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Sesame Street: Playlists

Sesame Street: Playlists

Sesame Street Playlist.. Access a range of videos to develop literacy and engage your pupils.

Level: Primary

Cost: Free

  • Literacy
  • Ks1
  • Ks2
  • Spelling
  • Word recognition
Spelling Star for iPad

Spelling Star for iPad

Spelling Star is the perfect app for practicing your spelling lists. Create lists by entering words and recording the audio. Practice spelling each word correctly three times to become a Spelling Star!

Level: Primary

Cost: Free

  • Literacy
  • Ipad
  • Spelling
  • Primary
Browse the shelves of the GeoLibrary

Browse the shelves of the GeoLibrary

This is a 365 project. Every day during 2013, Alan Parkinson will be adding a new book to the virtual shelves of the GeoLibrary . These will be of interest to geography teachers, and feature a wide range of different books to offer inspiration. Check back daily to see what has been added.

Level: Cross-phase

Cost: Free

  • Literacy
  • Geography
  • Ks2
  • Ks4
  • Reading
  • Ks3
  • Books
  • Culture
Never ending story! With Storybuilder

Never ending story! With Storybuilder

Help students structure and codify historical content with Storybuilder. This app allows students to create fictional stories from any content. it is useful in the history classroom because it allows students to focus on the cause and consequence of historical events by placing them in a narrative.

Level: Cross-phase

Cost: £5.99

  • Literacy

Discover Unused Words

Help pupils widen their vocabulary, using rarely used words, with this lesson idea which helps them explore interesting words which are rarely used in the English Language. Pupils can explore ...

Level: Primary

  • Literacy
  • Ict
  • Words
Storyboard That! Help pupils recreate a story

Storyboard That! Help pupils recreate a story

Help pupils recreate a story with this great lesson idea, using StoryBoard That - a web tool that allows 3 or 6 cells for storyboarding.

Level: Secondary

  • Literacy
  • Storyboard
  • Storytelling
Busy Things

Busy Things

Over 240 cross-curricular games, activities, worksheets and tablet apps for EYFS, EAL and SEN. Eighty of these use icons instead of text and need no written or spoken English. Subscription £29/year for single user or £200/year for schools. Free 28 day trial.

Level: Primary

Cost: Free

  • Literacy
  • Games
  • Ks1
  • Ks2
  • Reading
  • Accessibility
  • Worksheets
  • Online activities
  • Busy things
Michael Gove's new curriculum: what the experts say

Michael Gove's new curriculum: what the experts say

What should we teach our children? Subject specialists read the education secretary's national curriculum plans and respond

Date: Tue 12 Feb 2013

Source: The Guardian

  • Literacy
  • Spelling
  • Reading
  • Grammar
  • National curriculum
BBC School Radio

BBC School Radio

School Radio offers a number of teaching resources to support the primary English curriculum at Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

Programmes target the key learning objectives of the curriculum and the National Literacy Strategy framework, with activities related to the Word, Sentence and Text level work.

All of the School Radio resources for English also have this purpose in common: to exploit the magic of audio and stimulate the imagination of the listener.

Level: Primary

Cost: Free

  • Literacy
  • Podcast
  • Speaking and listening
  • Ks1
  • Ks2
  • Radio
  • Story
Batalugu - Create and read Children's Books

Batalugu - Create and read Children's Books

A fabulous site for creating and finding online children's books. Design your 'bestseller' by uploading images and using the bank of media to drag and drop your story to perfection. Then share with a link.

Level: Primary

Cost: Free

  • Literacy
  • Primary
  • Book creator
  • Create
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