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http://www.magickeys.com/books/ Fancy something to read? Well this site has some on-line stories grouped into three categories: books for young children; books for older children; books for young adults. Scroll down the site's homepage to see the list of books available and take your pick - happy reading!
Birmingham Grid for Learning - Story index Still want more stories? Choose from the stories of: Cinderella, Firebird, Arabian Nights, Rumplestiltskin, or Rani the Elephant, on this page from the Birmingham Grid for Learning.
http://www.meddybemps.com/index.html On Meddybemps island stands Chateau Meddybemps. Inside you can have fun learning by playing games, answering riddles, counting, colouring, creating or writing. There are also some lovely stories about the characters of the island of Meddybemps. (A super site for younger children or those needing support with their reading).
This cool site contains games and activities to improve your reading skills. it is aimed at children in Year 7, who need to improve their reading - but it's good fun for anyone younger too! You will need to make up a user name and give an e-mail address to register first. (make sure you get permissions to use an e-mail address before you type it in, and make up a user name which is not your real name)
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits Lots of fun games to challenge your spelling ability!
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar Click on the blue "Grammar", "Spelling", "Reading", "Writing", "Listening" or "Vocabulary" tabs to access lots of simple exercises to test your English Skills. This site is actually aimed at adults who need to improve their basic Literacy skills, but it's good practise for you too!
www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/ These interactive fairground rides test your spelling skills and word building power. Collect points and ride the ghost train to photograph the ghosts!
www.andersenfairytales.com/en/ Read and listen to a Hans Christian Andersen fairy story with animated pictures, or play an interactive game like "The Princess and the Pea Shooter" game!
"Far to the west of imagination lies the land of Coconia..." A complete 33 page fairy story which is free to download and print out, or read on screen.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures Some brilliant word and spelling games for younger children. This site might also be useful if you find spelling a bit tricky or if you are working on the ALS programme.
This is “The Little Animals Activity Centre” website and is aimed at younger children. However you might like to look at this site with a younger brother or sister, or for yourself if you find reading difficult. Click on Story Bear for a story to be read out loud to you!
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey This site is aimed at younger children, but if you are reading the Oxford Reading Tree books about Biff and Chip, or you’ve read them in the past, then you’ll enjoy these simple reading activities.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/schools/digger Here you can choose Literacy Maths or Science activities, organised into three age bands. Choose “Nash’s Adventures” for 5 to 7 year olds; “Flick’s Adventures” for 7 to 9 year olds; and “Sprat’s Adventures” for 9 to 11 year olds.
www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite A website aimed at 9 to 11 year olds, where you can write your own rap, listen to Real Audio poetry and learn all about alliteration.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/ The Revisewise website from the BBC is packed with activities and questions to help year 6 children prepare for their SATs. Clicking on the “English” button will allow you to choose between ‘Reading’, ‘Writing’, or ‘Spelling’ activities. But don’t worry, they’re all fun - honest!
www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/B/ In the games section you can play the “Limerick game” or make a fridge magnet poem! In the Writer’s Toolkit, watch video clips of famous authors offering advice on story writing skills. The “Authors and Books” section allows you to find out more about some popular children’s writers and watch video clips of them talking about their work.
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NEW PuzzleMania Here you’ll find fun challenges, interactive games and activities to suit older children who enjoy solving maths puzzles set in in real-life situations.
NEW Daily SuDoku If you enjoy SuDoku puzzles then there's lots to keep you busy here. The puzzles are regularly updated, and you can click on the 'Archive' button to find even more SuDoku puzzles for kids and adults at different levels of difficulty.
NEW Maths Sphere From this link you can access some Maths games and activities which are free to download from the Maths Sphere website.
NEW Maths is Fun This is a massive site with lots of helpful tips and tricks for when you get stuck with your maths. For those of you who like written Maths puzzles to solve, then there's plenty here to challenge your brain!
A challenging number puzzle for older children. You have to try and make numbers using a calculator to do the sums - sounds simple, until you find out that the calculator is broken, and only 3 keys are working! Can you work out the answers?
