Oakthorpe Primary School - Useful Links

Address
Tile Kiln Lane
Palmers Green
N13 6BY
Telephone

020 8807 4689
020 8807 3527

Fax - 020 8807 3302

E-mail - school@oakthorpe.enfield.sch.uk


The links below are generally appropriate for use by children in a range of year groups.
Let us know if there are any other suitable sites it would be useful to list here.
David Mwakana visited our school to tell us about growing maize in Enfield! http://www.mwanakafreshfarmfoods.com/index.cfm
Colouring Ther are loads of pictures, sorted into categories, that can be used for colouring on this site
BBC The schools pages of the BBC
Blue Peter Home Page for the BBC children's programme
Maths Year 2000 Loads of maths facts, games and activities at Maths Year 2000
Kidport (US) Try out some of these online activities
Search here Search with Yahooligans
Ask Jeeves Need a question answered, then Ask Jeeves for Kids
Poetry Loads of poetry information and links. Interviews, reviews, challenges, lesson ideas and lots of other ideas.
Science Museum Lots of information and activities from the Science Museum
How Stuff works Do you want to know how something works?
Music Click here to find out about musical instruments
Natural History Museum Find out about wildlife with the Natural; History Museum
Maths Click on Maths Baseball or Maths Brain to get some calculation practice.
Environmental activities A great interactive site with an environmental theme. There are three activities for children (air pollution, endangered species and coral reef degradation, with a range of accompanying teaching resources for teachers (linked activities and lesson plans, etc)
Literacy A wide selection of activities linked to the literacy strategy
Key Stage 1 A range of literacy and numeracy activities for KS1
Online Stories Stories on the web - aimed at 8-11 year olds
Activities Loads of activities for younger children, maps to print, facts, flags and other information
MFL/German An online English/German picture dictionary
General resources Interactive activies across the curriculum at http://www.educate.org.uk/
Brain Pop Interactive 'video' clips with an american flavour
CBBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/
Maths Dictionary Click here to find out the meaning of those tricky maths words
Geography
(web quests)
Go to http://www.areavibes.com/library/travel-for-kids/ for lots of interesting fact finding activites about various countries around the world.
The links below have been organised into web based resources and activities that are aimed at particular year groups. (Some sites are relevant for more than the age group suggested)
   
Foundation Stage Let us know if there are any other suitable sites it wouls be useful to list here.
Online activities painting activities at Colouring for Kids (great for developing mouse control)
Use the shapes and colours to make patterns and pictures or 'print and paint' or try one of the activities
Knowledge and Understanding Of The World

This is a zoo site with a live cam and has good links to all animals.

All areas of CGFS

CBeebies web site

Links Lots of links to relevant activities here
   
   
   
   
   
Year 1 Let us know if there are any other suitable sites it wouls be useful to list here.
Bob the Builder Lots of interactive fun for children aged 6 and 7. Problem solving, spatial awareness, spelling, shape and direction.
http://www.bobthebuilder.org/
All subjects Lots of resources here
   
   
   
   
   
   
Year 2 Let us know if there are any other suitable sites it wouls be useful to list here.
Well Town (PSHE) Full of information and activities about health and safety. Great for PSHE and Science Ourselves, safety in the home. Very interactive!(for KS1)
Maths Excellent for KS1 maths practical activities for W/C work.
Maths Zone Great for lesson starters and plenaries. Links to other good sites too.
   
PSHE Fire Safety for PSHE
Science Great science resources and interactive games.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

   
Year 3 Let us know if there are any other suitable sites it wouls be useful to list here.
Simulation Try this rollercoaster simulation.
   
   
   
   
Year 4 Let us know if there are any other suitable sites it wouls be useful to list here.
Ancient Egypt Find out more about Ancient Greek life at the BBC web site
Ancient Egypt Find out about Ancient Egypt (the site of the British Museum)
Ancient Greece Year 4 Ancient Greece WebQuest
   
   
   
Year 5 Let us know if there are any other suitable sites it wouls be useful to list here.
Science http://www.electric-circuits.co.uk
Science virtual experiments at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips
Science http://www.channel4.com/weblogic/essentials/science/index.shtml
Science View the solar system with a bit of help from NASA
The Tudors Read about life for the poor people during Tudor times
The Tudors Read through a PowerPoint presentation abou the Tudor monarchs.
The Tudors Lots of resources about Tudor England
The Tudors See some work provided by another primary school.
The Tudors Tudor times from Snaith Primary School
The Tudors more Tudor info
   
   
Year 6 Let us know if there are any other suitable sites it wouls be useful to list here.
   
SATS Revision Year 6 SATS revision with the BBC Revisewise web site
Primary Maths Challenge Take this online test to check out your problem solving skills.
Mr G's group Check out these online tests Have you tried QLWR1583 or FMJU2194
  http://www.funbrain.com/numbers.html
Mr T's History See exactly what was rationed at this website and take the "Rationing challenge"
   
   
 

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