Games & Fun
Year 1
| Description | Web Link |
|---|---|
| Mouse control colouring games. | http://www.thecolor.com/ |
| Lots of fun games for young children. | http://www.poissonrouge.com/ |
| Dr Seuss Jigsaw | http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/games/greeneggs/ |
| Click and drag to make your own monster. | Learn English Kids: Make Your Monster |
| Input a sentence to create a word bank for children to use. | ICT Games: Writing Runway |
| Select words from a word bank to create sentences. | BBC: Sentences |
| Select the words in the correct order to build a sentence. | BBC: Patch Game |
| BBC Little Animals Activity Centre. Word and rhyme matching. | BBC Education LAAC – Words |
| Fun with Spot | Fun with Spot |
| Santa’s secret village. | Northpole |
| Musical sequence game. | BBC LAAC Music |
Year 2
| Description | Web Link |
|---|---|
| Online stories and activities | Magic keys – books |
| Typing and keyboard skills | Ambleweb Cyberkid – typingTyping MasterFunschool |
| Search engines: | Kids click! search engineYahooligans!
Kids’ search engine |
| Web enquiry page based on Sebastian Swan. | Infant Swan Enquiry |
| Index-organised search of fascinating creatures. | BBC Nature – Really Wild |
| Info and games about key famous people: | BBC Famous People |
| Pictorial animal database. | Northumberland (NGfL) – All About Animals |
Year 3
| Description | Web Link |
|---|---|
| Create and send an eCard | KidsCom – eCards |
| An on-screen keyboard to create their own music. | Music/piano keyboard |
| Online music games to support the use of ICT in music. | BBC: Mixer |
| Guide to the orchestra | Play Music – StageKids’ Space – Sound |
| Download a free multi-track recording package – this can be used off-line | Audacity – windows version |
| Animal database | Dino Directory |
| Download the duckbuilder game and explore variables | CGP Books – Build a Duck |
| More complex than Duckbuilder. Students have to make a rollercoaster stay on the track. Good extension to Duckbuilder. |
Funderstanding – Roller Coaster |
| Survival game based on dinosaurs. | BBC – Dinosaurs – Big Al Game |
| Viking simulation game. All decisions have a consequence which is shared with the student. | BBC – Viking Game |
| Interactive cretions using masses and springs. | Sodaplay: Constructor |
| The balloon car builder is a good starter with a clear problem solving applications | PBS Kids: Ballooncar |
| Become mayor of Thameville and spend your units wisely! | Northwood Simulation |
| Online activities to support understanding of safe e-mail use. Follow the link to ‘You have mail’ |
THINKUKNOW – Cybercafe |
Year 4
| Description | Web Link |
|---|---|
| World War One Posters | Georgetown University – Posters |
| Kids’ writing published on the Net | Kidpub |
| Woodlice database | Natural History Museum: Woodlice identification |
| Woodland explorer database | Nature Grid: Woodland |
| Pond Animal identification key | Nature Grid: Pond explorer |
| Enter your data to easily create instant pie charts | NLVM: Pie chart creater |
| Website to enter data to create pie charts and other types of graphs | NCES: Create a Graph |
| Learn about different ways of presenting data. | Mathleague – using data |
Year 5
| Description | Web Link |
|---|---|
| Examples of school building sites and plans | Sikeston- maintenance |
| Planets database | Think Quest – From Mercury to Pluto |
| Victorian Census | National Archives – The Census |
| Spoof Sites – to use with learners to develop their critical evaluation skills – i.e. is it true | All about the tomato spiderThe history of Victorian robotsBuy dehydrated water onlineInformation about the Scottish haggis |
| Searchable information of how things work – could be used for background to control devices. |
How Stuff Works |
Year 6
| Description | Web Link |
|---|---|
| Mathematical formulae | Areas, Volumes, Surface Areas |
| Searchable information of how things work – could be used for background to control devices. | How Stuff Works |
| Learn about safe internet use – follow the stop, think go link | THINKUKNOW- Cybercafe |
| Interactive guide for using and searching the web including e-safety | Welcome to the web |