A series of maths problems all based around the theme of the Cadbury's chocolate factory (yummy!)
http://www.subtangent.com/maths/index.php This is a fab site for Year 5 or Year 6 children, or anyone who thinks they are a "whizz" at Maths. There's some challenging maths puzzles and games on this cool website. My favourite game is the "Mathionaire" game!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/index.shtml A fun Maths site with some easy puzzles and games for Year 3 children
Get Maths tips from Jake or Jess, or play some of the fun Maths games on this interactive site.
A collection of on-line maths games. You can play samples of the games listed, although you will have to ignore the "sample" or "demo" stamps on some pages.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime Have a go at these maths puzzles, most suited to Year 3 or 4. You need to be patient while the flash animations load!
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/ Click on the blue tabs to access simple activities to test your knowledge about "Whole numbers", "Measures shape and space", "Fractions, decimals and percentages" or "Handling data". This site is actually aimed at adults who need to improve their basic Numeracy skills, but it's good practise for you too!
www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/ This is actually an interactive role-play adventure game with some Maths puzzles which are aimed at Secondary children. However, some Year 6 children might like to have a go. You need to be a fairly quick reader and confident with your Maths.
(unfortunately, this site is no longer working)
www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html Choose from several online games in the 'Maths' category.
Click on "This Month's Problems" for some quite tricky on-line Maths activities.
www.coolmath4kids.com/index.html Some fun maths games to play. Try the “Maths Games” and the “Lemonade Stand” activities. However, be warned that some of the activities are very hard for junior age children!
Quick recall sums on a simple to navigate website. Visit the games room and test yourself with the activities.
Another site with maths games and fun facts about numbers. Try out your skill in the ‘Math Fighter’ game in the “Games” section!
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Choose 'Frances the
Firefly' (for 3 - 7 years olds), or 'Flynn
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Create a comic or paint a portrait. There's lots of arty things to do and make here.
NEW The Children's University of Manchester Do you fancy enrolling at university a few years early?! Well you can at the Manchester University's website for children . You can find out about ancient Egypt, Space, and the Brain, as well as lots of other topics. Try out some of the interactive activities, all introduced by real professors from the university!
NEW Hedgehogs - Road Safety site If you want to keep safe on the road, play fun games, or just sing along to the catchy Hedgehogs road safety song, you will find it all here! Just remember that you won't be able to get that song out of your head for the rest of the day!
NEW DirectGov Kids This site is all about finding out how democracy and the government works. This might not sound like much fun, but there's lots of interesting things to do on the site, exciting places to explore, as well as secret missions to go on! Have fun exploring!
NEW Energy Experience (from E-ON) Scroll down this page and click on "Energy Home" for 5 - 7 year olds, or "Energy Town" for 7 - 11 year olds. From each of these places, you'll be able to find out all about energy, by completing different interactive challenges.
NEW Dance-Mat Typing Improve your speed typing skills with this funky and fun website from the BBC!
Find out all about bugs and how to keep healthy on this simple site. Click on the 'online games' button to have some interactive fun.
NEW Recycle Zone Want to be more "Environmentally Friendly" well try out this cool site with loads of games and activities all based around the the theme of recycling. Visit the 'Fun Zone' or 'Activity Zone' for things to do, or check out the 'Recycle Zone' and sing along with Recycler - the rapping robot!!!
NEW The Fuse Box Find out how electrical objects work or build your own electrical circuits in this stylish and fun site.
NEW Interactive Science and Engineering A new interactive website for children aged 9 - 11. Play games and learn about the real life uses of Science in engineering.
NEW http://www.arkiveeducation.org/ This is a brilliant site packed with high quality videos of different animals. Click the "Games" link to play some fun games all about animals from around the world.
Learn all about electricity on this site. You can print our projects, fact files and experiments, as well as play fun games about electricity and safety. The "Safety Spotter" tests your skills at spotting electrical dangers and the "Jargon Buster" explains tricky electrical terms.
