Advent

Did you open the first door of your Advent Calendar today? Woodlands Junior School has its own ‘Online Interactive World Advent Calendar’ with a test of Christmas knowledge:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/calendar/ 

While Kent Ed has produced one aimed at key stage 1:

http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/advent_calendar.html

For more Christmas ideas and activities try:

http://primaryict.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/free-christmas-activities-2/

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/teacher/christmas.html

http://primarynuggets.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/more-christmas-websites/

Have a happy festive season

Inspiration

It is always a priviledge to spend time with the inspirational Tim Rylands and Friday was no exception. He shared a number of great ideas and websites including Ether Pad for live collaborative writing,  Tag Galaxy for image searches and switeroozoo to invent new animals. If you like switcheroozoo then you may also want to check out build your self wild, talking pets or I can do dog tricks. Have fun!

Winged Sandals

Another great  History website for primary school children. Winged Sandals explores ‘the magical world of Classical Greek mythology, a place filled with awesome gods, daring heroes and fabulous monsters’!

 

Egyptian Tomb Adventure

Click here to experience a virtual tour of an Ancient Egyptian Tomb. Find out more about being an archaeologist, but watch out for snakes and scorpions!  This is one of many activities on the education & activities section of the National Museums Scotland website.

BBC Schools Primary History

The BBC has developed a new site to support primary History: www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ 

“It covers 6 primary history topics – Ancient Greeks, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Children in Victorian Britain and Children of WW2 - and includes a photo and video library, an interactive timeline, quizzes, activities and games.”  

Boohbah

The Boohbah Zone contains lots of fun, interactive games for Early Years aimed at improving mouse control:

www.boohbah.com/

Know IT All for Primary Schools

Know IT All for Primary Schools is a new resource from Childnet International. It aims to support primary school teachers with practical advice and help children to remain better protected online. There are 5 films for children featuring Kara, Winston and the SMART crew. Each film tackles a different theme and there are a range of activities and lesson plans to accompany each one.

The resource is free from the DCSF (Tel: 0845 6022260 Ref Num: 00321 – 2009CDO-EN). For more information visit: www.childnet-int.org/KIA/primary/

Can you fix it?

Congratulations to Bob The Builder who celebrates his 10th Birthday this month. His website has some great Early Years games and activities to explore.

 Yes we can!     

New Look SWGfL Website

The SWGfL website has received a major makeover during the Easter break and has been relaunched with some new and improved features. Including new ways to search and order the Learning Resource area, more detailed information from Service Support and clearer publicity on upcoming events.

Easter Activities

i-board regularly make a small selection of their resources available to teachers free of charge.  Currently http://www.easter.iboard.co.uk contains 6 activities suitable for KS1 and early KS2.

They are free to use and you can also link to them from your website, Merlin and My First Place. They are creative, pattern making activities, some themed around Easter. Simply go to the library area of the URL provided and click  “Show All Activities”. Note: When you get to the launch screen of an activity it contains a “copy link” button and “download thumbnail” button to support easy creation of lessons in a Learning Platform.

If you would like to see all i-board resources go to http://www.iboard.co.uk/free free to register for a free trial