A set of web-based activities related to KS1 and KS2 Literacy and Numeracy learning outcomes and a template driven structure for incorporating the activities into a local trail website.

'ArtisanCam stimulates ideas, shares enthusiasm and promotes imagination and creative thinking. There is nothing else that offers anything similar.' - BETT Award judges 2007

ArtisanCam provides an insight into the lives of contemporary artists. Using a mixture of video and interactive activities, we introduce children to the world of contemporary visual art before encouraging them to have a go themselves in fun and exciting ways.

The website is divided into the Artists Zone, which contains classroom-based activities and the Activity Zone, which is full of games and fun interactive activities, designed to encourage children to continue their learning at home.

ArtisanCam has been designed to help teachers deliver a creative curriculum and inspire young artists of the future. All of our activities support the national curriculum in specific areas at Key Stage 2 and 3, many aspects of the site have also been successfully used to support learning in younger and older age-groups.

CEA@Islington Primary ICT Assessment Portfolio on the London Grid for Learning

These downloadable resources show top, middle and bottom levelled examples of pupils' work for each unit of the ICT scheme of work

This set of documents may be copied and adapted for non-profit, educational purposes, providing CEA@islington copyright is acknowledged

The Audio Network Education Licence has been developed to provide Schools with world-class music recordings over the National Education Network and the UK's national education broadband networks.  It is hosted at London Grid for Learning and delivered to schools throughout the UK over the NEN.

Schools have FREE access to the same high-quality music resource that is used by professional film, television and media producers. Just right for ICT and digital video projects across the curriculum. Works for Primary, Secondary and FE. Ideal for vocational courses and developing a sense of the world of work.

The service enables the FREE download of Audio Network music files for use in school and college projects including ‘synchronisation’ use in audio-visual productions together with general guidance on music copyright.

Summary of benefits

Ease of use: digital and on-line over the education broadband networks. Standard file type.
Free: school and connected college users do not have to pay.
Choice: huge range of types of music.
Quality: industry quality recordings.
Clean: no viruses...non pop-up advertising.
Legal: all rights cleared for education use in school/college.
Creative Licence: resources can be used creatively.
Restrictions: can’t be distributed or performed outside school/college or on the WWW without additional licences...but...
Additional licences: provide a one-step process for public performance/distribution.
Curriculum relevance: meets the needs of e-learning and 'Harnessing the Technology' and supports many areas of the curriculum in Primary, Secondary, Further and Higher Education.
Examinations: meets requriements of examinations and the new generation of e-assessment.
World of work: uses industry procedures and supports of vocational courses.

Teachers from all Key Stages in Hounslow schools have developed a series of exemplar lessons on using Audio Network across the curriculum - not only Music but also Literacy, Personal and Social Education and ICT, as well as looking at the use of AN files for classroom and behaviour management.

Videos, worksheets and lots of good creative ideas

A national, interactive history resource to deliver the KS1 History topic on 'Toys' in an interesting and engaging way

Visit and explore a virtual version of the National Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green.

Lots of online activities to support individual and whole class work.

This resource provides 15 ICT modeling, control and simulation activities set throughout the South West. Each activity is designed primarily for Key Stage One pupils, and presents a scientific, mathematical geographical challenge for investigation or exploration, ranging from building a sandcastle to flying a hot air balloon. Across the National Education Network, pupils will be able to carry out all the activities in ‘postcard mode’; completing 4 to fill a postcard which can then be sent to an email address.

A bank of fifteen materials to support KS1 RE.

A one-stop shop for all climate change resources

An interactive story and games to help children aged 4 - 8 understand climate change.

Indexed resources, help and advice for pupils, parents and carers, governors, schools and local authorities covering a wide range of esafety issues.

FlashMeeting is an application based on the Adobe Flash 'plug in' and Flash Media Server. Running in a standard web browser window, it allows a dispersed group of people to meet from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Typically a meeting is pre-booked by a registered user and a url, containing a unique password for the meeting, is returned by the FlashMeeting server. The 'booker' passes this on to the people they wish to participate, who simply click on the link to enter into the meeting at the arranged time.

During the meeting one person speaks (i.e. broadcasts) at a time. Other people can simultaneously contribute using text chat, the whiteboard, or emoticons etc. while waiting for their turn to speak. This way the meeting is ordered, controlled and easy to follow. A replay of the meeting is instantly available, to those with the 'unique' replay url.

FlashMeeting users belong to one of three account types; Guest, Sign In and Booker.

Planning and assessment resources for ICT. Includes: an electronic portfolio, scheme of work, assessment materials, lesson plans and shorter focussed tasks.

Helping young people to become successful learners is one of the key aims of Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland.

Our knowledge about learning is continually changing in the light of research and there is still much that we do not know. This site provides an overview of current thinking on how people learn. 

Mini application produced by Northern Grid in response to requests from teachers.

A collection of high quality images, sound and video files that can be repurposed by teachers and students. All materials can be used for educational, not for profit activities.

Registered users can also upload images, sound and video files to the Gallery for use by other members of the educational community.

More than 80 flash module activities for the National Numeracy Strategy from Coventry. Ideal for use on Interactive Whiteboards 

This website encourages children to experience a garden environment, where there are opportunities for exploring and collecting information. It enables the children to produce unique sets of high quality, multi-purpose Garden Plant ID cards, as a tailor-made resource for the classroom or for the garden.

As well as using IT skills to create a useful end-product, they will develop research skills, including discovering historical and geographical links to gardens.

Developed for the European Gardens Heritage Network by SWGfL with Somerset CC and in partnership with the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens