Homework/Education

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Homework/Education

Assemblies - the Christian weblog of a head teacher in Wales
Assembling Citizens - new site from The Stapleford Centre with resources for teaching citizenship
CHILDlink - new helpline/resources for parents and teachers
Christian biographies - browse facts on great Christian figures from the past 2000 years
Climate Forum - fresh challenge to the Church on the environment and global climate change
Comparative Views of Jesus - useful site laying out what other faiths teach about Jesus compared to the Bible
Explore.parliament.uk
Home Service - Christian site for home educators
Miscom.co.uk - moral/spiritual teaching resources for schools
National Christian Education Council - resources and publications
Relessonsonline - does exactly what it says on the tin
Running Man - follow an expedition into the Amazonian rainforest
Schools Interactive - Christian-run site with loads of resources
Schools Register - moving? Tips on schools in your new area
Seussville - quirky fun and early learning with Dr Seuss
Seven Wonders of the World - from the comfort of your PC
The Hunger Site - click to donate food for free
The Rainforest Site - click to save land for free

HOMEWORK:
Beeb
Brainpop
Education World
SAM Learning Exam Revision
Homeworkhigh.com
Homeworksolver.com
How Stuff Works
Learn.co.uk - excellent Guardian site
Nutrition and biology
RElessonsonline - great topical resource for teachers
Revise - GCSE guide for teenagers
The Why Files
The Natural History Museum
The Imperial War Museum
The Tate Gallery

"We have been supporting two web sites, the hunger site and the rainforest site, write Margaret and David Bennett. "If you visit either site and click on a button, they will make a donation of food or land at no cost to you. Please could you check it out for yourselves and maybe tell your readers." No sooner said than done!
Subjects tackled by recent publications from the National Christian Education Council include grandparents, godparents, separation and divorce, nurturing and sustaining relationships, and storytelling/creative play with young children. Check out the site for more valuable resources.
Christian-based teachers' resource The Stapleford Centre has launched a new website service providing material on teaching citizenship. Check it out at www.assemblingcitizens.co.uk
Do you teach your child at home - or are you thinking about it? Take a look at Home Service - a support organization for Christian home educators at www.home-service.org

What do other religions and sects believe and teach about Jesus? One very useful site which will tell you is Comparitive Views of Jesus - http://chfhosp.dmi.net/JESUS.htm
Very handy for personal insight, educational use and for pointing questioning friends at ...
At www.relessonsonline.com there's a free sample for you to download (make sure you have a copy of Acrobat Reader, as they are .pdf files) from their Making Moral Decisions series, and based on the recent Spiderman film
If you're looking for creative help in schools work, check out what's on offer from John Patterson's ministry Schools Interactive, currently going great guns in Merseyside.

