Links for Parents and Teachers

If you are a parent,carer or a teacher, we hope you will find the web links below useful.

For all parents and carers who want to help their child or children to learn.
http://www.parentscentre.gov.uk/

BBC Parenting Site advice for parents of primary-aged children.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/your_kids/primary_index.shtml

BBC Adult Learning lots of information about getting into learning.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/adult_learning.shtml

Articles written by practising teachers designed to help with the education of your child.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Parents.aspx

Where to find childcare in your area.
http://www.childcarelink.gov.uk/index.asp

The latest and widest range of public service information from the UK government.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm

Practical tips on helping with children's school work.
http://www.parentlink.co.uk/

The national directory of services aimed at parents.
http://www.parentpages.co.uk/

National Childminding Association
http://www.ncma.org.uk

Oxfam's Cool Planet for teachers
www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet

A useful site for teachers and students bringing the concept of global citizenship into the classroom.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl

This section offers interesting cultural feedback on global issues related to citizenship includes student opinion, government policy, English as a world language.
www.cre.gov.uk/ethdiv/ed_immigrants.html

Pages exploring the history of immigration and diversity; much usable, useful information on education.

Starfall
www.starfall.com
Parents use Starfall to prepare their children for school, and to support them once they are there. Starfall is an educational alternative to other entertainment choices for children.

Multikulti
www.multikulti.org.uk
Multikulti provides accessible, accurately translated advice and information in community languages in the following areas: debt, employment, health, education, immigration and racism & discrimination.
Choose English or Turkish from the list on the left.

Englishmed
www.englishmed.com
You will find thousands of exercises, and over 1.5 hours of spoken conversations on this site from visiting a GP to nurses, pharmacist and general medical staff.

Basic Skills Agency
www.basic-skills.co.uk
This site supports basic skills in a variety of useful contexts and links.
National Literacy Trust
www.literacytrust.org.uk/socialinclusion/parents
Offers information for parents with poor literacy skills, enabling them to help their children and themselves.

BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/a-z
A useful index section of the BBC Website showing topics by alphabetical reference, A–Z.
Search under:
Education (One Life)  
Education News
Education (Wales): The School Gate

British Dyslexia Association
www.bda-dyslexia.org.uk
An organisation which aims to help dyslexic learners and teaching staff with identification and support.

CRE (The Commission for Racial Equality)
www.cre.gov.uk
An organisation promoting equal opportunity for all.

Department for Education and Skills
www.dfes.gov.uk/citizenship
The main educational site for the citizenship curriculum; self-evaluation tools and materials.
www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/ncr
The main source of information and advice on implementing the Skills for Life programme.

Education Guardian
http://education.guardian.co.uk
The Guardian newspaper's main educational site on various topics.
 
WEA (Workers' Educational Association)
www.wea.org.uk
An important voluntary provider of adult learning.