50 useful sites for english & maths ks2 sats

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www.roadtogrammar.com & www.roadtogrammar.com/junior/

This site offers a huge number of great exercises and games to practise English grammar. The games are fun and the lessons are broken down into categories.

English:Grammar & Sentences

Road To Grammar

www.wordcentral.com/games/robobee.html

This is a great site to practice English grammar and sentence structure. Play the game by moving the bee to the correct word to complete the sentence.

Robo Bee

English:Grammar & Sentences

www.wordcentral.com/games/bigbot.html

This is a great site to practice English grammar and sentence structure. Play the game by moving the bee to the correct word to complete the sentence.

English:Grammar &

Words

Big Bot

media.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/frog/frog.swf

English:Grammar &

Words

This is a simple game to practise antonyms synonyms homonyms. Players click on the fly with the correct word to score points.

Word Frog

media.abcya.com/content/nouns_and_verbs/nouns_and_verbs.swf

English:Grammar &

Words

Click on the nouns and verbs in the sentences to earn icecream scoops for your monkey.

Ice Cream Talk

media.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/invasion/invasion.swf

Word Invasion

English:Grammar &

Words

Use the arrow keys and spacebar to shoot the word belonging to the word class show to score points.

media.abcya.com/content/synonyms_antonyms/synonyms_antonyms.swf

Super Word Toss

English:Grammar &

Words

Practise knowledge of synonyms and antonyms by clicking on the matching words to throw a ball and score points with this carnival themed game.

www.kwarp.com/portfolio/Grammar%20Ninja.swf Grammar Ninja

English:Grammar &

Words

Learn the ancient ways of the Ninja by practising… grammar?! This is a fun game site where player click on the words to complete the tasks.

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/punctuation/play/popup.shtml

Grammar Ninja

English:Grammar &

Words

Help your characters escape from the spooky tower using your English skills. This is a super animation and game about using punctuation correctly.

http://freerice.com/#/english-grammar/

Free Rice – English Grammar

This is a superb site where players can help feed the poorer people in the world by answering questions. The site sponsors donate 10 grains of rice for each correct answer. This adds up! One of the categories is English grammar.

English:Grammar &

Words

Connectives Quiz

English:Grammar &

Words

A football themed game where players choose the right connective for the sentence and have a chance to shoot a penalty goal if they are correct.

http://eslkidsworld.com/Interactive%20games/Grammar%20Games/Connectives/connectives%20quiz.swf

This site has a good collection of Maths, English & other online interactive resources to use to improve your skills.

Study Champs

English & Maths

www.studychamps.com

www.henryanker.com

Henry Anker’s Resources

English & Maths

This is a vast site of activities and resources made by a teacher in the US. There are some great English, maths and other subject areas to explore.

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/ BBC KS2 Bitesize

English & Maths

Find a great range of English, maths and other resources on this popular BBC website. There are games, activities, worksheets and video lessons to explore.

www.zondle.com Zondle

English & Maths

Zondle is an amazing site for creating your own games and quizzes. You can play shared games from the Zondle community including my own grammar game at http://www.zondle.com/cdl.aspx?qp=65980&a=934. Choose which game you want to play with the questions. A free sign up is required.

http://amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html A Maths Dictionary for Kids

Maths:General

This is a truly amazing flash based interactive and animated maths dictionary. The entries are clear and the explanations are well written that they are almost a lesson in themselves. There are games and activities to complete. Just search for the area you want to learn about.

www.sumdog.com

Sumdog

Maths:General

This is a favourite of my class and which practices the maths basic skills through competitive, multiple-choice games. The games are beautifully designed and great fun to play.

Study Jams

Maths:General

A superb collection of maths study guides, quizzes, games and activities for every area of the maths curriculum. Just scroll through to find the area you want to study.

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/math/index.htm

http://www.math-aids.com

Maths Aids

Maths:General

This is a great site to find a good collection of downloadable maths worksheets and other resources. Each sheet comes with an answer key so learners can study independently.

www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html Math Live

Maths:General

This site has a great collection of animated maths lessons on a range of topics. Choose the lesson and watch the maths shows before answering the questions.

www.aplusclick.com A Plus Click

Maths:General

This is a super site with maths lessons, quizzes and fun activities to help learners improve. The lessons are grouped by topic and age range. It’s wonderful for targeting and working on particular areas of difficulty.

calculationnation.nctm.org

Calculation Nation

Maths:General

This site has 12 maths games, each with a different topic. Click on ‘guest pass’ to access the activities. Topics include fractions, the 4 operations, prime numbers, perimeter and many more.

www.belugalearning.com Beluga Maths

Maths:General

This is one of my favourite iPad apps and it is a superb maths resource which teaches topics across the subject. The games and activities are fun and easy to use.

www.compare4kids.co.uk/mathsgame/MathsQuiz.swf

Mental Maths Boot Camp

Maths:Mental

This is a fabulous site where learners can complete timed mental maths tests. Questions appear one at a time and there is a set time to answer each one. The tests are self-marking and there are 15 to choose from.

