Educational Sites
All of these sites have an educational theme. Click on the links to be directed to that site.Students wishing to access these sites must see Mr Gandhi for a user name and password.
www.fasttomato.com
Fast Tomato is an interactive careers guidance and education website for teenagers. You can investigate careers and find out about which options to take, courses to study, where to study and much more by doing the following:
-Click on the link to go to the Fast Tomato website
-Click the 'New User' button
-Enter your name and type in this Fast Track Code - HUSD
-Click the 'Get Login' button to receive your personal Username and Password (Remember these and use them each time you visit Fast Tomato)
-Type your Username and Password into the 'Login' box
-Click the 'Enter' button
www.samlearning.com
Sam Learning offers comprehensive online learning courses for SATs and GCSEs. It is the service chosen by more than 800,000 students.
-The school ID is lu5hu
-User ID is date of birth followed by two initials; first name then last name. (E.g. 010885DJ is the User ID for David Jones born 1st Aug 1985).
-Password initially same as User ID, you should change your password as soon as you login.
www.learn.co.uk
Learn Premium is a new educational website from the Guardian newspaper. Parents, pupils and staff can access thousands of resources that are available on this site.
The school's username is harlingtonupper
The school's password is lu56nx
www.independence.co.uk
Modern issues suitable for research, especially Citizenship, RS and Sociology as well as many others. Please see Mrs Wray in the Library for a User Name and Password
www.zut.org.uk
Interactive activities for French teachers and students.
www.linguascope.com
Interactive activities for Languages students
www.languagesonline.org.uk
Languages OnlineInteractive website where pupils can have fun whilst learning a language
www.grovemusic.com
Grove Music Online is an integrated music resource on the web including the full text of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
www.groveart.com
Grove Art Online provides web access to the entire text of The Dictionary of Art with ongoing additions of new material and updates.
www.connexions-direct.com
Advice and guidance for 13-19 year olds and their parents/carers about careers (look under 'e-clips'), education, higher education, training options and personal issues.
www.tate.org.uk Art Visit the Tate Gallery
www.amazon.co.uk Books Need a book for school work or leisure, then try Amazon
www.dictionary.cambridge.org Dictionary Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
www.ecctis.co.uk Ecctis A link to the Ecctis UK Course Discover site containing information on college and university courses
www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/mail.htm Email The Bedfordshire School Mail System
www.encarta.com Encarta Encyclopaedia A good on-line free encyclopaedia
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize GCSE Revision The BBC bitesize revision site, containing excellent revision material for a range of subjects
www.pavilion.co.uk/dwakefield GeoNet This site has links to lots of useful Geography sites
www.languagesonline.org.uk Languagesonline is an interactive website through which pupils can have fun whilst learning a language
babelfish.altavista.com Language Translation Service Stuck with your language homework, or going abroad soon? Then get some help. This site will translate between English and number of European languages
www.maps.com Maps Need a map? Then look no further!
www.meto.gov.uk Meteorological Office Studying the weather, or do you just want to know what the weather is tomorrow? Visit the official website of the Met Office.
www.classical.net Music A classical music web site
www.nhm.ac.uk Natural History Museum Information about the museum in London, and also some virtual galleries
www.newscientist.co.uk New Scientist Read the magazine on the net
www.solarviews.com Solar System Excellent pictures of the solar system
www.nmsi.ac.uk Science Museum Information about the museum in London
www.iski.com Skiing conditions Are you going on a school or family ski trip? Then check out the latest conditions on this site
www.ucas.com UCAS Are you looking to go to university next year? Then this site is a must for sixth formers who are applying to universities via UCAS
www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes Volcanoes. Studying volcanoes? Then have a look at this very good site.
Sites For Parents and Teachers
Here are some educational sites that are likely to be of interest to parents and teachers.
www.bbc.co.uk/education BBC Education
www.becta.org.uk BECTA British Educational and Communications Technology Agency
www.counselling-directory.org.uk Counselling Directory A free, confidential service for those in distress.
www.dfee.gov.uk Dfes Department for Education and Skills
www.microsoft.com/uk/education Microsoft Education in UK
www.teachers.org.uk NUT National Union of Teachers
www.nof.org.uk NOF New Opportunities Fund
www.ofsted.gov.uk OFSTED Office for Standards in Education
www.qca.org.uk QCA Qualifications and Curriculum Authority
www.rhouse.co.uk Russell House Educational Support Centre, Bedford, Bedfordshire
www.dfes.gov.uk School performance tables Dfes school league tables
www.tes.co.uk TES Times Educational Supplement
www.tta.gov.uk TTA Teacher Training Agency
Local Sites
Here Are Some Local Sites
www.arnold.ik.org Arnold Middle School One of Harlington's feeder middle schools.
www.bedfordshire.gov.uk Bedfordshire County Council
www.london-luton.com Luton Airport
www.luton.gov.uk Luton Borough Council
www.luton.ac.uk Luton University
www.parkfields.net Parkfields Middle School - One of Harlington's feeder middle schools
www.robertbloomfield.beds.sch.uk Robert-Bloomfield Middle School - another one of Harlington's feeder middle schools
www.upmystreet.com Up my street Do you need some information about your local area? Then try this site.
Search Engines
Here are some of the more popular search engines.
www.google.co.uk Google
www.excite.co.uk Excite
www.ask.co.uk Ask
www.hotbot.com Hotbot
www.lycos.com Lycos
www.yahoo.co.uk Yahoo
www.yell.co.uk Yellow Pages
Miscellaneous Sites
These sites do not fall into any of the above categories, but nevertheless are useful or interesting.
www.bbc.co.uk BBC An excellent site for information on a wide range of things.
www.tpc.int Fax No fax machine, but would like to send a fax? Then try this site. You can send a fax via the Internet to a few countries for the price of only a local telephone call.
www.bt.com/directory-enquiries BT To find a telephone number or address of friends and family in the UK.
www.multimap.com Multimap Online maps to everywhere.
www.counselling-directory.org Counselling directory A free, confidential service for those in distress.