Natural England – Places to visit in the UK

Natural England

They say

Natural England’s purpose is to protect and improve England’s natural environment and encourage people to enjoy and get involved in their surroundings.

Our broad remit means that our reach extends across the country. We work with people such as farmers, town and country planners, researchers and scientists, and the general public on a range of schemes and initiatives.

Put simply, our aim is to create a better natural environment that covers all of our urban, country and coastal landscapes, along with all of the animals, plants and other organisms that live with us.

If you are a parent or teacher looking for places to visit in the UK Natural England’s website has a good search facility where you can refine and select the type of place that you would like your children to get to know and understand better.

Amenities

Habitats

Additional resources include searches for local:

As well as national resources i.e Visit a National Nature Reserve.

The also has additional resources for lessons.

Find out more about Natural England @ http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/

Kerbcraft Road Safety Website

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They Say

Kerbcraft is a practical child pedestrian training scheme, developed in Drumchapel, Glasgow, by Professor James Thomson at the University of Strathclyde. It is designed to teach pedestrian skills to 5 to 7 year olds, by means of practical road-side training rather than teaching in the classroom. It is built around teaching three skills:- choosing safe places and routes; crossing safely at parked cars and crossing safely near junctions. These skills are taught over the course of at least 12 roadside sessions. Children are taught in the road environment near their schools, in pairs or groups of three children, by trained volunteers.

This website provides information for existing Kerbcraft Co-ordinators; for those interested in setting up a new scheme in a local authority, school or other establishment, and for anyone interested in learning more about Kerbcraft.

Official Kerbcraft resources, funded by the Department for Transport, can be found in the Resources Section of this website, and materials developed by Kerbcraft schemes around the country can be found in the Example Materials Section. The Information Section provides a wealth of additional information and advice notes to help with the set up, funding and running of Kerbcraft. The Kerbcraft Pilot Section provides information and evaluation reports on the national pilot of Kerbcraft, which ran from 2002 to 2007.

The Kerbcraft website has the following available in the resources part of their website, especially useful for schools and teachers. Manual, support pack, video & DVD, as well as documents detailing Class List, Training Schedules, Child Volunteer Allocation List, Volunteer List, Co-ordinator Visit, Session Register, Incident Record…

http://www.kerbcraft.org/index.htm

Primary Teacher UK Resource

Primary Teacher UK is an information, news and resources using blog technology for primary teachers in the UK. The PSHE material is primarily Citizenship based although there are some safety aspects within the blog.

The navigation for categories is near the bottom so you will need to scroll down until you get there. Our link takes you straight to the PSHE category.

Visit the website for further information

Google UK for Schools

Google Logo

They say.

The Google UK Schools Site offers free resources for teachers to help use Google tools in the classroom.

Working with teachers, we have developed ideas for how Google Search, Maps, Earth, Images and News can be integrated into the curriculum to help bring subjects such as geography, history and citizenship to life.

Google UK for Schools contains a wealth of ideas and resources and if it is like anything else that Google do will continue to develop into a huge resource. The resources are currently based around geography, history and citizenship (with no real emphasis on the safety aspects, however, over time we expect the safety aspect to develop) including:

For more information on Google UK for Schools

Edu Blogs – Sign Up for a Free Educational Blog

If you are looking to create a free educational blog, Edu Blogs claims to be “…the largest education community on the Internet…” current total is 271,024 blogs.

Blogs are very easy to use. Although the second time we visited the main site there seemed to be server problems with long loading times, so a backup plan might be a good idea. That said it is free so it is unfair to whinge.

Getting Started with your educational blog

There are videos about 5 minutes long and between 4-8 MB in size to get you started. Also has a forum with a like minded community varying from experienced to beginner.

…sign up for a free WordPress-powered blog. http://edublogs.org/

Kidzone from Cheshire Fire Service

Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service

For both teachers and firefighters to download and supplement their lessons.

Kidzone includes:

www.cheshirefire.gov.uk/kidzone

Drug Education News

The website Drug Education News is not a forum in the Internet sense. Read their about statement.

The Drug Education Forum is the umbrella body for national organisations committed to improving drug education in England.

The Forum meets at least three times a year and we produce papers and reports that are intended to inform the development of policy and practice for drug education.

However they are using Word Press (blogging software) and articles have a comment section.

This blog tries to pick up relevant media and research stories about drug education. It mainly focuses on information in England as this is the geographical remit for the Drug Education Forum. We welcome comments that are on topic.

Specifically for teachers dealing with the Drugs, Alcohol & Tobacco aspect of PSHE curriculum. Visit their website.

Road Safety Matters – Renault

Renault Safety Matters

A road safety website from Renault. The website is divided into 3 sections, parents, children & teachers.

On the website you will find:

Safety Matters online is a road safety educational site for pupils aged 7-11 years, their teachers and parents.

Developed by Renault the resources deliver vital road safety messages and support the Curriculum for PSHE/PSD Literacy and Numeracy.

For further road safety information from Renault

TES Connect PSHE resources

TES Connect

TES Connect PSHE resources section covers all areas of the PSHE curriculum and the search facility will enable you to filter information.

By levels:

& also by type of resource:

A huge range of PSHE resources for teachers at all levels visit the TES Connect website and scroll down for the Resources search facility.

Teaching Students with Learning Difficulties

Run by Vienna – a teacher in a Further Education College in England “Teaching Students with Learning Difficulties” is a very useful site for anyone work with special needs students.

A blog for teachers of students with learning difficulties 16+. Particularly Colleges of Further Education. Includes Basic Skills and Life skills.

Well worth a look at with a very wide range of specific Learning Difficulties information, videos, links and teaching ideas… Website link