Welsh head teacher Bill Beales has been making the headlines for daring to speak out clearly asa Christian during assemblies at his Gwent secondary school. And he runs a very useful 'weblog' site with his assembly material and various other thoughts, plus world Christian news and other information at http://www.assembly-aid.com/home.asp
If you or your youngsters have a major concern for the environment and global climate change, you'll be interested in a conference held in Oxford aimed at getting the Church involved. Organised by the UK-based John Ray Initiative and the US-based Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, you'll find detail and resources at http://www.climateforum2002.org/
Like to see the world, but can't afford the plane tickets? Seven Wonders of the World provides online education and entertainment, without leaving your home - the wonders of the ancient world, the modern world and natural wonders of the world. And PhotoMann features beautiful photographs from around the world, taken by PhotoMann in his world travels. Visitors can e-mail any photograph to friends and family.
The Damaris Trust has an initial site set up for their new RE Lessons online project - http://www.relessonsonline.com, due to launch fully in 2002. It will provide lesson material for teachers who are teaching Key Stage 4 (roughly 14-16 year-olds) Religious Education. The content will be updated each week so that teachers can present lessons that are using illustrations and examples from the latest books, films, TV, music and so on. The lesson material is tied very tightly to the UK Religious Education Examination Boards, but will no doubt also be very useful to teachers and youth workers across the world.
Ever wanted to follow an expedition into the Amazonian rainforest from the comfort of your own home? Well, now's your chance - Running Man is a site posting daily diary entries and video reports from the heat (literally!) of the action. You'll need RealPlayer or similar to view the clips
CHILDlink is a new helpline offered at the CARE website, which aims to "help those helping children". It offers a listening ear, practical help and specialist support to families, as well as supporting Christian professionals and volunteers working with children and young people. Check out the site, call 0845 601 1134 or e-mail cs@care.org.uk
If you've ever wanted to find out more about influential Christian figures from past centuries, a new book could prove invaluable. The Dictionary of Christian Biography, edited by Michael Walsh of Heythrop College, University of London and published by Continuum Books, can be browsed online and provides a wide-ranging reference book to Christian figures from the past 2000 years. Great for school projects or just general interest.
It's back to school for most youngsters next week, and the H word will doubtless crop up again before long. Well, more handy homework sites to point them at are SAM Learning Exam Revision ("Your kids never knew revising could be so much fun!" they claim) and Revise, which provides an interactive GCSE revision guide for teenagers, including online tests and discussion groups.
http://www.explore.parliament.uk - well designed site aimed at helping children (and adults!) understand how the British constitution works. It's actually interesting, and worth a visit if you think politics is dry and well, boring
http://www.schools-register.co.uk - if you're moving house and wanting to check out schools in your new area, or just wanting information on what's available as your youngsters move on up the educational system, this is your first stop. Constantly updated.
Offering resources for schools desperate for decent moral and spiritual teaching resources are Chris Westgarth and Paul Gildersleve, from The Book! project. They've got packs of material geared to the National Curriculum, suitable from Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 4, and churches can sponsor them for their local school. Check out what's on offer at www.miscom.co.uk
Yes, we all know our evenings are regularly peppered with requests for homework assistance, and it's often a pleasure to help (!), but even super brainy mums and dads need a break. Send your kids off to Freeserve's new education channel www.homeworksolver.com
It's just right for Years 3 to 7 inclusive. Other places worth a look include www.Homeworkhigh.com - aimed at 9-16s, it offers help with maths, English, geography and history, and can answer questions by e-mail
Ah, homework. There's no escape, is there? General stuff? Trythe Guardian's excellent Learn.co.uk, or Education World. Biology and nutrition, or science? Go for Brainpop (8-11 year-olds), the Beeb (11s-14s) or www.geocities.com/Athens/3615/nutr.html (14 plus).
If you're wanting to get some answers to baffling questions, help your children with their science homework, or just love to know how or why things happen, these are for you:
How Stuff Works
The Why Files
So it's a rainy day, and you'd love to go to one of London's top museums or art galleries. You can - and stay in the warm. Just clickety-click along to ...
The Natural History Museum
The Imperial War Museum
The Tate Gallery
If you grew up with the dotty delights of The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Put Me In the Zoo courtesy of the splendid Dr Seuss series, you really must pay a visit to Seussville, at least on the pretence of introducing your children (or grandchildren!). There's plenty of fun to be had, including games to download (check out the Hamulator!) as well as sound reading skills and moral lessons to be picked up.
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		WEBWATCH INDEX Homework/Education Assemblies - the Christian weblog of a head teacher in Wales Assembling Citizens - new site from The Stapleford Centre with resources for teaching citizenship CHILDlink - new helpline/resources for parents and teachers Christian biographies - browse facts on great Christian figures from the past 2000 years Climate Forum - fresh challenge to the Church on the environment and global climate change Comparative Views of Jesus - useful site laying out what other faiths teach about Jesus compared to the Bible Explore.parliament.uk Home Service - Christian site for home educators Miscom.co.uk - moral/spiritual teaching resources for schools National Christian Education Council - resources and publications Relessonsonline - does exactly what it says on the tin Running Man - follow an expedition into the Amazonian rainforest Schools Interactive - Christian-run site with loads of resources Schools Register - moving? Tips on schools in your new area Seussville - quirky fun and early learning with Dr Seuss Seven Wonders of the World - from the comfort of your PC The Hunger Site - click to donate food for free The Rainforest Site - click to save land for free HOMEWORK: Beeb Brainpop Education World SAM Learning Exam Revision Homeworkhigh.com Homeworksolver.com How Stuff Works Learn.co.uk - excellent Guardian site Nutrition and biology RElessonsonline - great topical resource for teachers Revise - GCSE guide for teenagers The Why Files The Natural History Museum The Imperial War Museum The Tate Gallery "We have been supporting