Latest Updates

5th May 2007 - as of today the new website is based at: teachinglinks.co.uk - all of the links are there now and I will not be updating this site.

15th March 2007 - Site undergoing a long and much needed overhaul. Until this is complete parts of the menu will be duplicated.

Please ignore the section entitled "labels" for the time being.
15th March 2007 - Several dozen more sites added to my del.icio.us page. Recent highlights include:
  • 51 Plenary ideas
  • Topic Box - search for weblinks by topic or keyword
  • Mind mapping
  • A site hosting every religious text ever published, apparently!
  • A great site for Wav files perfect for PowerPoint, Smart etc.
  • New NNS and NLS frameworks
  • Two comprehensive and free clipart sites
  • More ICT resources correlated with QCA units

25th November 2006 - the links here will not be updated and will be (gradually!) copied to my del.icio.us page. All new links will be added there. In the meantime, click on one of my del.icio.us categories on the right-hand side of this page.

The useful files page will be updated occasionally and all new additions will be linked here.

19th November - Concise and well-written mathematics sub-level documents from the Fours S site added to the Assessment page.

8th October - 4 links added:

23rd September - 4 links added:

17th September - 4 links added:


9th September - 10 links added to the following pages:
  • 5-Star sites (Northumberland Grid for Learning)
  • Freebies (Report Assistant)
  • English (literacylessons.co.uk - all free!)
  • ICT (Camesdale Infant School for articles and resources to help integrate ICT into other lessons)
  • Languages (Northumberland GfL's excellent site)
  • RE (bible stories using Lego and the guide to Hinduism for Schools)
  • Sites with content (Camelsdale School offers a large number of powerpoints for teaching at KS1 and Northumberland GfL) and
  • Thinking Skills (the Edinburgh technique).


  • 31st August - 3 links added to "Useful Files" page (Who Wants to be a Millionaire? quiz template, list of Art websites and list of MFL websites).
  • 30th August - 11 links added to Assessment (marking ladders), Behaviour (certificate generator), Displays (clipart and photos of displays), Freebies (online surveys), Information (education research digest), School Websites, History, PSHE and IWB pages.
  • 29th August - Make your Mr Man added to Wet Playtime section. More sites to be added soon.
  • 5th August - 13 more sites added to site - 5-star, assessment, freebies, school websites, art, maths, science, IWB, languages, music and RE pages.
  • 4th August - Useful Files page added - look there for the spreadsheet of useful weblinks, amongst other things.
  • 1st August - 4 sites added to the school websites page, 8 sites added to the wet playtime page.
  • 28th July - small changes made to the homepage to make it more user friendly.
  • 28th July - sites added to the "General Information" and "Multimedia" pages.
  • 23rd July - you can now download an Excel spreadsheet with loads of useful weblinks. See menu for details.
  • 22nd July - School Websites page added to showcase good primary school websites.
  • 22nd July - Details of 84 websites added to teaching resources, display, games, teacher's fun and assembly pages.
  • 11th July - 26 weblinks added to a variety of pages.
  • 11th July - Displays and Teachers' Fun pages added.
  • 9th July - for ease of reference the number of links in each category has been placed on the menu and the teaching resources page.
  • 9th July - over 30 websites added to teaching resources pages. New pages on assemblies, assessment and general information.
  • 24th June - links added to Timefillers, PE, PSHE, ICT and Languages pages.
  • 6th June - Online games room added to wet playtime page.
  • 27th May - Site Map updated for better navigation. Music, RE, Art and Wet Playtime pages updated.
  • 17th May - 5 more links added to the general resources page, including two 5-star sites.
  • 15th May - more mathematics sites added - maths page reorganised for convenience.
  • 13th May - SEN and freeby pages added to site.
  • 13th May - approximately 40 more sites added to teaching resources pages.
  • 1st May - Several time-filling activities added to the eponymous page.
  • 25th April - Wet playtime area added with free online games.
  • 25th April - 30 sites with free lesson plans and activities added to teaching resources pages.
  • 24th April - several sites added to teaching resources pages.
  • 23rd April - site map uploaded.
  • 22nd April - 5-star sites page created with links to the best all round teachers' sites on the web.
  • 22nd April - Oxfam Teachers' Resources - added to citizenship page.
  • 21st April - Slight changes to the contents menu and the web address.
  • 20th April - several websites added to online teaching resources pages.
  • 4th April - Very cheap and legal (according to the BBC) MP3 download site allofmp3.com added to multimedia page.
  • 4th April - Online encyclopedia and reference database answers.com added to "sites with content" page.
  • 3rd April - Several sites added to subject-specific pages.
  • 26th March - linksforkids.co.uk (hundreds of safe pages for children to browse through. These are sorted into approximately 300 categories) and TES weblinks (When websites are mentioned in the Times Educational Supplement they can be found here) added to teaching resources page.
  • 19th March - teaching resources page updated to include link to guided reading, active listening and speaking and listening materials.
  • 19th March - teaching resources page to include links to ICT-based planning in maths.
  • 14th March - multimedia page updated to include websites with freely downloadable sound effects files.
  • 14th March - six new sites added to Teaching Resources section.
  • 19th February 2006 - Teaching Resources page updated to include general, interactive whiteboard, subject specific and BBC sections.
  • 7th February 2006 - Picsearch.com added to multimedia section.
  • 7th February 2006 - Images etc section renamed "multimedia"
  • 25th January 2006 - kevinsplayroom.co.uk added to online resources page. This links to web resources by national curriculum subject.
  • 25th January 2006 - byteachers.org.uk added to online resources page. This lists free web resources on sites created and maintained by teachers.
  • 17th January 2006 - DFES Maths Interactive Teaching Programmes added to online teaching resources page.
  • 7th January 2006 - BBC Skillswise added to online resources section. BBC sites section incorporated into online resources.
  • 5th January 2006 - Puzzlemaker added to Time Fillers section.

    Introduction

    Just a short note to say "hello and welcome", plus some brief notes on my website.

    I believe that there really is no point reinventing the wheel so I have collated nearly 500 links to useful websites with lesson plans, activities and resources. The one thing they have in common is that they will save you time.

    Two pages on my site contain a selection of ideas that I have found along the way. Have a look at the Behaviour or the Time-fillers page for more info.

    The boring bit:
    • The Menu is displayed on the right-hand side of each page.
    • The number in brackets next to each menu item tells you how many links there are.
    • Ignore the date at the top of the page as this is related to publishing and not the actual updating, which will be indicated separately.
    • You may need to refresh your browser to get the newest info.
    • There is a new page with the latest updates - see menu.
    • Please feel free to leave comments or email me with suggestions of sites to include.


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    • on Tuesday, April 03, 2007

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