Websites for Children - Key Stage 2

Allow the children to use Topmarks to search by key word or subject or they could use Yahooligans or Ask Jeeves for Kids as a search engine.

North Yorkshire Website

Explore the 'Resources' section especially:
Overhead Photos of North Yorkshire, Google Maps and Google Earth
Sense of Place - Archive of Photographic images of Yorkshire
Tuned In - music resources linked with Compose World Junior
BBC Revise Wise - KS2 revision
Guardian Learn.co.uk -resources for archive of the Guardian and Observer

The Newspaper

- for children

Childrens BBC Newsround site

- hear the story and watch the video

Naturegrid

Brilliant site from Kent NGFL - virtual pond dipping, plant explorer, woodland explorer with information sheets written especially for children.

Northumberland GFL

Resources from Northumberland Grid for Learning. Try the recommended sites of the week, some excellent links.

IKEA

Kitchen planning program - use when working on QCA ICT Graphical Modelling Unit 5A

Grid Club

Cyber Café simulation, a DfES safe site for 7- to 11-year-olds on safe use of the Internet and e-mail.

Coxhoe Primary

Try the children's websites in the curriculum sections of the site

BBC Science

Try the science quizzes

Kids on the Net

Try their writing activities

Headline History

- based on historical newspapers

Natural History Museum

- kids section

Show Me

- information and activities from museums and galleries

Lulu's games

- huge choice of interactive games and a games generator, including English and French versions

Kevin's Playroom

- Links to many good sites - SITE NOT FOUND