Literacy links

Word and Pictures
British Council Kids
Picture of Magic Key characters
Words and Pictures supports the Literacy Hour and is aligned to the BBC Schools TV series (for 5 - 7 year olds) LearnEnglish Kids is for children who are learning English. Find games, songs, stories and lots of activities - and learn English too The Magic Key - part of the BBC Schools website.  Based on characters from the Oxford Reading Tree written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta
Spelling with the Spellits
Sebastian Swan
Word Jumbler from the BBC Schools website - Play on the word jumbler machine with Star and Hutch. Spelling with the Spellits from BBC Schools website A literacy web site aimed at Key Stage 1 children and teachers, created by the Kent NGfL initiative
The home of kids' poetry
The Children's University of Manchester
The Poetry Zone - a poetry site with a bit of everything Fun poetry for children Learn all about nouns and adjectives and much more
Stories from the Web
Write reviews or read stories on the Web
Poetry for 7-11 year olds
Hear a fairy tale read aloud