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Below are a number of websites which may help with topics that we cover at school. We are not responsible for any of the content of external websites.

Victorians

Spartacus	Follow the 'Life in the Factory' links for lots of first-hand accounts of the lives of working children
Learning Curve	This is excellent for Upper Primary, with many original sources to study
BBC Schools	Super site with sections on Work, Play and Schools. Use the Standard rather than Interactive site if your Internet connection is slow
BBC Dynamo	Cartoon adventure exploring a 1900 house. Simple for younger children
Virtual Victorians	Tiverton Museum and Exeter University have combined to produce this site - play with the eToys and read about Daily Life
The Victorians	From Snaith Primary School. Good sections on Queen Victoria and Going to School. Simple language
Victorian Worksheets	Some very useful worksheets here on The Great Exhibition, The Railways, Important Dates, Transport, Pastimes, Sundays, Working Children
Primary Projects	Useful printable activity sheets in the Hands-on section
Dress Charlotte	Click on the frocks to create a new outfit for Charlotte
Queen Victoria - Historic Royal Portraits	Worthy and wordy, but everything you would want to know for research
Census at School	Materials using old census data and comparing with now. Good internet research sheet on Queen Victoria, based on a census form
The 1900 house	Based on the television series
Nettlesworth School - Victorians	The usual excellent quality - first stop for a Victorians topic
http://victorians.net/clipart.shtml http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/victorian.shtml http://www.billybear4kids.com/victorian/clipart.html http://www.designedtoat.com/victorian.shtml	Victorian Clipart cherubs, flowers etc Victorian Clipart – button, borders Victorian Clipart – silhouettes

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Thespis Ancient Greeks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/main_menu.shtml

Explore the cities of Athens, Corinth and Sparta

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/greece.htm

Snaith Primary School - Rather than deal with the whole of Ancient Greece this site just deals with 26 years worth!! The war between Athens and Sparta

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/

Good starting page for information if you can ignore the adverts.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/religion/greekrelig.htm

Greek Myths

http://www.mythweb.com/

http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html

Click on a God to find out more about them.

http://www.mythweb.com/heroes/heroes.html

Click on a Hero to find out more about them.

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/gallery/animations_buoyancy.html

Small animations showing the Archimedes Principle.

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Castles

Kids' Castle. Click to explore a virtual medieval castle: historical fact (based on Nottingham Castle in 1480) and fun- (Dress the knight in armour game, requires Flash 4) and lots of writing activities: recipes, tournament poems, diary of a castle inhabitant.

http://www.castles.org/kids/ Sections with brief information on the castle structure, the residents, the hunting and hawking, the feasts.

http://www.castles.org/Kids_Section/Castle_Story/index.htm

People living in a castle with short description of their jobs.

Parts of a castle described in some detail with photos.

Inside a castle - some of the sights and smells to read about.

Activity Sheets and puzzle page to print out

http://www.alnwickcastle.com/

Photos and descriptions of the interior and history of Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, where Harry Potter was filmed asked to ‘debug’, click ‘No’!)

http://www.ntseducation.org.uk/pupils/free-pictures.html

Pictures of castles and buildings from the National Trust for Scotland education website

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Electricity

BBC Revisewise Activity, Fact Sheet and Test on Electricity

For Electricity Challenge 2

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/fruity.html

The Atoms Family explain how you can get electricity from fruit!

Electrical Safety

http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/safety.html

Experiment to make your own lightning

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Europe

Maps and Facts about countries

Maps of all countries

http://www.immigration-usa.com/maps/

Flags of all countries

http://www.theodora.com/flags/flags.html

Facts about countries

http://www.geographic.org/countries/countries.html

Learning about Geography

http://www.geographic.org/geography/geography.html

What is Geography ? Introducing the main ideas to young children.

http://www.geographic.org/geography/learning.html

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Mary Queen of Scots

http://home.earthlink.net/~zzz12/index.htm

Short website on Mary Queen of Scots

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Rainforests

Animals of the Rainforest

Brazilian Embassy in London

Rainforest Links

The Rainforest Site

Zoom in Rainforest -Enchanted Learning software.

Amazon Interactive

Amazon Rainforest Animals

Amazon Rainforest Endangered Animals

Children's Tropical Rainforest Facts

Chunky Monkey

Hangman-Rainforest Animals

Journey Into Amazonia

The Rainforest People, Animals and Facts

What it is like to live in a Rainforest

What's it like where you live

Woodlands Math Challenge

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Recycling

Photos of landfill sites, waste, compost, etc

http://www.ollierecycles.com/uk/html/explore.html

Find out how to ‘Reduce Re-use Recycle’

http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/

Reduce Re-use Re-cycle

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The Romans

http://www.brims.co.uk/romans/index.html

The Brims site with lots of good pictures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans

The BBC site for schools Romans for middle years primary. Lots of good pictures.

