Little Heath Hot Links

ASD
Activities that will be useful for ASD pupils.
Animal homes - Where do animals live?
jcb song
rain forest sounds
SEN Switcher - Visual activities
Starfall - Help to read.

Art & Images
Including Photograph, Clipart and other related sites
Akiyoshi's illusion pages - optical illusions
Animated gifs - You can use these for lots of different kinds of presentations
Animations.com - Lots and lots of animations for use in projects and presentations
Brands of the world - Just about every single logo in the world!
crazy illusions - optical illusions
Create a Mii - Create a cartoon version of you (or someone else) like the Wii console
David Bailey Photography - David Bailey has been a famous photographer for the last 30 to 40 years. Find out about his photography here
David Wares Photos - My favourite photos on Flickr - you too can publish and share yours free with Flickr
Free Images - All sorts of images to download and use
FreeFoto - You can download lots of photographs here
Graffiti Creator - Fun Graffiti Creator - create your own graffiti writing
LHS Flickr photographs - A collection of some of the best pictures taken by pupils and staff and shared with the world through Flickr
Michael Bach - Optical illusions
Open clipart - A user contributed site sharing clipart
Optical illusions - Beware of sabotage!
Paul Catlins photos - some good ones here
Peter Pan - Images from the film
Photovault - Useful for finding photos
Picnic on-line Image Editing - Excellent on-line image editor - try it out!
Pics for Learning - Lots of free images to use for projects - take a look
Pictures from nature - Lots of pictures of lots of different things - thanks Ashley Smith, April 2005
Retrievr - Search by sketch
RSPB images - Lots of photos of birds from around the world
The Simpsons images - Lots of pictures nof the Simpsons - thanks Jade
Yotophoto - Find lots of free photographs

Art Galleries and Museums

British Library - Some fantastic resources to do with artists, composers and musicians
Egyptian gods - Gods of Egypt.
Museum of London
Royal Academy of Arts - Thanks Ms Thomas
The Cambridge Fitzwilliam Museum - Thanks Ms Thomas
The National Gallery - Thanks Ms Thomas
The National Maritime Museum - Greenwich in South East London. Thanks Ms Thomas
The National Portrait Gallery - Thanks Ms Thomas
The Science Museum - Thanks Ms Thomas
The Tate Gallery - All the Tate Galleries! Thanks Ms Thomas
The Victoria and Albert Museum - Also known as the V&A. Thanks Ms Thomas

Beauty games

Barbie
Bratz
My scene
Polly Pocket
Sindy

Celebrations, Events and Charities
Celebrations and Charities we know and events we are involved with
Amazing fireworks - Create your own firework display!!!!
BBC Children in Need - All you need to know about Children in Need 2006
Live 8 - Find out all about Live 8 and how you can help!
London Olympics 2012 - Keep up to date with what is happening to prepare for the London Olympics
Make Poverty History
Red Nose Day 2005 - Find out what is happening on Red Nose Day this year
Samaritans Purse - Shoe box gifts for others
Send My Friend To School

Christmas
Variety of interactive sites for control and literacy
An on-line Advent Calendar - Prepare for Christmas with this Advent Calendar - thanks Mrs Johansen
Christmas - Build a nativity
Create a nativity scene - Here you can build your own christmas nativity scene
Dancing Santa
Design a snowflake - I like the idea of seeing others flakes, from Ms Krisman
Make your own Christmas story - Thanks Ms Krisman
Nativity - Build a nativity scene
North Pole - Variety of Christmas activities
North Pole - Memory game
On-line Advent Calendars - More on-line Advent Calendars from Mrs Johansen
Say happy Christmas - Say happy Christmas in different languages
Shake the snow globe - but not too much! Thanks Ms Krisman
Snowfun - Build and dress a snowman
The Christmas Story - from RE on-line - thanks Ms Krisman
Trim the tree - Dress a christmas tree or build a snowman

Console games
Information about Playstation 2, Gamecube and XBox systems and games
Cheat code central - Cheats for most games
Game FAQs - A great site, giving help to complete just about every game
Nintendo - Nintendo's site about their consoles and games
Nintendo DS - The site for the new touchscreen handheld console from Nintendo
Nintendo Life - Cool site dealing with the Nintendo consoles
Playstation 2
Sony PSP - The US site for Sony's new handheld PlayStation
Wii.com - Find out about the new console from Nintendo, the Wii
Xbox - Microsofts Xbox site

