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Search the hundreds of pages of content within the NPhA website using Google search engine.

4Learning.
Citizenship materials and a useful guide to UK parliament, polotics and elections. Excellent links and resources in the Primary section.

@school
This web-site makes it easy for children, teachers and parents to explore the World Wide Web and make the most of its rich source of nursery and primary level educational material. @school has been developed with both inexperienced and frequent Internet users in mind. So whether you are an Internet wizard or you have never logged on in your life @school will help you to help children use the Internet for education at school or in the home. Ideal for ages 4 right up to 13, @school has been carefully designed to give children the confidence they need to use the Internet as part of their education in an absorbing, fun way. After breaking each subject down into sub sections, the site offers a comprehensive choice of links and interactive activities on the Internet which relate to each individual sub section. Whichever aspect of a subject a child wishes to learn about, pertinent and high quality information is just a click away. A play area has also been created so children can explore other areas of the Internet, including fun sites and online games galore. What's more, @school can help teachers and parents discover links to a whole host of sites where they can access valuable resources and information.
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Actis - Primary Online
Primaryonline. Interactive subscription service. Sign up for free trial. Project boxes to stimulate learning maximising ICT and communications in the classroom.
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Active Maths
The aim of Active Maths is to provide interactive resources that will enhance and enrich the teaching and learning of maths. The activities can be used either by individual pupils, small groups or with the whole class using a projector or an interactive whiteboard. Many of the activities can also be carried out by individuals or small groups using one computer.
The activities can be evaluated and used online and are available on CD.

angel solutions
powerful SEF Software tool

BBC Education
Comprehensive educational resources.

Big Bus The
Interactive content especially suitable for primary phase. A well designed learning environment

Brit Kid.
Race racism.

British Film Institute
The bfi engages in a wide range of education activities. A very comprehensive site devoted to the moving image.

Cadbury Learning Zone.
As the focus for Cadbury education activity, their site aims to provide exciting and challenging materials for both school and home learning. Maths, History and the Environment. Check out this useful resource.

Computer Kids.
A subscription service but access to free material to download. The Library holds a collection of packages containing files, teacher's notes and clip art to support the use of ICT across the curriculum.

Creativewriting4kids.com
Creativewriting4kids.com aims to help children develop real enthusiasm for writing by providing a space where they can upload their own work on to schools own pages.

Curriculum Online Portal
Curriculum Online is a one-stop online catalogue of digital learning resources. Resources on this site include:
* lesson plans
* CD-ROMs
* interactive videos
* simulation software
* assessment materials
* online services
…organised by the National Curriculum programmes of study, QCA schemes of work and topics.
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DFES National Grid for Learning
The gateway to educational resources on the Internet. The NGfL provides a network of selected links to web sites that offer high quality content and information. Whether you are learning, supporting, teaching or managing, there are resources on the NGfL for you.

Digitalbrain
Lifelong learning and portal services to LEAs.

Ed on the Web
Ed on the Web is available free until the end of May 2002 as an interactive revision support to help children with their 2002 SATs tests.

Encylopaedia Britannica
The Encyclopaedia Britannica is the world's most comprehensive reference product, a distinction it has held since its first publication in 1768. EB Online includes the complete encyclop?dia, and the Britannica Book of the Year., Worth a look as you can try out searching the Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites that have been selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.

Espresso Productions.
First class subscription service. High quality broadband material held in school. Updates delivered via satellite thus reducing time online and telephone costs. View sample materials and evaluate this quality learning resource at their website.

Eye2eye Software Ltd.
Photographic resources of Britain on CD. Free demo to download (PC version only.)

Film Education
The Film Education website has been created for primary and secondary teachers and students using film and new media across the UK National curriculum.

Glaxo Smith Kline Education
Partners With Education is GlaxoSmithKline's programme of support for education. Through the programme, GSK works with a range of partners to develop young people's knowledge and understanding, technical and personal skills in a number of areas and to promote and develop young people's interest and confidence in science.
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Granada Learning ltd
Primary-zone, Granada Learning's online subscription service was voted 'Online Learning Resource 2002' at the BETT Awards.

