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Literacy Mapping Tool

Making the most of ICT resources to support Literacy?
Help is at hand.
The mapping tool maps the Northumberland Digital Curriculum to the Literacy units for years 1-6 and the three themes Narrative, Poetry and
Non – Fiction.

Click on 'Granny' to access the resources.

Maths and English Matters

Here it is at last. The long awaited launch of the Maths and English Matters (MAEM) site! We hope you will find everything you need to support teaching and learning in these core areas of the curriculum.

Little Red

Interactive story with new soundtrack and activities linked to the Renewed Literacy Framework: Year 1 Narrative Unit 3 - Traditional and Fairy Stories.

New resources

Our latest resource is Little Red,
 also available in French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Watch out for The Three Little Pigs - coming soon!

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

Animated interactive story of Goldilocks - great fun!
Extra resources including image banks and Smart Notebook files.

The story is also available in French, German and Spanish (Italian coming soon!) Click here to go to Modern Languages.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

An interactive version of  the traditional story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, set in the wild Cheviot hills of Northumberland.
Extra resources include a printable book, image banks and Smart Notebook files to support Literacy and Numeracy.

The Lambton Worm

A brand new interactive resource to support the teaching of  traditional tales.

The little red ship

On this site you will find resources for Reception and Year 1 teachers including:
The Little Red Ship interactive story for pupil use
The story to download and also the book to print
Literacy resource sheets
Numeracy resource sheets
Clip Art & e-mail Captain Kate.

Captain Jane, Captain Jim and the little red ship

A great new Little Red Ship story  by Class 4 at St Paul's First School in Cramlington.

The little red ship and the pirates

A new story for the little red ship. Find out what happens when the little red ship is followed by the pirates. Meet the big blue whale and Pirates Jane and Jim. The story can be used online or downloaded to use on computers not connected to the internet. Extra resources will be added to the site including a puppet theatre of the characters to use with the children. 

All About Animals

A new pictorial database for KS1 pupils. Explore the interactive program and download images and fact files.

Readalong Nursery Rhymes

A collection of 18 favourite nursery rhymes for children to listen to, read, sing and explore interactively.
Extra resources include
Smart Notebook files with characters, scenes, sequencing activities & activity suggestions, as well as printable cards and posters.

Additional Literacy Strategy

The talking interactive storybook follows the story "Kneejerk Meets the Aliens" in Module 1 of the ALS resources. The book is divided into two sections:
Talking Storybook
Interactive sentence construction
You can also download the story to use off line.

Alnwick 1900

The Alnwick 1900 project is based on the Bondgate Within area of Alnwick and uses photographs, historical maps and census data to help pupils recreate a street scene in Alnwick at the turn of the century.
The project is intended to make links between historical writing and literacy
.

The Literacy Room

Information and resources on the National Literacy project. Includes good practice page, literacy room resources, teacher resources and much more!

The Literacy Room Resources   Good Practice Page

  Teacher Resources   Image Gallery

Whiteboard resources

A selection of websites with useful resources for the interactive whiteboard.
 
For an example of  using a picture to stimulate writing right click here and save the file to your computer.