English ResourcesA selection of sites to support English in the curriculum.
Wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and colour schemes.
Crickweb
J K Rowling
Lots to explore in this interactive site from JK Rowling.
Primary Resources-English
A wealth of online resources for Literacy, Numeracy, Science and Early Years.See also the scores of English word, text and sentence level activities to download
Inanimate Alice
'Inanimate Alice' is a fantastic resource which tells the story of Alice and her imaginary digital friend, Brad. Four episodes of the story are currently available in a choice of five languages - don't miss it!
World Book Day
Look out for details of events you can attend at bookshops and libraries in your area around the time of World Book Day. There are thousands of events organised every year − many of them open to everyone.
BBC Bitesize - KS2 English
Reading, writing and spelling and grammar skills can help you tell a story, share your ideas, write a letter and make sense of instructions. We use them everyday and they help us understand each other.
Signed Stories
A growing collection of favourite children's stories, designed primarily for deaf children, but great fun for all - accessible in British Sign Language and in text, pictures and sound.
Myths and Legends
Enjoy reading and listening to myths and legends on the E2BN site and have a go at writing your own!
Find Sounds
Looking for the sound of an owl hooting or thunder crashing?
Start with these examples then use this site to search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples.