
BBC Schools' Victorian pages.

The Site.org
Victorian London in detail, with timeline and activities.

Virtual Victorians
Daily Life of Victorians.

Cadbury's History site
What it was like to work for Cadbury's in Victorian times.

Post Victorian
The Learning Curve
The home Front -1939 to 1945.

Other Historical sites
The British Museum - Children's Compass
Online tours and searches linked to NC History topics.

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Information and pictures.

Old Maps
Find locations by name or OS grid reference to see old maps.

Images of England
English Heritage site with images of English historical sites.

Today in History
Events throughout history for every day of the year.

Schoolhistory.co.uk
Comprehensive History resource site.

Educate the Children
History resources linked to QCA schemes of work.

ICT
Teaching Ideas - Welcome to the Web
On line introduction to the Internet.

Northumberland Grid for Learning
Graphical modelling activities exploring various floorplans.

Actden Digital Education Network
Animated tutorials for schools on PowerPoint, Office and others.

BBC Wales Clic-Clic
Tutorials and a glossary of computing terms.

BT ICT Toolbox
Includes on-line tutorials for key aspects of ICT.

PE
Physical Education Primary LTD
Resources for teachers.

Design and Technology

Visit our new D&T Zone

NAAIDT Curriculum Resources
Searchable database of Design and Technology projects.

Nuffield Foundation Primary Design and Technology
Examples of pupils' work, sample class materials and resources.

Design and Technology online
Includes information on food, packaging animations and nets.

Geography

Visit our new Geography Zone

Woodlands Geography Homework Help Zone
Easy to read pages to support a variety of topic work

Canterbury - A Virtual Tour
Walk around the city using a clickable map.

Primary Geography
Online version of the list of sites in "ICT: An Enquiry Approach"by Tony Pickford (Geographical Association 1999)

World Info Zone
Geographical information organised by country. World Climate
Climate data for tens of thousands of places worldwide. World atlas of webcams
View live images from cameras around the world. Ordnance Survey maps
Find a map for anywhere in the UK using 'Get A Map'. StreetMap, MultiMap
On line maps and aerial photographs. English Heritage
Advice on planning a visit. Terraserver
Searchable database of satellite images (limited coverage).

Met Office Education
Weather activities and data for use in schools.

Art and Design

Visit our new Art and Design Zone

UK National Gallery
View paintings from the collection on line.

Inside Art
Get sucked inside a Van Gogh painting and explore his work!

World of Escher
Large archive of the works of M.C. Escher. Artchive
Compendium of artists' works and virtual art galleries. Lego Worlds
Create 3D Lego models on screen. ArtEdventures
Interactive online art activities for teachers and students. Blue Mountain Arts
A selection of free electronic greetings cards.

RE

Visit our new RE Zone

Woodlands RE Homework Help Zone
Easy to read pages

Topmarks
Illustrated stories from the Old Testament and the Torah.

Sir Robert Hitcham School RE pages
Virtual tours of a church, mosque and synagogue.

REfuel
Links to educational websites which include RE material.

West Borough School links to RE resources
Teachers' Religious Education web links.

The School Assemblies website
A selection of assemblies for all seasons.

Citizenship
Tiki the penguin
Global news and issues for children.

Bullying Online
Advice for children and parents to help tackle bullying.

Our World
Information on the World Summit for Sustainable Development.

StreetWiseGuys
Road safety games and animated stories.

Teaching Resources
The Learning Game
A comprehensive selection of interactive curriculum games.

Learn.co.uk
Award winning site, interactive KS2 maths and science lessons.

Clickteaching
An online resource database for primary education.

Educate The Children
Over 2000 lesson plans, worksheets and teaching strategies.

Webwise
Lessons ideas for primary teachers using the Internet in class.

Teacher's Library of Resources
A collection of worksheets, planning and homework resources.

The Amazing Picture Machine
Search for images by key words.

Topmarks Education
A large selection of reviewed educational web sites.

Education World (US)
A wide range of teaching tips and strategies.

Micros And Primary Education - MAPE
Supporting the effective use of ICT in primary education.

Primary Resources
Lesson plans, worksheets and ideas for primary teachers.

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