Educational materials ...

Here is a selected range of website links, where information, materials and resources for education can be readily obtained.


  • Thinking Together Project
  • This is the website for the "Thinking Together Project", which is focused on a dialogue-based approach to the development of children's thinking and learning. The website includes reference to classroom-based research in several countries to answer two key questions about the use of spoken language as a tool for learning and problem solving. The website also includes materials that can be downloaded as well as links to useful books and research projects.


  • Discovery Now
  • This is a well presented website with news and information about the newest advances from NASA and the aerospace community. The website features a range of lesson plans (in PDF format) for use with students in the classroom as well as a daily podcast. Discovery Now is written and produced in the USA by the National Institue of Aerospace (NIA) with a grant from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Lesson plans are listed under the sidebar heading "For the Classroom".


  • The ARKive Project
  • This website provides a wealth of free, multimedia resources for teaching and learning. Resources include a large selection of good quality wildlife and environmental films and images - free to download and suitable for a wide range of science and geography topics in both primary and secondary schools. In addition, there are sections devoted for teachers and educators with downloadable briefings, lesson plans and project ideas.


  • Geography of Happiness
  • This is a useful resource for teaching and learning and contained within an educational wiki. There are a range of videos in different formats about a number of European countries as well as links to further information.


  • European Pedalogical ICT Licence
  • This is a carefully designed programme of professional development and certification for educators. The EPICT Licence provides a modular and flexible approach to study options, consisting of a blend of materials and learning methods which includes: General Articles, Exemplars of Good Practice, an Elearning Gateway? to Supplementary Links, Good Practice Guides and sources of advice, core Training Materials and an accompanying ICT Skills Manual.


  • Podcast directory for schools and colleges
  • A directory of selected podcasts (audio, enhanced and video files) that are suitable for educational use with children and young people. The sections in the directory include National Curriculum subjects as well as podcasts produced by schools, colleges and universities.


  • The History Channel
  • Audio and video archive of materials that can be listened and viewed over a broadband connection. The audio section includes famous speeches from notable international politicians as well as famous broadcasts and recordings of the twentieth century.


  • On-line publications for schools
  • A very useful section of the TeacherNet website where publications can be easily located and downloaded. There is a wide range of topics, a search facility and quick links for browsing publication categories.


  • International Networking for Educational Transformation
  • Provided via the Specialist Schools Trust, the iNet is a global network for sharing information. This section of the website features a range of materials and resources for affliated secondary schools.


  • The Virtual Teacher Centre
  • A valuable website providing a good range of education information, materials, news and details of events. The website includes a specific subject search facility.


  • Schemes of work for teachers
  • This DfES website provides schemes of work in the form of units to download. All the subjects of the National Curriculum are included, together with literacy and numeracy.


  • Materials for the literacy strategy (DfES)
  • A range of materials to support the planning, teaching and learning for pupils in primary schools.


  • Materials for the numeracy strategy (DfES)
  • Materials to support the planning, teaching and learning of pupils in primary schools. The site includes Springboard materials as well as interactive teaching programmes.


  • Materials for the Foundation Stage (DfES)
  • A range of advice, information and materials for teachers and managers in the foundation stage.


  • Materials from Hamilton Trust
  • Short and medium-term plans for literacy and numeracy available for download. Links to Hamiliton Trust publications but can be used independently, especially in maths.


Other resources

We have lists of other educational sources, including files to download and links to educational websites on our main website.

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