Cooking

Meals.com - Lots of meal recipes and cooking tips

English and Literacy
Support for reading and literacy
Ambleside primary - Lots of activities across the curriculum.
BBC interactive - Rhyming words
Early Literacy - Various Literacy activities
FREE on-line talking stories - Some really nice stories categorised according to age
Heinemann explore - Lots to learn about here!
ICT games - Number and Letter games
Letter Lifter - Early Reading
Links worth Bookmarking - Early mouse and literacy skills
On-line Advent Calendar - Prepare for Christmas with this on-line Advent Calendar - thanks Mrs Johansen
Owl and Pussycat - Interactive storyboard
Oxford Reading Tree - Interactive stories and games
Story Book England - Authors, Story Books etc.
Storybook literacy
Symbol World - Some excelent resources using symbols - thanks Ms Johansen
word games

Film Making and Editing
Useful resources to help with planning movies
FourDocs guides - FourDocs Guides provide useful information on how to plan, shoot, edit and compress your documentary ready for uploading to FourDocs (Channel 4).
Guide to film making - Everything you need to know about film making
Guide to Story Boarding - Useful resources to help with planning movies and animation
Guide to Story Boarding - More useful information about Story Boarding

Films and Movies
Sites about the cinema, films or filmaking
IMDB - The internet movie database, great for finding out about films or filmmakers
James Bond - The world's best known secret agent
Kenneth More Theatre
Movie Mistakes - Find out about the mistakes made in movies
Movie-List - Movie Trailers
Mr Catlin's youtube channel
People - Celebrity gossip
Peter Pan - All sorts of games and activities
Virgin Net - A library of movie trailers - thanks Ms Berwick
Warner Village - What's on at Warner Village Cinemas

French and other languages
Useful language links
Newbury park - A great site for learning languages

Fun and Games
Web based games to help you find out more about computer control
BBC chain gang - Catch the criminals
Billy Bear for kids - Lots and lots of fun things for pupils - try it out. Thanks Ms Berwick!
BoreMe - Funny pictures, videos games and jokes
Candy Stand Games - Lots of web games - thanks to Darren Warrington
Car Park Pong - Play ping pong with cars and a supermarket trolley
CBBC - Games from Childrens BBC TV
Cofton School Site - Various interactive sites
Colouring Book - Lots and lots of colouring activities for lots of different themes
Flash Games - Some nice games done in Flash for you to try - thanks Shanna Munro for this link
Fly the Helicopter - A simple but brilliant game - how far can you go?
Fun Sites - A collection of links to really fun sites
Gameheads - Lots of games - thanks Adam Butt especuially for the Indiana Jones game
Games on ITV.com - Some good games here - thanks Sophia Jones
Hit the Laptop - Hit the laptop as far as you can
Priory Woods - School Interactive Site
Scary Spuds - Mouse skills game
Sharrow Primary School - Lots of nice games - thanks Zakariah Khan
Show Me - free games, activities, puzzles, things to do, competitions, places to go, web-links and news from UK museums and galleries
Thorpe Park - A great theme park thats quite nearby

Health and Hygiene

Environmental Intelligence Unit - This site is about keeping our environment clean

Hobbies and Interests
Websites to help you with your hobbies and interests
How to take good photographs - Lots of excellent advice from professional photographers on how to take good pictures - developed as part of the BBC Picture of Britain series. Thanks Mr Heins
Making paper aeroplanes - How to fold a load of different paper aeroplanes
Scooby Doo Stitches - Find out about all the different stitches you can use to make Scooby Doos - thanks to Sakib Shaikh for this link!

Humanities
Good Site for History Topics
100 Great Black Britons - Famous black people - thanks Mrs Daruvala
BBC History
Black History Month - Celebrate Black History all year round - thanks Mrs Daruvala
Black History Month - Black History on the BBC History pages - thanks Mrs Daruvala
Black people who changed the world - Find out about all the important people who mad a difference to our lives
British Pathe - Freely download news video of historic events. Only available from school workstations. Just fill in the required information and the site will recognise the request as coming from school
Channel 4 - Celebrate the mix of British culture and history - thanks Mrs Daruvala
Chinese Names - Find out what your name looks like in Chinese
D-Day slideshow - A presentation about D-Day
Distance finder - Find the distance from one place in the world to another
Holnet - the History of London - Find out about London during WW2 and Victorian time
ic-Wales - National Website of Wales - most of what you might need to know about Wales and the Welsh
National Archives - Explore over 1000 years of history
Planet Pals - Information Site for weather
Pollution
Snaith Primary
Weather - Interactive Site for Weather
Weird Food Recipes - Check out some of these weird recipes - umm I liked the one for Slug Fritters
Your name in Egyptian - Find out your name in egyptian hieroglyphs

ICT
Lots of links to do with ICT the subject, including games - can anyone help to find good sites?
Aardman Productions - the creators of Wallace and Gromit. Do you have any ideas for your own animations?
Computer Jargon Buster - All you need to know about the language of computers
Dance Map Typing from the BBC - A fun way to learn how to touch type on a traditional keyboard
Guide to HTML - Create webpages using HTML
Making the Internet easier to use - Information from the BBC on how to change the way the Internet looks - choose your operating system. At school we use Windows XP
Northumberland Grid For Learning - Initial ICT Resources
Teach ICT - Some very useful activities for teaching and learning about ICT