The Blob's guide to electric Circuits A fun and simple site which teaches you everything you need to know about electric circuits, by playing games and facing quiz challenges - what better way to learn?!
This site teaches you all about the hazards of electricity and how to keep yourself safe from harm. The games are flashy and fun, and a good way to learn some important facts.
This is an online game from the UK water industry to raise awareness about the importance of conserving water. Create your own virtual family and then help them to use water wisely in their own home.
This is the website for the Hucknall Junior Basketball Club. The club is open to both boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 18. The season is based around the school year, starting in September and continuing through until the end of July. The club runs on Tuesday nights at Hucknall Leisure Centre from 7pm (£2 per session - ask your parents if you are interested)
This extremely cool website is loaded with animations in which you can help Miss Maggie with puzzles as she travels on her adventures exploring real life environmental problems.
Choose from Maths, Alphabet, Vocabulary and Memory games
If you like making paper aeroplanes then this is the place to go! You'll need to be good at reading instructions as well as patient and persevering. But if you've got what it takes, then get folding!
This site by the "Christian Aid" charity has some really fun games to play which also teach you about the charities work in other countries. Click on the "Games" button to get to the fun! (There are links to Message Boards on this site and you must ask your parents' permission before using these. Never give out any personal information.)
www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/music/mm There are lots of fun musical activities on this brilliant website! You can explore the Musical Mysteries with Robbie and his dog Curly.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather This site contains lots of simple and fun animations to explain all you wanted to know about the topic of weather.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts This is a useful site for Year 4 children when they are studying the topic of Rivers. There is also a really clear animation to help you understand the Water Cycle.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear This Geography site is aimed at Infant children, but there are some nice stories and games you can explore with the cute Barnaby Bear which you might like to share with a younger brother or sister.
Packed with facts about Vikings. Try clicking 'Activities' and then 'Thorkel and the trading ship' to play a simple interactive game.
Find out about the Viking, Roman, Tudor and Victorian times, as well as the 1950s, through lots of interactive games and activities.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople Use this easy-to-read site to find out about the ten famous people listed, or climb into the time machine to travel back in time to a year of your choice!
Learn about rhythm, melody and the creative processes involved in making music through interactive sections, puzzles and a music creation sketchpad.
www.show.me.uk/games/games.html On-line games and fun activities all based on exhibits from galleries and museums across the UK
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/podsmission Carry out simple and fun on-line Science activities on "Bones", "Electricity" and "Solids & Liquids".
This new website from Channel 4 includes lots of interesting facts in the areas of Science, History and Geography. It is useful for research and has some fun quizzes to test your knowledge
This is a brilliant site if you are interested in sport. There's lots to discover and do here. Why not find out about a sport you don't know much about, and have a go at playing it with your friends?
www.planet-science.com/wired/start.html This website shows how much fun Science can be! There are lots of on-line activities including "Planet 10" which allows you to take an interactive virtual fly-through our solar system as well as build your own planet.
A brilliant site from channel 4 with games and features linked to current issues of interest such as "Animals and us", "Your rights" and "Who rules?" You can also send in your views about these topics and get them published on the website. A "cool" site which Year 5 and 6 children might enjoy checking out!
Find out all you ever wanted to know about Greek myths. You can look through sections on Gods or Heroes, or consult the encyclopaedia. The best part is the "Heroes Story Section"!
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/learninganddiscovery /interactive/default/index.htm This is the new interactive area for children on the National Trust website. Click the "Interactive" link to play interactive activities. You can play the "Arranging Rooms" quiz to change a modern kitchen into a Victorian one, or you could take part in the "Whose land is it anyway?" debate. Or what about playing "Pet Detectives" to help Dan find out which pests are destroying the Victorian curtains?
www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/home.shtml This site is aimed at 5 to 9 year olds. There’s lots of fun activities to play in “Dynamo’s Den”, “Dynamo’s History” and “Dynamo’s Lab”. Have fun exploring them all!
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