| Primary AST - Resources |
Websites
Show me - Interactive curriculum based activities with links to museums and galleries.
National Gallery - Searchable database of artists and their work.
A picture a day - or Literally a picture / photo for every day – excellent for stimulating discussions and developing ‘noticing’ skills
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Google - see the image of the day
Winged sandals - A fantastic site for supporting the teaching of myths and legends. Character profiles and cartoon animations of famous myths and legends.
Learning through Landscapes – information and advice on outdoor learning in the early years, including details of a free advice line.
Barbican - Can I have a word - Resources for teaching poetry and descriptive writing in KS2. Poet profiles and audio files of real poets (e.g. Michael Rosen) reading their poems aloud. Also includes visual stimuli for generating ideas for poetry writing.
Problem pictures - Bring mathematics to life with photographs. Striking photographs are combined with original questions and problems to challenge students at all levels. Only a few are free, then you have to pay.
Other Resources
Thinkers Keys – great ideas to get children thinking, talking, justifying and explaining!
Starting Stories and Story Shorts DVDs from the BFI (British Film Institute) – excellent stimuli for visual literacy in KS1 and 2 available at a cost from BFI.
Featherstones ‘Little Book of . . .’ series. Little Books meet the need for exciting and practical activities which are fun to do, address the Early Learning Goals and can be followed in most settings. Available from Featherstone - Little Book Club
Ideas and starting points for the teaching of riddles with some examples from Year 2 children.