Our son has felt at home since he joined the school. The support you've offered him has been fantastic. 
External Links
Educational Sites
www.samlearning.com
Sam Learning offers comprehensive online learning courses for SATs and GCSEs.
www.zut.org.uk
Interactive activities for French teachers and students.
www.linguascope.com
Interactive activities for Languages students.
www.languagesonline.org.uk
Languages Online Interactive website where pupils can have fun whilst learning
a language.
www.grovemusic.com
Grove Music Online is an integrated music resource on the web including the
full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
www.groveart.com
Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of
Art with ongoing additions of new material and updates.
www.connexions-direct.com
Advice and guidance for 13-19 year olds and their parents/carers about careers
(look under 'e-clips'), education, higher education, training options and
personal issues.
www.tate.org.uk - Visit
the Tate Gallery.
www.amazon.co.uk - Need
a book for school work or leisure, then try Amazon.
www.dictionary.cambridge.org -
Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary.
www.ecctis.co.uk - A
link to the Ecctis UK Course Discover site containing information on college
and university courses.
www.encarta.com - A good
on-line free encyclopaedia.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize -
The BBC bitesize revision site, containing excellent revision material for
a range of subjects.
www.pavilion.co.uk/dwakefield -
This site has links to lots of useful Geography sites.
www.languagesonline.org.uk -
An interactive website through which pupils can have fun whilst learning a
language.
babelfish.altavista.com -
Stuck with your language homework, or going abroad soon? Then get some help.
This site will translate between English and number of European languages.
www.maps.com - Need a map?
Then look no further!
www.meto.gov.uk - Studying
the weather or do you just want to know what the weather is tomorrow? The official
website of the Met Office.
www.classical.net - A
classical music web site.
www.nhm.ac.uk - Information
about the museum in London, and also some virtual galleries.
www.newscientist.co.uk -
Read the magazine on the net.
www.solarviews.com -
Excellent pictures of the solar system.
www.nmsi.ac.uk - Information
about the museum in London.
www.iski.com - Are you going
on a school or family ski trip? Then check out the latest conditions on this
site
www.ucas.com - Are you looking
to go to university next year? Then this site is a must for sixth formers who
are applying to universities via UCAS.
www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes -
Studying volcanoes? Then have a look at this very good site.
Sites For Parents and Teachers
Some educational sites that are likely to be of interest to parents and teachers.
www.bbc.co.uk/education -
BBC Education.
www.becta.org.uk - BECTA,
the British Educational and Communications Technology Agency.
www.counselling-directory.org.uk -
Counselling Directory, a free, confidential service for those in distress.
www.dfee.gov.uk Dfes
- Department for Education and Skills.
www.microsoft.com/uk/education -
Microsoft Education in the UK.
www.teachers.org.uk -
NUT, National Union of Teachers.
www.nof.org.uk - NOF,
New Opportunities Fund.
www.ofsted.gov.uk -
OFSTED, Office for Standards in Education.
www.qca.org.uk - QCA, Qualifications
and Curriculum Authority.
www.dfes.gov.uk -
School performance tables Dfes school league tables.
www.tes.co.uk - TES, Times
Educational Supplement.
www.tta.gov.uk - TTA, Teacher
Training Agency.
Search Engines
Here are some of the more popular search engines.
www.google.co.uk - Google.
www.excite.co.uk - Excite.
www.ask.co.uk - Ask.
www.hotbot.com - Hotbot.
www.lycos.com - Lycos.
www.yahoo.co.uk - Yahoo.
www.yell.co.uk - Yellow
Pages.
