http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/
The BBC’s Learning  Zone broadband site features a large searchable database of short audio and video clips matched to the primary curriculum. The material comes from all around the BBC (from sources such as their education programming and their news output) and each clip is accompanied by a discussion point or teaching idea.

http://www.kidscapism.com/KidscapismTeacherEmailSystem.aspx
Teachers trying to teach their students about using email might like to check out the simulated email system that Kidscapism have set up. It’s free to use, once you register with the site, and allows you to create a controlled, secure and private web-based email system for your class to use.

http://www.textease.com/worldcup/
Lightbox Education have produced this collection of resources linked to the 2010 Fifa World Cup in Textease format. There is a database (with information on the participating countries), maths & geography activities and spreadsheets for recording the results of the group stage matches.

http://www.myonlinereading.com/
This Australian website contains a collection of simple illustrated stories and texts designed for students with reading ages ranging from four to seven. It has been developed to improve reading fluency and confidence and, although the stories are very simple, younger students should enjoy them.

http://www.sunsmart.org.uk/schools/
These resources, from Cancer Research UK, are designed to help promote sun safety in schools. Lesson activities include creating a product to provide shade from the sun, measuring the length of shadows and creating pop-up education books. There is a sample sun protection policy to download, a collection of informative cartoon animations, tips for running a school sports day and a selection of useful links. There are also lots of resources connected to the annual SunSmart competition which this year (2010) gives schools a chance to win a shade canopy worth over £3000.

http://www.mattgillbe.co.uk/CMQN_maths_questions.html
A selection of the excellent musical maths questions from the Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night TV show are currently available to watch on this website. They make great numeracy lesson starters. You will need the free QuickTime plug-in to view the videos. (Thanks to Mark Cornell for sending in the link)

http://www.healthyplanet.org/earthday.aspx
This page on the Healthy Planet website has a collection of lesson plans, for years 1 to 6, designed to promote awareness of environmental issues. Although they’ve been specifically produced for use around Earth Day (April 21st) the ideas could easily be used at any time of the year.

http://isafruit.typepad.com/go_fruit/
There are a couple of resources on the Go Fruit! website that primary teachers might find useful. You can download an interesting powerpoint explaining how apples are grown and there’s also a useful worksheet showing a range of different fruit. Teachers are also able to send off for a free book, The Great Greedy Gogmagog.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/think/education/early-years-and-primary/
The UK Department for Transport has produced this resource to help teach primary students about road safety. The site features posters, activity worksheets, videos, games and stories. Teachers can download a road safety education guidance booklet. There are also a collection of home-link sheets to encourage parental involvement.

http://www.nationalgrideducation.com/
National Grid Education’s excellent School Power website covers the topics of Energy, Forces and Materials. The high quality teaching material includes interactive story books, experiment and activity ideas, presentations featuring great images, a very useful printable word bank and lots of curriculum links.