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Useful links

Cashless Catering
www.independentcatering.co.uk
To charge a pupil's account

Schools Working with Parents
www.teachernet.gov.uk/workingwithparents

The Parent Centre ~ Help your child to learn
www.parentcentre.gov.uk

Keep Your Child Safe on the Internet
www.thinkuknow.co.uk

Connect
www.getoutmore.org.uk

BBC ChatGuide
http://www.bbc.co.uk/chatguide

ChatGuide has some really interesting and useful information on how to keep you and your family safe online.

Internet Safety Zone
http://www.internetsafetyzone.com

A large resource of information covering everything you ever wanted to know about the digital age (but were too afraid to ask the IT technicians at school. ;)
This site contains information about mobiles, chat, email and a very extensive guide on keeping safe on the internet.

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org

This website says what it does on the tin - "the free encyclopaedia that anyone can edit."

BBC GCSE Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize
BBC Bitesize is a well-publicised, well-known thorough revision guide. It offers revision for every GCSE subject, and mock exams.

Learnthings
http://www.learn.co.uk/

Learnthings is a service from the Guardian. It requires subscription to the premium service to really utilise it, but there is a free trial available.
Take out the free trial, and see if you can utilise some of the massive database of information.

Onion Street Revision Tips
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/communities/onionstreet/skills
BBC Onion Street offers revision tips, advice, and skills.

S-Cool
http://www.s-cool.co.uk
S-Cool is a similar website to BBC Bitesize, offering revision for every GCSE and A Level Subject.

Schools Net Revision
http://www.schoolsnet.co.uk/revision
Schools Net also offers a revison website, similar to BBC Bitesize and S-Cool, although with less material. Worth a visit if you are preparing for exams.

BBC SkillsWise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise
This BBC website offers tests and technique information to teach a certain skill to you, ranging from listening, to fractions.

How to take notes I
http://www.deblogan.com/note.html
A basic introduction to note taking, showing key do's and don'ts.

How to take notes II
http://www.pc.cc.va.us/SSS/effective_reading_skills.htm
A more indepth tutorial to effective note taking, including an explanation of SQ3R.

Skim/Scan Reading Skills
http://www.42explore.com/skim.htm
This website teaches skim reading techniques, and offers tests to see how good you are at it. Skim reading is a useful technique for reading large amounts of text quickly, picking out just the main ideas.

Childnet International
http://www.childnet-int.org/
Childnet International’s mission is to work in partnership with others around the world to help make the Internet a great and safe place for children.

Bromley Families
http://www.bromleyfamilies.info/bromleyfamilies/
Information for Bromley Families provides a directory of groups and services available for children, young people and their families.

Raise money for our school!
http://www.keithprowse.com/tickets/web_finder.buy/KPTFS2479
Buy your show tickets here and raise money for Darrick Wood

Every Click
http://www.everyclick.com/
Search the web and raise money for Darrick Wood

Buy.at
http://buy.at/darrickwood
Do your internet shopping here and raise money for Darrick Wood

Gotateenager
http://www.gotateenager.org.uk/
Advice for parents of teenagers

Jack Petchey
http://www.jackpetcheyfoundation.org.uk/
Link to the Jack Petchey Award site