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Weblinks and Ideas for Primary Teachers
10 Most Beautiful Geological Wonders
20/11/2011 - Stunning images with accompanying text. Ideal for setting and description, or reading comprehension if the text were simplified for the audience.
Inspiring Videos as Visual Writing Prompts | The Tech Savvy Educator
07/10/2011 - Some stunning visuals for setting and description.
tags: English.writing resources ideas one.off reading multimedia.video
20 Gadgets That Innovate Ordinary Things
28/09/2011 - photographs and short explanations of real - bizarre and unusual inventions, together with some new takes on old ideas.
tags: inspiration ideas one.off inventions english.reading English.Writing
18 Cool Inventions From the Past | Bored Panda
20/09/2011 - Well worth a look. Step into a picture, description, persuasion, comprehension - deduction and inference.
20/09/2011 - "A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing:
A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives*"
tags: thinking.skills Resources
Amphibiolies - Syntactically ambiguous sentences
20/09/2011 - "Amphibolies are syntactically ambiguous, meaning you can read them in more than one way. "
Cheeseburger Brown: Wile - The Unauthorized Biography of Wile E. Coyote
18/09/2011 - "The sun is high and hot. Impossible rock sculptures tower over the desert floor, casting short purple shadows on the scrub and cacti. An insect chirps.
A trail of speeding smoke appears at the horizon, tearing along the highway with reckless abandon. If we were to take a very fast exposure of the dust cloud as it blasts by, we might get a blurred snapshot of a giant RoadRunner (runforrestus run). Shaking her blue crest, quoth she: "Beep-beep." Brilliant!
tags: ideas inspiration English English.writing resources english.narrative english.biography
How to Make Chocolate Ice-cream Cups Using Balloons - Funny Mike
18/09/2011 - Great series of photographs, ideal for adding text / drama such as freeze frame or mime.
18/09/2011 - Very clear "Resource Available
Ordering Comparing and Reading Numbers Ordering, Comparing and Reading Numbers VIEW
Addition and Subtraction Addition and Subtraction Resources VIEW
Multiplication and Division Multiplication and Division Resources VIEW
Partitioning and Place Value Partitioning and Place Value Resources VIEW
Word Problems Word Problems VIEW
Fractions Decimals and Percentages Fractions Decimals and Percentages VIEW
Latest Resources Latest Resources VIEW"
tags: mathematics resources calculating
Absolutely stunning visuals for setting and description - jump into a picture
15/09/2011 - High resolution images / Free Wallpapers from the Terra Galleria photo gallery
31 Interesting Ways to Get to Know Your New Class - "Google Docs"
03/09/2011 - A gem! Interesting, original, fun ways to meet your new class. A wide range of activities contributed by twitter folk and compiled by Tom Barrett.
tags: Start_of_year resources
23/08/2011 - Sliding day, date, month, hour, 24 hlour, minute and seconds - could be interesting to use on the IWB when teaching time, days, months.
tags: mathematics.time resources
THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Top 9 Strange Streets in the World
22/08/2011 - 1. Shortest Street in the World , Ebenezer Place – Scotland
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Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in). In 2006 it surpassed the previous record (5.2 m, 17 ft) set by Elgin Street, Bacup, Lancashire. The street has only one address: the front door of No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel.
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The street originated in 1883, when Ebenezer Place was constructed; the owner of the building, a hotel at the time, was instructed to paint a name on the shortest side of the hotel. It was officially declared a street in 1887.
2. The Narrowest Street in the World (Spreuerhofstraße) – Germany
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Spreuerhofstraße is the world's narrowest street, found in the city of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It ranges from 31 centimetres (12.2 in) at its narrowest to 50 centimetres (19.7 in) at its widest.
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The lane was built in 1727 during the reconstruction efforts after the area was completely destroyed in the massive city-wide fire of 1726 and is officially listed in the Land-Registry Office as City Street Number 77.
3. Most Complicated Interchange in US, Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange – Los Angeles, USA
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The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is situated in Los Angeles, CA and is one of the most complicated interchanges in the country. It permits entry and exit in all directions between the I-105 and the I-110. It’s a stack interchange with layers of bridges making a complicated network of roads allowing smooth flow of traffic though both the interstate highways. This interchange was opened in 1993. It is a 4 level interchange with a restricted access lane that can be used by high-occupancy vehicles.
4. Most Crooked Street in US, Lombard St – San Francisco, USA
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The street is famous for a small section near the top of Russian Hill, between Hyde and Leavenworth streets. Here the hill is so steep (27°) that it would be too dangerous for most vehicles, so between 1922 and 1923 this part of Lombard Street was transformed into a switchback with eight sharp turns. Cars can only drive downhill, east-bound towards Leavenworth Street.