Intranet
Pages only available for members of the school

Japan
Websites about Japan, it's people and culture. Remember Mr Harrington is now teaching in Japan.
All about Japan - Lots of information about Japanese culture, festivals, nature and history and some multimedia slide shows!
KidsWeb Japan - Information about Japan for young people
Your name in Kanji (Japanese) - Find out what your name looks like in Kanji. Found by Laura Pearce, January 2004

Labyrinths and Mazes
Learn about the exciting world of labyrinths and maze puzzles
Advent Calendar - Learn more about labyrinths
Cathedral labyrinth - Strange and beautiful
Chartres labyrinth - Watch the ball go round the labyrinth
Grace Cathedral - Finger meditation
Labyrinth Magic Eye - Can you see the hidden image?
Labyrinth walk - Peaceful walk with music
Maze Generator - Make your own maze online!
Merlin the Dog - A dog who loves labyrinths
The famous Cretan labyrinth - Watch the ball go round the labyrinth

Maths
Sites relating to your favourite subject.. well mine anyway :)
BBC skillswise - Practice your skills in maths and literacy
Count On - maths resources, puzzles, NNS etc
InstaCalc - Very quick online calculator - very powerful!
maths net - puzzles
primary games - maths games
Puzzle - At least three new puzzles every day
Sudoku online - Sudoku tips, strategies, information, help and games
Woodland Junior School, Kent - An excellent website with lots of activities and games for all areas of the curriculum - thanks Mrs Harvey!

Music

Audio Network - Download different music for use in projects
Black Eyed Peas
imeem - Play lots of different music over the web
Launch - Lots of music videos for you to watch
Michael Jackson
Rachel Stevens
Radio 1 Top 40
S Club
The OG - Watch lots of new music videos

My health
Links that will help you find out about your own health.
FRANK - Drugs information, risks, effects, health and the law.
Jamie's school dinners - Find out about food!
Kids Health - A whole range of health issues for young people.
NSPCC Kids zone - Kids Zone is the place to get help, information and advice about child abuse and what you can do to help it stop. FULL STOP.
R U Thinking! - Sex: Relationships Health, Law, and Strange words.

News & Weather
Sites reporting on current events in the world or weather are listed here
BBC News - Get the daily news - thanks Shajahan for finding this!
BBC News in Pictures - Look at the weeks news in pictures - go back to previous weeks and see what happened in past weeks
BBC weather - Weather forecasts including audio and video
Daily Mirror
First News - A newspaper for pupils
LHS Now - Our own news blog page
Ten by Ten - An excellent site which is regularly updated to reflect world news events
The News in Images from CNN - Photo galleries recording the news in images from Cable Network News (CNN)
The Times
Weather symbols - From the BBC

PSHCE
Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship
Chalkface Guy Fawkes Quizzes on Yacapaca - A quiz about Guy Fawkes night
Citizen Card Rewards - Find out what you can get if you hold a citizen card - thanks Mr Masters
COI - Has lots of TV fillers e.g. road safety. You have to register first.
Don't stick it - Mencap's campaign site about bullying
dti firework safety - Teacher resources & TV fillers & games etc
Faces - Interactive control game
Facial Expressions - Experiment with facial expressions on this nice site - Thanks Mr Masters
Respect - A site about being a good citizen...thanks Mr Roberts
The Streets Deserve Respect - Website from the Suzy Lamplugh Trust to support personal safety
UK Fireworks Safety Site 2006 - Resources and information provided by the explosives industry!
United Nations website - can get to declaration of human rights, list of members, maps, etc
Youth Voice: Peer Power - Lots of useful information to help young people deal with bullying

Reference
A lot of places where you can look up different things
BBC -GCSE Bitesize - Good site for students to revise at home
BT Directory Enquiries - Find out phone numbers here
Currency Convertor - Exchange different currencies here
Earthcam - Lots of webcams from around the world
Famous people with disabilities and learning difficulties - If you are interested in finding out more about famous people with learning difficulties, then visit this website
Flash Earth - Zoom around the globe
Google - Search the internet, or just use the box above
Google Maps - Try this site for finding places, getting directions, etc. - excellent says Mr Catlin!
Infoplease - All kinds of information are on this site
lheath.net - Little Heath School's new website
Multimap - Street maps of the UK
Online dictionary - To look up english words and phrases
Rollercoaster database - Lists all the rollercoasters in the world, with stats and pictures
Scoot - Business finder
Visual Thesaurus
Wikipedia - Huge encyclopedia site, all copyright free
World Maps - Look at maps of the whole world
Yahooligans - Web directory for kids
Yellow pages - To find business phone numbers and addresses
Young London - Find out whats happening around London for young people and let the Major of London know what issues concern YOU!

