Study Activities

Everything for children from the BBC

• Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/children/

Links to Children's BBC TV & Radio

• Website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
• Contact Details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/contact/

Wallace and Gromit front this excellent new educational site which aims to get primary school children enthused about inventing.

• Website: http://www.crackingideas.com/
• E-Mail: webmaster@crackingideas.com

Formerly 24 Hour Museum - Latest news, exhibition reviews, links, listings and education resources from thousands of UK museums, galleries, archives and libraries, all in one place.

• Website: http://www.culture24.org.uk/home
• Contact Details: http://www.culture24.org.uk/sector+info/about+us/who+we+are/art65537
• E-Mail: info@culture24.org.uk

Get Set is about involving children and young people in the excitement and inspiration of the Olympic Games.

• Website: http://getset.london2012.com/home

Help with homework for students aged 11-16

• Website: http://www.channel4.com/homeworkhigh/
• Contact Details: http://www.channel4learning.net/apps/homeworkhigh/contact.jsp

Homework Support Kits (published in March 2010) aim to help parents, carers and families of school-aged children to actively engage in their child's learning at home. They provide parents and carers with practical ideas, tools and resources to help make homework and learning part of their family routine. Each kit aims to encourage reading, showing, talking, active play, listening and coaching; they include tips and resources that allow parents to fit engagement in to their normal life.

Each kit covers the parent/child journey through both informal and formal learning processes for their children aged 5 to 19. The kits have been developed to work cohesively as a pack or as stand alone, bearing in mind that families could have more than one child at different key stages. They are:

Working together — a toolkit for parents of children aged 5 plus
Getting into homework — a pack for parents of children aged 8 to 13
Coaching your teenager — a coaching manual for parents of teenagers aged 14 to 19

The kits can be downloaded from this site.

• Website: http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/ete/Parentalengagementinlearning/resources/engagementresources/

A website aimed at helping children learn English as a second or foreign language. Includes games, songs, stories and activities.

• Website: www.learnenglish.org.uk/kids
• Contact Details: http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-parents-contact-us.htm
• E-Mail: learnenglish.kids@britishcouncil.org

A unique range of services specifically created to help parents choose the best books for boys and girls of all ages

• Website: http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk
• Contact Details: http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/contact

Shows you stuff from the UK's museums and galleries

• Website: http://www.show.me.uk
• Contact Details: http://www.show.me.uk/contact/contact.html
• E-Mail: showandtell@show.me.uk

Homework help, revision and educational websites

• Website: http://www.topmarks.co.uk
• Contact Details: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ContactUs.aspx
• E-Mail: contact@topmarks.co.uk

Parents' resources to help your child

• Website: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Parents.aspx
• Contact Details: http://www.topmarks.co.uk/ContactUs.aspx
• E-Mail: contact@topmarks.co.uk

Your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology

• Website: http://www.tryscience.com/
• Contact Details: http://www.tryscience.com/contactus.html