two web sites, the hunger site and the rainforest site, write Margaret and David Bennett. "If you visit either site and click on a button, they will make a donation of food or land at no cost to you. Please could you check it out for yourselves and maybe tell your readers." No sooner said than done! Subjects tackled by recent publications from the National Christian Education Council include grandparents, godparents, separation and divorce, nurturing and sustaining relationships, and storytelling/creative play with young children. Check out the site for more valuable resources. Christian-based teachers' resource The Stapleford Centre has launched a new website service providing material on teaching citizenship. Check it out at www.assemblingcitizens.co.uk Do you teach your child at home - or are you thinking about it? Take a look at Home Service - a support organization for Christian home educators at www.home-service.org What do other religions and sects believe and teach about Jesus? One very useful site which will tell you is Comparitive Views of Jesus - http://chfhosp.dmi.net/JESUS.htm Very handy for personal insight, educational use and for pointing questioning friends at ... At www.relessonsonline.com there's a free sample for you to download (make sure you have a copy of Acrobat Reader, as they are .pdf files) from their Making Moral Decisions series, and based on the recent Spiderman film If you're looking for creative help in schools work, check out what's on offer from John Patterson's ministry Schools Interactive, currently going great guns in Merseyside. Welsh head teacher Bill Beales has been making the headlines for daring to speak out clearly asa Christian during assemblies at his Gwent secondary school. And he runs a very useful 'weblog' site with his assembly material and various other thoughts, plus world Christian news and other information at http://www.assembly-aid.com/home.asp If you or your youngsters have a major concern for the environment and global climate change, you'll be interested in a conference held in Oxford aimed at getting the Church involved. Organised by the UK-based John Ray Initiative and the US-based Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, you'll find detail and resources at http://www.climateforum2002.org/ Like to see the world, but can't afford the plane tickets? Seven Wonders of the World provides online education and entertainment, without leaving your home - the wonders of the ancient world, the modern world and natural wonders of the world. And PhotoMann features beautiful photographs from around the world, taken by PhotoMann in his world travels. Visitors can e-mail any photograph to friends and family. The Damaris Trust has an initial site set up for their new RE Lessons online project - http://www.relessonsonline.com, due to launch fully in 2002. It will provide lesson material for teachers who are teaching Key Stage 4 (roughly 14-16 year-olds) Religious Education. The content will be updated each week so that teachers can present lessons that are using illustrations and examples from the latest books, films, TV, music and so on. The lesson material is tied very tightly to the UK Religious Education Examination Boards, but will no doubt also be very useful to teachers and youth workers across the world. Ever wanted to follow an expedition into the Amazonian rainforest from the comfort of your own home? Well, now's your chance - Running Man is a site posting daily diary entries and video reports from the heat (literally!) of the action. You'll need RealPlayer or similar to view the clips CHILDlink is a new helpline offered at the CARE website, which aims to "help those helping children". It offers a listening ear, practical help and specialist support to families, as well as supporting Christian professionals and volunteers working with children and young people. Check out the site, call 0845 601 1134 or e-mail cs@care.org.uk If you've ever wanted to find out more about influential Christian figures from past centuries, a new book could prove invaluable. The Dictionary of Christian Biography, edited by Michael Walsh of Heythrop College, University of London and published by Continuum Books, can be browsed online and provides a wide-ranging reference book to Christian figures from the past 2000 years. Great for school projects or just general interest. It's back to school for most youngsters next week, and the H word will doubtless crop up again before long. Well, more handy homework sites to point them at are SAM Learning Exam Revision ("Your kids never knew revising could be so much fun!" they claim) and Revise, which provides an interactive GCSE revision guide for teenagers, including online tests and discussion groups. http://www.explore.parliament.uk - well designed site aimed at helping children (and adults!) understand how the British constitution works. It's actually interesting, and worth a visit if you think politics is dry and well, boring http://www.schools-register.co.uk - if you're moving house and wanting to check out schools in your new area, or just wanting information on what's available as your youngsters move on up the educational system, this is your first stop. Constantly updated. Offering resources for schools desperate for decent moral and spiritual teaching resources are Chris Westgarth and Paul Gildersleve, from The Book! project. They've got packs of material geared to the National Curriculum, suitable from Foundation Stage through to Key Stage 4, and churches can sponsor them for their local school. Check out what's on offer at www.miscom.co.uk Yes, we all know our evenings are regularly peppered with requests for homework assistance, and it's often a pleasure to help (!), but even super brainy mums and dads need a break. Send your kids off to Freeserve's new education channel www.homeworksolver.com It's just right for Years 3 to 7 inclusive. Other places worth a look include www.Homeworkhigh.com - aimed at 9-16s, it offers help with maths, English, geography and history, and can answer questions by e-mail Ah, homework. There's no escape, is there? General stuff? Trythe Guardian's excellent Learn.co.uk, or Education World. Biology and nutrition, or science? Go for Brainpop (8-11 year-olds), the Beeb (11s-14s) or www.geocities.com/Athens/3615/nutr.html (14 plus). If you're wanting to get some answers to baffling questions, help your children with their science homework, or just love to know how or why things happen, these are for you: How Stuff Works The Why Files So it's a rainy day, and you'd love to go to one of London's top museums or art galleries. You can - and stay in the warm. Just clickety-click along to ... The Natural History Museum The Imperial War Museum The Tate Gallery If you grew up with the dotty delights of The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Put Me In the Zoo courtesy of the splendid Dr Seuss series, you really must pay a visit to Seussville, at least on the pretence of introducing your children (or grandchildren!). There's plenty of fun to be had, including games to download (check out the Hamulator!) as well as sound reading skills and moral lessons to be picked up. back to top of this category back to top