Links
Hodder Education - www.hoddereducation.co.uk
Hodder Education publishes secondary, tertiary, academic, professional and self-improvement titles.
Philip Allan Updates - www.philipallan.co.uk
Philip Allan Publishers Ltd - trading as Philip Allan Updates - has been publishing high quality educational materials for over thirty years and is part of Hodder Education.
School/Education
englishresources.co.uk - www.englishresources.co.uk
his free teaching and revision resources website also includes an NEAB (Northern Examinations and Assessment Board) page, UK education news and resources for pupils aged 11-18. There are also lesson plans, worksheets and a bulletin board.
hamilton-trust.org.uk - www.hamilton-trust.org.uk
Hamilton Trust is a charity aiming to raise standards in literacy and numeracy by providing high-quality resources. Literacy plans include teaching strategies and resources are organised by year group, term and week number.
icteachers.co.uk - www.icteachers.co.uk
This website provides help on building a school website, as well as parents and teachers sections, a monthly newsletter and a children’s section with quizzes, cyberhunts and website links for doing homework.
literacymatters.com - www.literacymatters.com
This is a website written by literacy specialists for teachers and parents. There is also a section on English as an Additional Language, as well as a forum for discussion and resources by year group, including posters, charts, recipes, labels and poems.
teachingideas.co.uk - www.teachingideas.co.uk
An NGfL-approved website of teaching ideas for primary teachers which is full of bright ideas including activities for reading, writing, speaking and listening.
educate.org.uk - www.educate.org.uk
A good website which consists of a Parent Zone, Learning Zone and Teacher Zone. The Parent Zone gives tips on how to get involved in your child’s education and school. The Learning Zone is designed for primary school children and includes puzzles, colouring sheets and fact files and the Teacher Zone has over 2,000 lesson plans, worksheets articles and teaching strategies available as well as a job search.
Department for Education and Skills - www.dfes.gov.uk
The official website for the Department for Education and Skills.
teachernet.gov.uk - www.teachernet.gov.uk
TeacherNet has been developed by the Department for Education and Skills as a resource for people who work in schools and includes over 1,200 lesson plans, directories and the support services of museums, libraries and charities.
National Curriculum Site - www.nc.uk.net/home.html
The government’s definitive curriculum site for teachers provides relevant teaching resources, including QCA/DFES schemes of work and QCA exemplification.
Advisory Centre for Education - www.ace-ed.org.uk
The Advisory Centre for Education is an independent advice centre for parents, offering information about state education in England and Wales for 5-16 year olds.
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - www.becta.org.uk
The Government’s lead agency for ICT in education giving support for the use of ICT in schools.
School Library Association - www.sla.org.uk
The School Library Association website for "the promotion and development of school libraries and information literacy".
Crosswords
A1 Puzzles - www.a1puzzles.com
Subscription site with interactive crosswords, jigsaw puzzles and trivia. 25 new crosswords and puzzles added a month.
The Crossword Centre - www.crossword.org.uk
Crossword resource centre with puzzles, history, competitions, features and book reviews.
Bryson Limited - bryson.ltd.uk
This site includes online grid building, word finders, book reviews, glossaries and crossword software to buy.
About.com Crosswords - www.crosswords.about.com
American daily crossword and puzzle site including tutorials.
Crossword Tournament - www.crosswordtournament.com
From the New York Times Puzzle Editor, a site which includes puzzles and crosswords, links and histories.
Lexcentrics - www.lexcentrics.com/Crosswords/
Cryptic crosswords, puzzles and tutorials.
Thinks.com - www.thinks.com
Includes a daily crossword and other puzzles such as jigsaws and wordsearches.
The Crossword Club - www.thecrosswordclub.co.uk/
Cryptic crossword site with monthly magazine for subscribers.
Christmas Puzzle 2008 - www.christmaspuzzle.co.uk
Annual Christmas Puzzle for charity. Uses The Chambers Dictionary as its source.
Crossword Man - www.crosswordman.com
Software for Crosswords and Games.
Scrabble & Puzzles
Worldwide Scrabble - www.Scrabble.com
The official worldwide Scrabble homepage.
UK Scrabble - www.mattelscrabble.com/en/adults/index.html
The official UK Scrabble site with a history of Scrabble, products and tips.
Association of British Scrabble Players - www.absp.org.uk
The official website of the Association of British Scrabble Players with details of all UK Scrabble clubs and how to join.
Chambers Book of Days
Chambers Book of Days 1864 - www.thebookofdays.com/index.html
The complete searchable text of the original 1864 Book of Days.
Authors
Martin Manser - www.martinmanser.com
Author of Chambers Synonyms and Antonyms and Chambers Eponyms, and editor of The Chambers Thesaurus.
Roddy Lumsden - vitaminq.blogspot.com
Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden's Vitamin Q site of lists and trivia that inspired the book of the same name.
Russ Willey - www.hidden-london.com
This site, by the author of Chambers London Gazetteer, looks at London's lesser-known localities.