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/2011-12/maths/maths-challenge/

Maths Challenge

Maths:Basic Skills

This is a great activity to practice addition and subtraction. Drag the numbers into the correct position to complete the puzzle.

wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/numberlinev2.swf

Number Line

Maths:Number

This is a simple activity where learners must find the correct position of a number long a number line.

www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/maths_games/number Manga High: Number

Maths:Number

This is a great site for learning about numbers, decimals, fractions, ratios, money and much more through interesting, interactive lessons and games.

media.y8.com/system/contents/1523/original/towerblaster.swf

Tower Blaster

Maths:Number

This is a fun game where learner must race to complete a tower which has the numbers in the correct order. Choose from two numbers to knock out a unwanted number from your tower.

www.fuelthebrain.com/Game/play.php?ID=47 Comparison Shoot Out

Maths:More/Less

Than

This is a simple football themed game where learners compare the value of fractions with ‘more than’, ‘less than’ or ‘equal to’ to score goals.

www.mathschamps.co.uk Maths Champs

Maths:Number

This site has a collection of games designed to improve learners’ maths skills across a range of topics, including multiplication, more/less than, place value and more.

www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/fracto.html

The Decifractator

Maths:Fractions

This is a good fractions resources which converts fractions to decimals so learners can see the true value.

illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=11 Fraction Models

Maths:Fractions

This is a useful resource for comparing fractions, decimals and percentages. Choose the numerator and denominator and see them shown as pictures and in equivalent values.

www.fractionplanet.com/users/student.html?demo=3

Fraction Planet

Maths:Fractions

This is a fabulous site for practising and understanding fractions. There are lots of levels to work through and the tasks get increasingly more difficult as the game progresses.

www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/games/flowerpowerlite

Manga High: Flower Power Lite

Maths:Fractions

This is a fun game where players drag the fraction values to the correct order position along a flower stem. Earn points and extra time for correct answers.

funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/back-to-school/games/game_action_fraction.html

Action Fraction

Maths:Fractions

This is a fun car themed adding and subtracting fractions game. Click on the correct multiple-choice answer to win the race.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/oh-no-fractions!-curious-hat/id593418681?mt=8

Oh No Fractions!

Maths:Fractions

This is a great Apple app which helps learners understand and compare the value of fractions in a visual way. Move the bars to change the value of the fractions.

www.mathplayground.com/mathgames/SL_WeighWangdoodles_secure.swfWeigh The Wangdoodles

Maths:Algebra

This is a simple game which helps learners understand the basics of algebra by finding unknown values.

www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

What’s My Angle

Maths:Angles

This resource helps learners practise using a protractor to measure angles. There are lots of categories to try, including making their own angles.

www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/maths_games/data

Manga High: Data Handling

Maths:Data Handling

This is a great site for learning about data, charts, tables and much more through interesting, interactive lessons and games.

www.mathsframe.co.uk/resources/Bar_Charts.aspx

Mathsframe: Bar Charts

Maths:Data Handling

This is a resource where learners choose multiple-choice answers to questions about the information within a bar chart.

www.teacherled.com/resources/readingscales/scalesload.html

Teacher Led: Scales

This resource displays three weather gauges for learners to read and understand. Press the ‘New’ button to get new values to find. Maths:

Data Handling

www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/geography/bdag/geog-container/game6-en.html

What Weather?

Maths:Data Handling

This resource shows a weather data table for learners to interpret and use to answer multiple-choice questions. There are two levels of difficulty to choose from.

www.subtangent.com/maths/flash/piecharts.swf

Pie Charts

Maths:Data Handling

This site takes learners through each stage of using, interpreting and drawing pie charts.

www.fuelthebrain.com/Game/play.php?ID=152

Defend The Grid

Maths:Coordinates

This is a great game for practising learners’ knowledge of coordinates. Build defences to stop the enemies from crossing your territory using coordinates to place them.

Dino Dig

Maths:Coordinates

Find all the dinosaur fossils under the earth in this great coordinates game. Enter the coordinates where you want to dig to complete the game.

http://counton.org/games/flash/virtualmathfest/dinosaur.swf

www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/games/transtar

Manga High: Transtar

Maths:Symmetry

This is a great activity where learning have to flip and rotate the shape to reach the goal to complete the level.

www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/games/pyramidpaniclite

Manga High: Pyramid Panic

Maths:Perimeter &

Area

This is a Egyptian mummy themed game where learners try to keep ahead of the monster by answering questions about perimeter, area and more.

www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/maths_games/shape

Manga High: Shape

Maths:Perimeter &

Area

This is a Egyptian mummy themed game where learners try to keep ahead of the monster by answering questions about perimeter, area and more.

http://www.st-andrews23.lancsngfl.ac.uk/download/494/Area.swf

Area

Maths:Area

This is a super resource for learning about area. There are many levels to choose from and the tasks are automatically marked for instant feedback.

2D & 3D Shapes

Maths:Shape

This is a wonderful site which teaches about 2D and 3D shapes. Explore the properties of each shape in detail and complete the activities.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/3d/index.htm

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