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The crooked section of the street, which is about 1/4 mile (400 m) long, is reserved for one-way traffic traveling east (downhill) and is paved with red bricks. The speed limit in this section is 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h).
5. The Steepest Street in the World, Baldwin Street – New Zealand
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Baldwin Street in a suburban part of New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin, is considered the world's steepest residential street. It is located in the suburb of North East Valley, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of Dunedin's city centre.
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A short straight street a little under 350 metres (1,150 ft) long, Baldwin Street runs east from the valley of the Lindsay Creek up the side of Signal Hill towards Opoho, rising from 30 m (98 ft) above sea level at its junction with North Road to 100 m (330 ft) above sea level at the top, an average slope of slightly more than 1:5. Its lower reaches are only moderately steep, and the surface is asphalt, but the upper reaches of this cul-de-sac are far steeper, and surfaced in concrete (200 m (660 ft) long), for ease of maintenance and for safety in Dunedin's frosty winters. At its maximum, the slope of Baldwin Street is about 1:2.86 (19° or 35%) – that is, for every 2.86 metres travelled horizontally, the elevation rises by 1 metre.
6. Widest Street in the World, 9 De Julio – Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, features the widest avenue in the world. At over 300 feet wide, 9 de Julio Avenue occupies a gap of an entire block in the city grid, hence its incredible width. Crossing the avenue at street level often requires a few minutes, as all intersections have traffic lights. Under normal walking speed, it takes pedestrians normally two to three green lights to cross its twelve lanes of traffic.
7. Longest Street in the World, Yonge St – Ontario, Canada
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The Longest Street in the World is Yonge Street (pronounced “young”), referred to as “Main Street Ontario”, connects the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto in Canada to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. Actually, it starts on the Toronto lakeshore and winds its way northwesterly along Highway 11 to Rainy River, Ontario, at the Minnesota border. Yonge Street is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest street in the world at 1,896 km (1,178 mi), and the construction of this street is designated an Event of National Historic Significance.
8. Largest Roundabout in the World, Putrajaya – Malaysia
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World's Largest Roundabout (Putrajaya - Malaysia) Putrajaya is in the south of Kuala Lumpur. It is a new political center, the loop length of it is 3.4 km. The roundabout is situated around a beautiful hill and green parks.
9. Most Confusing Roundabout in the World, Magic Roundabout – Swindon, UK
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The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England was constructed in 1972 and consists of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. In 2009 it was voted the fourth scariest junction in Britain, in a poll by Britannia Rescue. To be fair, once understood this intersection is amazingly functional and actually designed to reduce overall congestion. However, it is certainly an urban wonder and highly perplexing to the uninitiated.
tags: English.writing one.off ideas
Primary Class - Free and Premium Resources for Primary Schools
22/08/2011 - Mostly free display & classroom resources (for most subjects), plus a wide range of certificates and awards. Well worth a look.
SATs Revision Made Easy! - Past Paper Questions
22/08/2011 - Great site, with SATs questions for English, maths and science, ordered by theme/topic/strand
tags: mathematics mathematics.coordinator English science.general assessment.summative resources
Wistaston Church Lane Primary School ::: Subjects ::: Year Six SATs Revision ::: Maths Questions *
22/08/2011 - Maths SATs questions, grouped by theme/topic/strand
Parkfield ICT - ICT Club Topics
16/1/09 - Some good one-off activities and longer projects.
BBC News - School absence is highest in England's poorest areas
28/12/09 - Absence is five times higher amongst poorer families.
26/11/09 - Secondary School site, with Year 7 resources that may be suitable for upper KS2 French. Very easy on the eye and easy to navigate.
20/9/09 - Press the button to hear a loud gong sound effect.
18/9/09 - Superb for planning and resources. This site cannot be recommended too highly.
Shop Horror - Funny Shop Names
9/9/2009 - Amusing collection of photographs of shop signs that use puns. Almost safe for school, depending on parental attitudes to risque phrases, e.g. the opticians called "Spex Appeal".
BBC NEWS | Education | League tables health warning call
18/8/09 - Apparently there's more to a school than raw data. And the leader of the Catholic church does have an elevated outdoor space attached to an upper story wall.
Read Write Inc. Fresh Start offers older primary and lower secondary children, who have not made progress in their reading, a second chance to catch up and become fluent readers.
South Glos. ICT Curriculum Website
13/7/09 - A huge number of ideas on what to do and how to move ICT on.
Clip Art Warehouse - Free clip art images by the thousand !!
12/7/09 - GIFs page - seems pretty comprehensive.
Child Speak ICT Levels for ICT Suite or self-assessment
5/7/09 - Nice and simple.
BBC - Schools - Primary History
5/7/09 - Great site for colourful, interactive history resources.
BBC NEWS | Education | Is it time to trust the teachers?
5/7/09 - Unequivocally, YES!
Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies and English
28/6/09 - American site with thousands of videos, many of which are pertinent to primary teaching.
Science experiments and lesson plans with Captain Curiosity: Experiment List
28/6/09 - Excellent site for science experiments and ideas for developing children's scientific knowledge.
18/6/09 - Introduction to podcasting and links to free resources to help you produce your own podcasts.
Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary and thesaurus
18/6/09 - Great way of showing links between word groups and synonyms. Fully interactive and colourful.
iPrimary.co.uk | ICT Tutorials for Teachers
11/6/09 - "Tutorials
The following video tutorials cover software and hardware that can be used within the classroom to improve teaching and learning, or can be used to support every day administration tasks. Use the search box on the right to find a specific tutorial.
007 - Video conferencing with FlashMeeting
Learn how to use FlashMeeting, a free web-based video conferencing tool intended for education.
Open Tutorial Quick play
006 - Using Harvest Sounds to play audio files during dramas and radio shows
Find out how to use Harvest Sounds, a piece of software used for playing audio files on the fly.
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005 - Using SpellingCity.com to support the learning of spellings
Find out how to use SpellingCity.com, a free website, to support the learning of spellings.
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004 - ActivPrimary 3 - A basic introduction
Find out the basics of how to use ActivPrimary 3, from Promethean.
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003 - Adding a soundtrack with Windows Movie Maker
Find out how to add music to a video using Windows Movie Maker.
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002 - Creating word clouds with Wordle
Find out how to display word lists in attractive word clouds.
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001 - How to download movies from Youtube
In this tutorial you'll learn how to download movies from Youtube for use at a later date within the classroom."
tags: multimedia.video, resources, ict, Training, ICT.Coordinator
Welcome to the Web: A beginner's guide.
11/6/09 - "Thank you for visiting 'Welcome to the Web'. By working your way through this web site and taking part in the exciting challenges and activities, you will learn all about the Internet. Good luck!" This is very well put together, and a great starting point for introducing the web to primary-aged children
Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick
11/6/09 - This is a fantastic idea for collaborating. "Wallwisher is an online notice board maker...! ...it is ideal for making announcements, wishing people, keeping notes, and anything you can do with Post-its"
"Printable Flash Cards for Vocabulary Words-with Photographs
11/6/09 - Learn new vocabulary in an appealing, visual way. The pictures are - in the main - of particularly high quality.
Most Dangerous Bridges In The World
15/5/09 - High-quality images of rickety bridges in a range of different places around the world. I will use this page of over 20 pages for describing settings in narrative.
10/5/09 - Mostly amusing, provided that you like this kind of thing!
Fossweb.com | FOSS 3-6 Modules
10/5/09 - Superb, colourful and interactive interactive whiteboard resources addressing virtually every aspect of science at KS2.
tags: iwb, best_of_the_web, science.general, science.sc2(life), science.sc3(materials), science.sc4(physical), resources, ks2
Fossweb.com | FOSS K-2 Modules
10/5/09 - Superb, colourful and interactive interactive whiteboard resources addressing almost every aspect of science at KS1.
tags: iwb, best_of_the_web, science.general, science.sc2(life), science.sc3(materials), science.sc4(physical), resources, KS1
compfight + a flickr™ search tool
Searches Flickr and Creative Commons for images.
Dozens of Smart Technology Sites
26/4/09 - A must-visit site for any teacher with a Smartboard. Links to plans, resources and activities, videos on using different aspects of the IWB.
tags: iwb.smart.notebooks, resources, weblinks.pages.on.teaching.sites, best_of_the_web
Tips/Back-to-School/First Days of School Activities
22/4/09 - Looks good. Plenty of ideas, keep for summer holidays.
22/4/09 - Very simple, very effective way of demonstrating common denominators and equivalent fractions. Uses a mixture of fraction notation and colourful pictographs.
19/4/09 - "Photorealistic zoo". Make your own new animals, play animal games and puzzles. Learn about animals. Build animal habitats. Superb site for habitats or as a writing stimulus. The site even offers lesson plans.
tags: planning, resources, science.habitats, english.writing, ideas, english.nonfiction
earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up
19/4/09 - "earth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note-- since the top Flickr images are used, the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!" Superb resource, just add keyword/sunset after the URL to see amazing sunsets from around the world.
Figures of Speech - Teach a Kid to Argue
19/4/09 - "How to Teach a Child to Argue. Why would any sane parent teach his kids to talk back? Because, this father found, it actually increased family harmony." This could have great application in P4C / thinking skills, or just conflict resolution. Essentially, it focuses on arguments/persuasive rhetoric founded in logic, reputation and emotion. This could also provide the basis for an interesting speaking and listening or persuasive writing lesson.
tags: thinking.skills, p4c, resources, english.s&l, english.persuasion, english.writing