Links

Site title	Description
www.recyclenow.com/index.html	A place to find out about making a difference ... every thousand mile journey starts with a single step!

www.wasteonline.org.uk/	Another place for those re-cycling facts and links!

www.braintree.gov.uk/Braintree/environment/recycling/default.htm	Local services for local people!

BBC for schools	The BBC website is simply superb, with so many places to delve for quality information. The Schools section suggests quality links for children, parents and teachers alike. The Revisewise section too is a fun interactive way for children to revise for their SATs tests ... and to think you may remember BBC Schools and Colleges being the stuff you watched crowded around a television at 11 o'clock in the morning at one end of an old school hall ... many years ago!

BBC Parents - help with school work	An excellent website from the excellent BBC - again! This site gives parents advice on supporting children's learning, with sections devoted to the Primary years and the National Curriculum in general.

BBC Revision for Key Stage 2	In May of each year Year 6 children face the challenge of SATs tests. So, what better way to begin preparation for these than by visiting the Beeb's fab website for Key Stage 2 revision? And, if that tickles your fancy enough, then why not delve into the Key Stage 3 Bitesize links in order to develop and extend learning even further! (And if you're too young for any of this, don't worry, there's even some great Key Stage 1 stuff too!)

Be safe on the Internet!	Kidsmart is about Internet safety awareness. Read it to understand some of the safety issues, and help encourage children to stay safe and be smart online.

Books for Kids!	Kidsreview is a unique website where all the book reviews and recommendations are made by children. On the website are Top Ten lists along with the book reviews. So, whatever the child's age, if they are stuck for a new book to read, then this is the place to rummage around and find something that suits both age and interest!

Compare Primary 'Value Added' league tables!	Enjoy this link to BBC News Education! Our positions both locally and nationally reflect the way the children progress over their primary careers, underlining the quality of the teaching and learning at our school. The great data shown is from December 2007!

Coxhoe Primary School, Durham	A fantastic school website that provides an exhaustive collection of teaching and learning activities across the Curriculum. This site and its wide ranging set of links is a favourite of teachers, classes and pupils alike at Stanley Drapkin! Why not have a browse through some of the interactive content, or let your child show you activities they use in class to enhance their learning enjoyment? Well worth it! Simply follow the Curriculum menu to the subjects, key stages and the links ...

Essex County Council Schools Page	A great place to find the answer to burning administrative type questions about education in Essex ...

Essex Grid for Learning	The Essex Grid for Learning is the site used by Essex LEA Learning Services. It contains really useful information specific to Essex schools, aswell as offering many Internet links to other key education websites.

Helping you and your child - The Curriculum and learning	A series of weblinks that help you find about the children's learning across all Curriculum subjects. Simply choose the Key Stage you wish to find out more about, then browse the subject information of interest to you.

Here we are!	www.multimap.co.uk link - you will be able to get directions from where you are as well as some local information

Maggie's Song	A tribute song for Maggie Vale who left in 2005, but sadly died of cancer in 2008 ... Written and recorded by her sister, Charlotte.

OFSTED 2007 report	Here it is! Follow the links from our school's page on the OFSTED website and you view the report from the school's latest successful inspection in November 2007. From the web page you have a variety of choices ... including being able to download your very own copy of the full report, as well as viewing, or downloading, the previous one from June 2005. Enjoy your reading ...

Reading For Life!	'Reading isn't only in books, it's everywhere!' is the wonderful tag line for an inspirational website aimed at readers of all ages. Heaped high with ideas and information about reading, this IS a GREAT website to check out!

Stanley Drapkin School Profile	Now replacing the school's annual Governing Body report to parents, the new style School Profile web based document outlines the school's key priorities and performance indicators. In addition to be being viewed online as a PDF file, the document may be downloaded, saved or printed.

What's Steeple Bumpstead like?	www.upmystreet.co.uk - a really useful website if you are unfamiliar with the area (or, even if you aren't!) - masses of local information!

Wikipedia steeps Steeple in history ...	Discover a little steeple-less Steeple's rich history with some interesting facts that reach back into the village's past ... Not mentioned is why the ground around St Mary's Church is built up so high. Must be a tale buried there ...