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English Primary Resources

www.planetwobble.com
A subscription website with online books and activities.

www.goodnightstories.com/read.htm
Stories from many authors

www.enchantedlearning.com
Huge amount of non-fiction material

www.puffin.co.uk
Authors. How books are made

www.mape.org.uk/kids/index.htm
Close activities

www.waterstones.co.uk
Children’s literature reviews

http://www.channel4.com/homework/index.jsp
Homework High

www.annefrank.com
A useful ICT resource if studying this topic.

Teacher Planning Resources

www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books
A site for adults to find out how they can help their children with reading and writing. Includes an extensive list of authors and genres.

www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm
Lots of PDF files to download

www.bristol-cyps.org.uk/teaching/primary/english/englishp.html
Bristol LA site from home

www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/literacy/index.htm
Many very useful Literacy materials

http://teacherxpress.com/
Lots of useful links

www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/contents.htm
Many lesson plans available

www.kingscourt.co.uk/literacy.htm
Download teacher planning for Kingscourt McGraw-Hill materials

Early Years Resources

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac
Little Animals Activity Centre has literacy activities for younger children

www.naturegrid.org.uk/infant/
Sebastian the Swan; Infant Explorer. Material for KS1 and Foundation

On-line Subscription Resources

www.educationcity.net
A lively subscription resource with many linked literacy activities

www.oxfordreadingtree.com
A subscription website for KS1

Also try www.oup.co.uk/oxed/primary/ort
Includes a section to browse through their books.

www.sparkisland.com
This is a subscription website with online activities

www.primary-zone.com
Online activities from Granada Learning

www.primaryonline.com
Online activities from Actis

www.espresso.co.uk
High quality multi-media reference source

Spelling Activity Resources

www.mape.org.uk/kids/bigbooks/index.htm
Big books to download

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml
Words and Pictures, for Year 1 and 2, supports the Literacy Hour and is aligned to the BBC Schools TV series

Writing Activity Resources

www.epals.com
Highly recommended provider of monitored e-mail accounts. 35 free accounts. Subscription needed for emailing outside of epals.

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