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/nettsch/time/romans.html

The Nettlesworth school site, with sections on ‘Child’s Life’, ‘Town Tour’, etc

Follow the links to find the answers to the cyberhunt

(The link for Q4 does not work)

http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/mosaic/index.htm

Design a Mosaic on line

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Toys

Look at photos of toys from each decade of the 20^th Century

http://www.mape.org.uk/curriculum/history/toys.htm

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Scotland

http://www.ntseducation.org.uk/pupils/pupils.html

This is the Pupils section of the National Trust for Scotland – free photos, and sections on history, art and explorers (in Homework)

http://www.moray.gov.uk/area/speyway/webpages/gallery.htm

Beautiful photos of Speyside

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/

Gazetteer for Scotland. Searchable database. Better for older pupils

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/scotland.html

Clickable map of Scottish regions.

Click on the region – then click on the towns marked to see images.

http://www.multimap.com/map/home.cgi?client=public&db=w3&overviewmap=w3

Click on the maps to zoom in.

http://www.gridclub.com/look_it_up/quest/quest.html

Gridclub Section on Scotland. Click on the maps for information.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/europe/scotland/

Scotland – population information

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/

Click on the maps to ‘Zoom’ in

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/maps.html

Starting point for a number of sites – Older pupils

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland_dem_map.gif

Picture of a relief map of Scotland.

Loch Ness webcam.

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SPACE See full size image

http://www.seasky.org/sky.html

This site has wonderful pictures in the Sky Gallery section. Take a Tour of the Solar System, discover the constellations, and explore the wonders of the universe in The Cosmos section

http://www.solarviews.com/eng/homepage.htm

Incredibly detailed facts and pictures of everything known in the solar system

http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html

Space made simple on this NASA site. 9 Planets for Kids: Bright and zappy.

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/

NASA Kids. Fast and well designed, can join and receive news updates. Teacher's section too.

Fascinating detail on life in space - children at this Australian school interviewed a NASA expert

http://www.spacekids.com

Animated, interactive activity that explains day and night. Also Fact Sheet and Test

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/

Fun Space Activities

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/physical_processes/earth_sun_moon/play.shtml

BBC Space

http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/8518.aspx

Everything you need to know about space

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html

The most interesting fact's about space right here

http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/tour/tour.htm?space

the best space games ever and more

http://www.kids-and-space.com/index.htm

Learn about each planet in turn

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/our_solar_system/reference_data.html&edu=elem

the most information you could ever want about space

http://www.gamequarium.com/space.html

space games and crosswords but learning activities too

http://www.space.com/spacekids/

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World War II
Imperial War Museum of the North - more info from the Imperial War Museum.

Timewitnesses 'Extraordinary stories of ordinary people' collected from survivors of WWII and very accessible for Primary pupils.

The Home Front Superb site from Snaith Primary - sections on Children at War, Rationing, Women in War, Messages of War (Propaganda posters). Wonderful!

The Learning Curve Another great site - lots of information and actual source documents - sections on Preparations for War (blackout, gas masks, the Home Guard), Evacuation, Everyday Life, Women at War, Bombing of Britain (Blitz, shelters)

Scotland During World War 2 An excellent BBC Scotland site aimed at 10-12 year olds. Sections on Home Life (inside and outside the home), School, Evacuation and Street (shops, cars). Also Teacher's Area and detailed 5-14 links.

BBC Zig Zag Children in WWII - Home Life, Rationing and Evacuation - activities and challenges

The History Place - Timeline Very comprehensive timeline with links to more information and some
soundfiles and pictures

Nettlesworth School - WWII. Child-friendly text, pictures, quiz, etc. For younger children

Grandad's War Website by Richard about his Grandad, Bill, who fought in the war - this site really captures the personal aspect of the conflict

The WWII Sound and Image Archive Earthstation1.com is a 'Multimedia Museum' - lots of authentic sounds and pictures here

Scotland's War Video footage relating to WWII in Scotland, from The Scotsman website

Clydebank Picture Gallery BBC page of Clydebank blitz pictures

Bankies Remember Blitz BBC news story on 60th anniversary

The Great Dictator Hyndland Local History - evocative local reminiscences of the Clydebank blitz

Landmine in Dudley Drive Another page from Hyndland with details of la

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Dinosaurs

· Click on the link to find some dinosaur images

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/info/a.shtml