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	"As the Government's lead agency on the use of ICT in education, BECTA (British Educational Communications & Technology Agency) plays a crucial role in helping to maximise the benefits to all teachers and learners that using ICT can bring." This site provides a wide range of resources including news, training & support, teaching & learning, and planning & management.
	A site where teachers are sharing ideas and resources. Contributions from primary teachers who use their ideas everyday in the classroom. The site includes a growing web directory of links to other sites of interest to teachers.
	The Department for Education and Employment's website includes sections for employers and job seekers, as well as adult learners and HE students. 'TeacherNet' is the DfEE's gateway to online services and information for teachers. The Young Person's Gateway provides access to information and advice about exams, qualifications and careers.
	Schoolsnet's 'Educate the Children' website is divided into two main sections: Teacher Zone and Parents Zone. For teachers there are lessons plans, worksheets and educational articles. The Parents' Zone provides information about the educational system and how they can become involved.
	'Guardian Unlimited' is the online version of 'The Guardian' newspaper. All the latest news stories can be accessed. There is also an extensive archive. 'Education Unlimited' hosts a wide array of stories relevant to anyone interested in education. There is also an online education supplement.
	The 'Learndirect' website is maintained by the University for Industry. The site aims to fulfill the Government's vision in its Green Paper, 'The Learning Age', of 'a learning society in which everyone, from whatever background, routinely expects to learn and upgrade their skills throughout life. The site includes a database of courses and information about how to enrol.
	The National Association for Primary Education website is described as 'a partnership to promote the education of children from birth to thirteen. It provides brief information on a number of current issues, principles and policies. The 'Members Corner' includes poems contributed by children.
	The Home of the National Grid for Learning. Information relevant to every phase of education; also libraries, careers, museums and galleries, and community grids. Seen as the portal through which users can find their way to an ever-growing bank of ideas and resources within the 'Learning Society'.
	The New Opportunities Fund website will provide all the information needed when applying for a grant to support health, education or environment projects. The are accounts of projects already undertaken, as well as news about events and exhibitions.
	Information about Ofsted, the Inspection process and news releases can be found here. There is also a database of all inspection reports available to download.
	As the title suggests, this site is a collection of lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for the primary teacher. It is organised by subjects. The materials are contributed by teachers. Most resources are available as .pdf's.
	Use the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority website to gain up-to-date information about the curriculum for schools and the assessment of pupils. Details about the qualifications framework throughout the UK (GCSEs and A and AS levels, Vocationally-related qualifications - GNVQs (including vocational A levels) and Occupational qualifications - NVQs), including Key Skills are also available from here.
	TeacherNet UK aims to provide a website where teachers who wish to develop the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support their professional development and to improve the quality of teaching and learning can contribute and access activities and resources. It includes a section where ideas can be shared by contacting other teachers.
	Another site where teachers are contributing ideas and resources for classroom activities. A friendly, easy-to-use navigation system guides users to subject-based resources for the primary curriculum. There is also a Book Corner and Links section to other useful websites. Teachers can contact each other to share and discuss ideas resources too.
	An electronic version of the national newspaper with all the sections readers would expect. This includes an 'Internet for Schools' section presenting the latest news in the education world.
	The Internet version of the Times Education Supplement. Access recent news and articles, as well as archives material. The jobs section includes an e-mail facility to notify users when jobs matching their criteria are advertised.
	Topmarks Education for primary school teachers states its aim is to help them use the Internet effectively for learning. It is for pupils, teachers and parents. The site creators suggest their site will 'provide easy access to the best educational web sites, help teachers use the web in the classroom, provide teachers with web design guidance, and they will publish articles for parents to help their children.
	Granada learning Primary zone - online resources for schools.
	Anglia Campus - online resources for Primary and Secondary pupils.
	The Virtual Teacher Centre provides a focus for information and resource materials for teachers, including support for professional development and classroom resources. The site includes a teacher resource exchange, learning resource index, discussion groups and a software database. The VTC viewer allows users to search the site for information and materials on any chosen topic for any age group or phase.
	This links to the website of Camelsdale First school in West Sussex. It contains a bank of resources maintained by Veronica Carter, the Foundation stage coordinator. It contains teacher produced resources, mainly in Powerpoint, which can be used for whole class teaching - particularly if you have a projector.
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