Gridclub
A must have online content site which schools should register with to gain access to excellent materials, support, appropriate use of ICT in education and comprehensive teacher support area.

Lancashire Grid for Learning: Literacy Activities and Resources
A fabulous website designed for children aged three to 16 and teaching professionls in Literacy. There are numerous links and interactive activities.
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learn.co.uk
This is where you'll find teaching resources based on the vast Guardian archive, including our weekly topical lessons. Use them for lesson planning, homework, and all kinds of research. Our online lessons cover every element of the national curriculum in each subject at each key stage listed below. Use them for lessons in class, or for private study.

Learning Pathways
Numeracy, literacy pathways. World Book 2002 Encyclopedia. Primary Learning Cube.
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Millennium Maths Project.
MMP is a new long-term national initiative with the broad goal of helping people of all ages and abilities share in the excitement of mathematics and understand the enormous range and importance of its applications to science and commerce.

Netmedia Education.
Netmedia Education specialises in providing learning environments and educationally sound, localised content development services for LEAs and schools.

Primary School Safe Search
A safe internet search for Primary Schools that includes Teachers and Pupils resources

Research-It!
Research tools. Find anything on the web. Quick access to the best internet tools.

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Content

Sainsbury's Archives
Sainsbury?s Virtual Museum contains a wealth of material, including photographic and documentary sources on Sainsbury's in the period 1869 to 1900., It is designed to help teachers use the internet to support the teaching of the following elements of the History National Curriculum: KS1 - What were shops like a long time ago? Welsh KS1 - Sut le oedd siopa 'slawer dydd? What were shops like a long time ago? KS2 - Victorian Britain. KS2 - Second World War. KS2, Year 6 - Online Activities.

SAM Learning
For SATs, SAM Learning offers comprehensive online learning that's proven to improve exam results.

Schoolmaster.net.
Schoolmaster.net is an interactive, online learning environment designed specifically for schools. By combining a full suite of communication, groupware and content delivery applications in a single, intuitive, web-based interface, it is a solution to help schools meet their ICT infrastructure needs., As a closed community, schoolmaster.net enables safe, secure, peer-to-peer interaction and inter-school projects.

Schoolnet Global
Tesco Schoolnet 2000

Schoolszone.co.uk
38,000 free educational resources reviewed by UK teachers.

Schoolzone
A good site for reviews and evaluations of resources (a service Schoolzone provides for DfES/Becta). 50,000 free web-based resources in a searchable database. Also has as earch bale database of education suppliers and trainers.

SCRAN
Subscription and free. SCRAN is the history and culture site which lets you learn directly by accessing images, movies, sounds and virtual reality. There are one million heritage records from museums, galleries, archives and media.

Spark Island
Curriculum-led online activities. Visit the teachers area to view specific learning outcomes.

Sunflower Learning.
Sunflower Learning is developing a library of high-quality multimedia for learning in homes and schools.

TEEM - Curriculum Software Advice Centre
TEEM is the leading (UK) educational software evaluation service. Their teacher-written evaluations highlight effective classroom practice, enabling you to spend eLearning credits wisely. Free access to 1700 evaluations of the 750 products currently listed on the TEEM website, and details of eLearning credit eligibility. Consider joining their nationwide team of trained evaluators and benefit from professional and financial rewards. See the TEEM Digital Content Guide 2004 Download their latest 70 page digital guide, containing updated and expanded advice on the use of CD-ROMs and websites in the classroom, plus a new section on hardware. New developments include the evaluation of Foundation Stage and Post-16 materials.
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The Kindersite Project for preschool and Kindergarten age children.
The Kindersite has 1,000s of links to the best Games, Songs and Stories for young children. The Kindersite is designed for child-care, pre-school, kindergartens and primary schools plus home school, libraries and the home. In fact everywhere where young children access computers. It appears to be USA American with American spellings etc., and hides any address or contact details on its website.

Ultralab
Links and archives of Ultralab research projects and curriculum work with schools.

Viewtech Film & Video
Film and learning programmes rental.