Serving the West Bank Community since 1877

Links

Useful links:

Site title	Description
4 Learning - Essentials	A really useful site for 7 to 11 year olds.

Arrive Alive	This web site contains lots of advice to keep yourself and others safe on the road.

Ask Jeeves for Kids	Ask Jeeves for Kids is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to find answers to their questions online.

BBC - Primary French	Bonjour! Skate into fluent French with Roller and his mates.

BBC - Primary Spanish	Hola! Learn to speak Spanish with Jos and the gang.

BBC Bitesize Revision	Revision site for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

BBC Science Clips	A highly interactive, curriculum-led science site for children aged 5-11 and their teachers.

BBC Sport Academy	An innovative new website aimed at parents keen to get their children involved in sport.

Bikeability	Bikeability is the Cycling Proficiency Test for the 21st century, designed to give the next generation the skills and confidence to ride their bikes on today's roads.

Brake	Brake is a national road safety charity. Brake founded and runs Road Safety Week as an annual flagship event to stimulate community involvement in promoting road safety awareness year-round.

Catalyst Science Centre	Catalyst is the only science centre (and museum) solely devoted to chemistry and how the products of chemistry are used in every day life - from medicines to meccano.

CBBC	Children's BBC channel, featuring competitions, quizzes, fun and games, cartoons, chat, listings, information about presenters and celebrities.

Channel 4 Modern Languages	This website allows learners to develop their French or German language skills.

Climate Change - Kids Site	A website about climate changes especially for kids. It contains, games, animations and useful links.

Earth Matters	Earth Matters helps children to gain a full understanding of how science works in natural surroundings, by bringing a virtual natural world into the classroom.

EcoKids	EcoKids offers interactive, fun, educational games and activities. Children are encouraged to form their own opinions, make decisions, get involved and understand the impact their own actions have on the environment.

Environment Agency	Play fun environmental games, watch and interact with our animations, wise up on some facts and figures and download our screensavers - and learn about the environment at the same time...!

Funschool	Funschool offers free online educational games for kids as well as printable activities, coloring and crafts that will help kids learn and get ready for school.

Halton Haven Hospice	West Bank Primary School regularly supports the Halton Haven Hospice through fund raising events and by selling charity beanies. This website contains information about the valuable work of the hospice and also details about charity and fund raising opportunites.

Healthy Kids	Comic-strip characters Mia and Kes take children through activities to teach and reinforce emotional, social and physical health issues.

Hedgehogs	Based around the sucessful Hedgehogs Road safety campaign, this site contains games highlighting road safety.

Kick It Out	Kick It Out is footballs anti-racism campaign. The brand name of the campaign - Let's Kick Racism Out of Football - was established in 1993. Kick It Out works throughout the football, educational and community sectors to challenge racism and work for positive change.

Knowsley Safari Park	Knowsley Safari Park, 5-mile safaris drive with lions, tigers, baboons (safe route available), rhino, zebra and lots more. Elephants and giraffe are walk round exhibits and the children’s farm reptile house, sealion and parrot show is all included in the price. The rides, including the viper roller coaster and dodgems cost extra though we do offer unlimited riding wristbands during school holidays and at weekends.

Living Eggs	Welcome to Living Eggs. Fun and easy do-it-yourself programs that enable children to see chicks actually hatching from their eggs.

MONEYKINS	MONEYKINS teaches Mathematics and Personal Finanace by incorporating the learning process into simple everyday tasks.

National Year of Reading 2008	The 2008 National Year of Reading is a year-long celebration of reading, in all its forms. It will help to build a greater national passion for reading – for children, families and adult learners alike.

ParentsCentre - 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.

Samaritan’s Purse	Samaritan’s Purse is committed to meeting the needs of under-privileged people through the delivery of practical every day items and necessities. They are the organisation behind Operation Christmas Child and Turn The Tap On appeals, both of which have been supported in West Bank School.

School Food Trust	The School Food Trust was established by the Department for Education and Skills in September 2005. Its remit is to transform school food and food skills, promote the education and health of children and young people and improve the quality of food in schools.

St. Mary's by the River	This site is still under construction. It is intended that this site will provide a source of information and point of contact for the various groups associated with St. Mary's Church.

Storybook Web	Collection of activities to support early literacy and numeracy skills for children aged 5-8 years.

Swine flu - everything you need to know

Trans Pennine Trail	The Trans Pennine Trail runs through Widnes, following the course of the River Mersey as it passes West Bank.

Underwater Street	Underwater street is a hands on, experiential learning environment for children aged 2-10 and their parents. Families will delight in the great variety of interactive exhibits divided into six themed zones. Each zone is designed to appeal to the different aspects of a child’s personality and provides the right balance of fun and education.

West Bank Heritage Project Website	This website will enable people all over the world to explore images from West Bank's vibrant past. Whether you are a West Banker wanting to browse the image gallery to bring back good memories, or searching for something specific - or just interested in the history of life in this unique community then this website will provide you with it all.

Widnes Judo Club

Widnes Vikings Rugby League Football Club	Widnes Vikings Official Site

Yahooligans!	Yahooligans! is a browsable, searchable directory of Internet sites for kids. Each site has been carefully checked by an experienced educator to ensure the content and links are appropriate for kids aged 7-12.

Yellow Woods Challege	The Yellow Woods Challenge is a simple, educational and fun environmental campaign for schools run by Yellow Pages, working with the Woodland Trust and local authorities across the country.