Visit www.teachingideas.co.uk

Find hundreds of free teaching ideas, lesson plans, and primary resources which can be used in the classroom.

Free to download and no login required either.

Try the Times Education Online website for free Resources

Visit TES Online at www.tes.co.uk

I've been using this now for some time and found it to be a wealth of resources for teaching.

You need a login, but it's free and once logged in you have access to a wealth of resources.

Search your Science Topics such as Forces in Motion on Coxhoe Durham

Visit www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk

This website belonging to Coxhoe Durham Primary School is a great place for both Teachers and Children to find resources for the Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 curriculum.

Chinese New Year - the year of the Ox (Spring Festival)

So you doing a piece on the Chinese New Year that's coming up, here are some links to some music you might find useful.

Chinese Happy New year song - Gong Xi Gong Xi Gong Xi Ni
MP3 download - http://www.fortuneangel.com/NewYearSongs/HappyNewYear.mp3
Lyrics and translations - http://shanghaiexpatlife.blogspot.com/2008/02/that-gong-xi-gong-xi-gong-xi-ni-song.html

If you want your children to sing along to a song try this website...
http://www.nancymusic.com/Gunghayplay.htm
On it you will find the song to download with or without the words, and also the lyrics in English.

Other resources - http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/newyearparty.htm

Google Image Search now has Clip Art option

You can now search Google Images for just clip art images.  This filters out all the photographs and logos that you would normally find when doing an image search.

This is perfect for finding images for your Smartboard presentations or you PowerPoint slides.  Don't forget to get the full size image you have to click on it in the search results, this will view the image on the source website in its full glory.  Always make sure you have permission to use it tho.

You simple just perform your normal image search here http://images.google.co.uk, and along the top there is a drop down selection box which allows you to select Clip Art.

Key Stage KS1 and KS2 SATs Bite Size Revision by the BBC

On the BBC website you can find lots of fun and interactive games to help children at KS1 and KS2 with literacy, numeracy and science. The Bitesize websites that the BBC maintain form a great part of your children's revision ready for the SATs.

This used to be called BBC ReviseWise.

Visit the webiste now at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revision

Explore the Planets in Our Solar System with NASA

Click here for a free poster of our planets

Have a topic coming up about our planets?  Then give this free interactive presentation a go on your SmartBoard.  It has been produced by NASA so you know it will be the most accurate on the internet.

• Which world is the windiest in our solar system?
  
• How about the hottest?
  
• What does comet Halley have in common with New York City?
  
• Pick a planet and find out what it is all about and what it looks like.
  

Visit the link below for the interactive page...
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/sseFlash.swf

For other Solar system topics visit NASA's website here...
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/interactive.cfm