Update - 12 October

Thanks to Tricia Neal for the information about this site – Little Parachutes – a site which contains details of picture books which ‘help children with life’s challenges’

Here’s what they say about themselves:
Little Parachutes provides a unique and simple way to search for picture books that address situations and issues that young children experience.
By browsing the Little Parachutes library you can quickly find stories which feature subjects such as sharing, moving house, potty training, eating healthily and visiting the doctor. Also included are more challenging situations such as bereavement, adoption, divorce and serious illness in the family.

Also

Thanks to @TESconnect for these great links to the Teacher TV videos about all things Victorian

Update - 2 October

John McLear has created an incredible set of  tools and things that are terrifically useful. Just take a look here and check out the ones that may have passed you by.
This is what John says about himself:

I’m passionate about creating ICT services that can be used worldwide by anyone at any time. I work with a large team of devoted professionals to try to accomplish this. I was born and raised in Bradford, UK. My schooling began at Heaton St Barnabas and proceeded to Dixons CTC. After discovering at an early age that I wanted to work with ICT I studied various programming languages and began working as a Technical support provider when I was 18. I now contribute to various open source projects as well as running two school ICT service provider companies. My role in different organizations has been interesting and challenging. I have had the opportunity to manage large teams of some extremely skilled people so far and have enjoyed each challenge thoroughly, no matter how frustrating!
Enjoy !!

Update - 1 October

Teacher Training Videos

Vocabulary - Language Guide

ICT Magic

Update - 14 June

The BBC have just released information about a new set of resources:

Indus Valley
Go back 5,000 years to the East and meet the Indus Civilisation! Become a trader and explore the ancient cities in the Indus Trader game.

Domesday Reloaded Teaching Resources
Explore daily routines in 1986 including school days, hobbies, entertainment and technology using the new Domesday Reloaded Lesson Plans.

KS 2 Bitesize

Hanes Prydain
Adnoddau athrawon newydd wedi'u selio ar bump gwrthrych gwahanol o Gymru ar gyfer gwersi Cyfnod Allweddol 2.

Update - 12 May

Back in 1986 the BBC published the Domesday Project.

The project was probably the most ambitious attempt ever to capture the essence of life in the United Kingdom. Over a million people contributed to this digital snapshot of the country. People were asked to record what they thought would be of interest in another 1000 years.
The whole of the UK – including the Channel Islands and Isle of Man – was divided into 23,000 4x3km areas called Domesday Squares or “D-Blocks”. Schools and community groups surveyed over 108,000 square km of the UK and submitted more than 147,819 pages of text articles and 23,225 amateur photos, cataloguing what it was like to live, work and play in their community. This was about documenting everyday life – the ordinary rather than the extraordinary.The project used the cutting edge technology of the day, and the data was eventually presented on a special type of Laser-Disc, read by a BBC master computer and navigated using an innovative tracker-ball pointing system.

And now its back … here … use it and enjoy !!

Update - 2 April

PrimaryWall is a web-based sticky note tool designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time

Update - 25 March

In 30 seconds

Inspirational teacher Kevin McLaughlin has a ‘Posterous’ site on which, daily, he uploads a video of things for teachers to know about … 30 second video clip – 1 tip a day for 365 days … he uses his iPhone4 to do the whole thing.