BBC Solar System website
Classes studying the Earth & Beyond in science lessons should take a look at the BBC's Exploring the Solar System website. Material from BBC programmes such as The Planets, The Sky at Night and Horizon. Science teachers can also print out this handy site-map for easy reference.
5 more Fun Games Added
We have just added six more games to the fun games section. They include a space game, target shooting, 2 strategy games, a driving game and classic hangman.
More labelling activities
Three more drag and drop labelling activities have been added:
Animals - KS1 Literacy
Animals - KS2 French
Animals - KS2 Spanish
New Word Cruncher
Word Cruncher - ICT is a timed interactive ICT spelling game. Find and select the letters in the correct order to make the word. If you choose the wrong letter you have to start that word again.
At the same time we have revised the word list for Word Cruncher - Classroom
Server Issues
On Monday 25th January we had some issues with some new software running on the server which slowed the site down.
The whole site was moved to a new faster server which has led to a few teething problems.
We're working on ironing out the issues and hope to be running at full speed by the end of this week.
We apologise to anyone who has struggled to get to the resources.
Labelling Activities
Just received a question regarding not being able to access some of the Labelling Activities from Connie Katz. Unfortunately the return email address was incorrect so I thought I'd post the info here, for her and anyone else with a similar problem. You should just be able to click the image and the activity opens in a new window or tab. Maybe there is some sort of pop-up blocker enabled and stopping them opening. Here's a list of direct links for all the ones in English :
Inappropriate Adverts
Unfortunately we're getting reports of unsuitable adverts appearing on the site.
It seems to be affecting mainly visitors from Australia and the U.S.A.
We are taking action to try to stop them appearing, but we can't see them here in the U.K.
Could you take a screen shot of the page with the ad in place so we can track down where it's coming from?
Send it to David
Resource "Fish Tank" corrected
Just corrected a loading issue when you came to the end of the Early Years resource Fish Tank.
Thanks to Liz Nutt for taking the time to let us know.
Correction to Smaller 100 Square
Apologies to everyone who has tried to use either of the smaller versions of :
KS1 Numeracy 100 Square or the KS2 Numeracy 100 Square.
We had incorrectly coded the link, this has now been corrected.
New resource - Word Cruncher
There is a new resource Word Cruncher - Classroom this particular one is for KS1 Literacy . However, if you would like this activity with your own sets of words then please send your words (at least 12) along with the Key Stage/Subject/Topic using the contact form and we'll try to produce them.
New Fun Game Added
We have just added Checkers/Draughts to the fun games section.
Four Fun Games Added
We have just added four more games to the fun games section :
More Fun Games
As the fun games page is now one of our most popular pages we are going to extend it further. We have reorganised the games onto multiple pages and changed the way the games open. Don't forget to use the Fun Games menu to explore all the games, old and new.
Resource "Triple Activity" corrected
We have just corrected a loading issue and a typo in the KS1 Literacy resource Triple Activity.
Thanks to Ann Tidey for taking the time to let us know.
Resource "Alien Hangman" corrected
We have corrected a typo in the KS2 Literacy resource Alien Hangman.
Thanks to Robyn Thompson for noticing "Theater".
Smaller 100 Square
At the request of Sarah Stephen we have just created smaller versions of the popular 100 Square resource.
KS1 Numeracy 100 Square.
KS2 Numeracy resource 100 Square.
Classroom Labelling Activities
At the request of Geraldine we have created three versions of the labelling resources.
KS1 Literacy resource Classroom Labelling - English.
KS2 French resource Classroom Labelling - French.
KS2 Spanish resource Classroom Labelling - Spanish.
Resource "Rivers Word Drop" corrected
We have now corrected a typo in the Fun Games resource Rivers Word Drop.
Thanks to Paula Munford for pointing out we had mis-spelt "grammar"!
Free Moon Landing Worksheets
To celebrate the 40th aniversary of the moon landing Dorling Kindersley have kindly donated two worksheets for you to download:
We should be getting a copy to offer as a prize in a free competition we are planning to run shortly.