Religious Education and Spirituality
All you need to know about the World's religions and spirituality
Arabic - How to write Arabic!
Buddha's face - This shows you how to draw the Buddha's face
Buddhist animation - Wisdom of the Buddha in a story
Christianity in RE - A website all about Christianity
Comparing churches - This is so nice and clear about churches
Creation - A slide show about creation
Easter walk - This famous animation shows the crucifixion
Gurdwara Karamsar in Ilford - A lovely website. Thanks Ms Krisman
Heathers animations - You'll love the animated birds!
Hebrew songs - Shelley will love hearing these songs
How Muslims pray - Listen to Islamic prayers and see the prayer positions
Islam For Schools - A clear site about Islam
Islamic art - Make your own picture!
Islamic jewellery - Special jewellery from the Muslim religion
Jesus and the spirit - Look at pictures people have done of Jesus, leave a prayer, some nice ideas on this site
Luminarie festival in Kobe - Every year to remember the earthquake in Japan, they light up Kobe.....wow!
Make your own Buddhist picture - Wow, put your own Buddhist picture together
New Zealand's welcoming spirit - This site tells you about the Maori spirit
One World - don't forget - A rapping wombat tells us we are all one
Prayer Mat - Make your own prayer mat
Redbridge RE Site - Lots of stuff here about RE in Redbridge
Teddy's Day Out - A very sweet site that younger pupils will love
The Call to Prayer - Listen to the Call to Prayer, the Adhan, in Islam
The story of Eid ul Adha - Eid ul Adha is the festival that is connected with the pilgrimage to Mecca and the story of Abraham and the sacrifice. It is also the story that connects Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Thanks Ms Krisman
VideoNation - Video clips of matzot being made!
Visiting a church - An interesting site about visiting churches

Science

abpischools - interactive resources, cartoons and information.
Absorb chemistry for GCSE - interactive site showing rates of reaction etc,
BBC Human Body - Interactive games about the human body.
BBC.co.uk - interactive history of the life of Edward Jenner and the discovery of vaccines. With quiz.
Food pyramid - Healthy eating information and some games.
FunBasedLearning - interactive activities including an equation balancing activity
FunBrain Periodic Table - Interactive games to help you learn names and symbols of elements.
GlaxoSmithKline Kids Genetics - A pupil friendly interactive site to learn about genetics and heredity via games.
Hubble gallery - Images taken from the hubble space telescope
Kids health - Food and diet
Label the eye diagram - drag and drop labels, interactive resource, eye diagram
Laundry guide to common care symbols - Find out what the care labels on clothes means!
MyWeb - KS3 science quiz on diet and digestion
Periodic Table - The periodic table in Flash
Planet Scicast films - A collection of Science videos that have been made by other schools and scientists
Popsci .com - interactive periodic table with images of elements and their uses
Wonderville Fingerprint Activity - A virtual crime scene where pupils use fingerprint evidence to solve the crime.

Sounds
Sites to find sound effects. That are often very hard to find.
Find sounds
Free sound
Free sound effects - Search and download sound effects
Media Tracks
My Themes - Hundreds of TV theme tunes
Partners In Rhyme

Sports

British Lions Tour to New Zealand - All about the British Lions Rugby Team and their tours to different countries
Rugby World Cup - The official site for the Rugby World Cup!
Soccer Stats - Football stats and scores
Sportal - Recent sports news
Video Clips of Surfing - If you like surfing, check out this site says Bradley
West Ham United Football Club

Transport and Motoring
Favourite sites for trains, planes and automobiles (and trucks says Darren Carle)
Land Rover - A site for Land Rover buffs.
Porsche
Serious Wheels - If you want a picture of a car whether it is old or new, try this website - Thanks to Craig Cooper, 19 January 2004
TVR Cars - Super cars from TVR Engineering

TV and Radio
This category contains websites based on TV channels or programs
BBC - Broadcaster of BBC1,2 (3,4 on digital tv) and many radio stations.
Cartoon Network
Channel 4
Disney
Eastenders
Foxkids
ITV
Nickelodeon
Radio Locator - Find radio stations in the UK and around the world
Sky one
Toonami
Video Clips from the BBC - Copyright-free video clips from the BBC for use in school projects
Youtube - Watch videos about just about anything

Web games
Some free games that you can play over the intenet
Coffee Break Arcade - Thanks to Aston Rose (8L) for this one - lots of games to try
Flash Games - Some really cool games especially the football
Free Web Games - Choose a game from the free games index
Game Sloth - A lot of games for the web
Grid Club
Lego - Games from the Lego site.
Robbie Williams Game - Play along with Robbie Williams
Smilie games
Various games - Some good fighting games (Thanks Sakib Shaikh)

Email us with any hotlinks that you come across