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WEBSITE SUPPORT FOR PARENTS

Behavioural issues: www.behavioradvisor.com an American website with useful information.

Brainy Child: www.brainy-child.com

British Museum: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Food and Drink Federation: www.fdf.org.uk has on-line quizzes, directory of web links and downloadable resources on all aspects of food

Free rice: www.freerice.com a website where all the family can enjoy answering questions whilst winning rice for the UN World Food Programme

Global Footprints: www.globalfootprints.org take an online quiz to tell what your global footprint is and learn how to reduce it

Headliners: www.headliners.org a website on journalism for children aged 8-11

IGGY International Gateway for Gifted Youth: www.warwick.ac.uk/iggy a website for gifted children. Try the IGGY Junior area

IPSEA: www.ipsea.org.uk free and independent advice and support to parents

Kids Astronomy: www.kidsastornmy.com free games and activities for parents and teachers of children of all ages.

Kidscape: www.kidscape.org.uk advice for parents, professionals, children and young people. Also run Assertiveness Training and Courses

Maths: www.nrichmaths.org mathematical resources for children, parents and teachers to enrich learning.

Mensa: www.mensa.org.uk

Parent s In Touch: www.parentsintouch.co.uk

Reading Reform: www.rrf.org.uk a website for reading, spelling and nonsense word tests.

Reading for gifted children: www.amazon.co.uk/tag/childrens%books/forum

Science at Home: http://science-at-home.org/predict-observe-explain/ a website explaining how to turn anything into an experiment.

There is a wealth of websites now available for parents of gifted and talented children. All have value but much depends on what information you are looking for. Here, we try to categorise the information.

Government Sites

Parents Centre - helping you to help your child. Information and support for parents on how to help with your child's learning, including advice on choosing a school and finding childcare.
Click here

The Standards Site
The latest thinking on current gifted and talented initiatives, practical guidance and advice on developing the needs of gifted and talented children and for professional development for teaching staff.
Click here

OFSTED
This report (2001) is concerned with the use made by schools of the opportunities presented by the grant-funded programmes. It highlights points for consideration about the nature of the programmes and their relationship to mainstream school provision
Click here

The Literacy Trust
General advice on the provision for gifted and talented in the UK and background information on government policy in the recent past.
Click here

Directgov
Basic information on the ways of supporting gifted and talented children.
Click here

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA)
QCA maintains and monitors the National Curriculum and associated assessments, tests and examinations.
Click here

TeacherNet

TeacherNet has been developed for the DCSF as a resource to support the education profession.

http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/

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