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Quick links
Search engines
Links for primary school pupils
Woodlands
Junior School
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Fun sites and educational resources for children
of all ages. It also provides help for revision in a fun and informative
way, by making use of quizzes etc. |
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Fact
Monster / Harry Potter
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When do you think the Harry Potter books take
place? Why not vote on this website. You can also test your knowledge of
Harry Potter using the Quiz on Fantastic Beasts, or Quidditch. This site
is a must for any Harry Potter fans. |
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Lego
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It's a great site for younger children and
it provides lots of games and the opportunity to join the Lego Club - however
parents be warned - there are lots of sales links. |
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Crayola
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This website is split into 3 sections - parents,
educators and children. You can print off pictures for children to colour
in, play games, go round the Crayola website. Brilliant for a rainy day
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Disney
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Excellent Disney site - can be a bit slow to
load - Learn to draw, jokes of the day, film reviews, activity pages, games
- great for younger children. |
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BBC
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Provides some fun sites especially for younger
children. Includes links to sites such as Teletubbies and The Tweenies. |
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Safesurf
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Links to sites that are all "kidsafe", there
are some good links although is is very Americanised and some are just a
bit too "sickly" such as the link to "Moms Cookie Recipe" |
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Homework
Elephant
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Internet resources to help you to complete
your homework assignments. There are over 5000 carefully selected resources
to assist with your homework problems! |
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Homework
High
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This is part of Channel 4's website which has
been designed to help children with homework. It is broken down into subject
areas. You can send your homework questions to Channel 4 "experts" who try
and provide answers by the end of the day. |
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Star
Child / NASA
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For children who are interested in the solar
system this site is brilliant. It can be a bit slow to load but has a lot
of information that is easy to read and understand. |
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Yahooligans
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This is a search engine that has been launched
by Yahoo and is especially for children. Has links to Daily News, Jokes,
Sports, Games and Screensavers. Very Americanised though. |
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Sanford
Art Adventures
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This site has art products and resources for
people interested in art. There are sections on Creating Art, Studying Art,
Art Games and Teaching Art. |
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Links for secondary
school pupils
Fact
Monster Homework Centre
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Provides no-nonsense advice on note taking,
studying for tests and reading textbooks. Also has links to Writing skills
as well as Speaking and Listening skills. |
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Fact
Monster / Harry Potter
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Good site if you're a Harry Potter fan. You
can vote on the website on topics such as "when do you think the Harry Potter
books take place?" You can also test your knowledge of Harry Potter using
the Quiz on Fantastic Beasts, or Quidditch. This site really is a must for
any Harry Potter fans. |
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BBC
Online
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The site provides advice on how to survive
your GCSE's. It is broken down into subject areas and has interactive games
and puzzles, tests, notes and print-offs, plus examples of typical GCSE
questions that you might face in your exams. |
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Yahooligans
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This is a search engine that has been launched
by Yahoo and is especially for children. Has links to Daily News, Jokes,
Sports, Games and Screensavers. Very Americanised though. |
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Homework
High
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This is part of Channel 4's website which has
been designed to help children with homework. It is broken down by subject
area. You can also send your homework questions to Channel 4 "experts" who
try and provide answers by the end of the day. |
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Learn.co.uk
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This is The Guardian newspapers site and it
provides lessons and information on a wide variety of subjects. The site
is broken down initially by age range and then into subject areas. Lessons
are broken down into modules and can be worked through at your own pace.
At the end of the module is a "recap session" |
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Sanford
Art Adventures
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This site has art products and resources for
people interested in art. There are sections on Creating Art, Studying Art,
Art Games and Teaching Art. |
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Links to sixth form colleges
Careers advice
Skills
Organisation
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This site is for young people and adults with
any kind of disability in post-16 education, training and employment across
the UK. It tells you about the level and kind of training you can get through
Government schemes, and about funding for the training. Provides information
on work based training and apprenticeships. |
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Uni 4 me
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This site tells you what university life is
like. |
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UCAS
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The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service
(UCAS) site provides advice and guidance for students on applying for University. |
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Manchester
Youth Directory
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This site provides careers information, advice,
guidance and placing services for young people aged 13 - 21, it has a strong
focus on 15-18 year olds. |
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Department
for Education and Skills
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This is the Department for Education and Skills
website and provides information and advice on education and training choices
for young people It's not the most exciting site around, however the information
is useful and relevant. |
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General Links
Manchester
2002
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All about the Manchester for visitors to the
Commonwealth Games. Provides listings of entertainment, heritage, local
celebrities, shopping, history and a huge amount more. |
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Manchester
Arts Education Festival
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As its homepage says, this site is intended
to be a window into the creative processes going on for the Manchester Arts
Education Festival 2003, and to act as a digital exhibition space for the
project. |
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Join the CLC
Once you've registered with the Centre, you
can use its facilities at any time. There are three steps
to registering.
- Read our Code
of Practice, which you must stick to when you're using
the Centre.
- Print out the student
registration letter and ask your parents to read and
sign it.
- Take the student registration letter
to your school office to have it stamped.
Then return the form to the Centre (the address
is at the top of the letter). |