Primary Resources Blog

Site Update: 11th July 2008

2008-07-11T08:00:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone. 20 new resources have been added to the main website this week. Full details are given on this page of the site. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this time! Many of you will be finishing next week for the Summer. Have a great break!

Site Update: 4th July 2008

2008-07-04T09:43:00.001+01:00

Just 10 new resources this week. Full details are give here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this time! Although I appreciate every piece of material that's sent in please remember that due to copyright, quality or duplication reasons I can't always include your files on the website.

Site Update: 27th June 2008

2008-06-27T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone. The latest update to the site includes 23 new resources. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions over the last fortnight!

Contributors (Wordle)

2008-06-23T21:19:00.000+01:00

Site Update: 13th June 2008

2008-06-13T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone. There are 29 new resources in the update this week. Full details are given here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this time! Find out how you can support the site by clicking this link.

Site Update: 30th May 2008

2008-05-30T08:00:00.001+01:00

Quick update time. 24 new resources have been added to the main website this week. Details of the additions are listed here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions! Find out how you can support the site by clicking this link.

Site Update: 16th May 2008

2008-05-16T09:00:00.000+01:00

There are 30 new resources included in the update this week. Full details are given here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this week.

Site Update: 9th May 2008

2008-05-09T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone. 38 new resources have been added to the main website this week. Full details are given here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this time!

Site Update: 24th April 2008

2008-04-24T22:18:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone. I've added 26 new resources to the main website this week. Full details are given here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this time! Find out how you can support the site by clicking this link.

Site Update: 18th April 2008

2008-04-18T18:05:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone. I've just added 26 new resources to the main website. Full details (as usual) are given here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions during the past few weeks. If you're interested in helping out the site then click this link.

Photo Section Back Online

2008-04-13T10:13:00.002+01:00

http://www.primarystuff.co.uk/photos/
The Photograph Section is now back online. Hopefully there won't be any further security issues with it but we'll see how things go! Thanks once again for your patience while I've got things back up and running.

Update 15/04/08 - I've had to take the gallery offline again.

Forums Back Online

2008-04-11T23:01:00.002+01:00

http://www.primarystuff.co.uk/forum
The Primary Resources Forums are now back online. I will look at restoring the photograph section over the weekend if I have some spare time. Thanks for your patience while I put everything back together.

Links Blog Back Online

2008-04-11T22:20:00.001+01:00

http://www.primarystuff.co.uk/blog/
The Links Blog is now back online. I'll be working to get the other two sections back up this weekend.

Primary Stuff Status Update

2008-04-11T15:06:00.002+01:00

I just thought I'd let users know that the security issue that forced the closure of the forums, links blog and photo section has been identified. Our photograph gallery software had been hacked and this infected the other facilities that run from the same web domain. It wasn't anything personal - everyone else running the same software seems to have been targetted!

Now that I know what caused the problems I will be working to bring the forums and the blog back up soon. Unfortunately my laptop stopped working late last week so I'm not able to get as much work done during the day as I'd like.

The photograph section will remain offline until a fix for the security issue has been produced by the developers of the gallery software.

Forums, Photos & Links Offline

2008-04-08T22:03:00.002+01:00

After noticing some strange issues with the forums, photo section & links blog I've taken them all offline. They are likely to be down for several days while I investigate what is causing the problems. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Site Update: 4th April 2008

2008-04-04T02:00:00.001+01:00

Hi everyone. I've added 30 new resources to the main website this week and 9 new images to the photograph section. Full details (and links) are given here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this time!

Site Update: 20th March 2008

2008-03-20T08:00:00.003Z

Hi everyone! I've decided to upload these 22 new resources a day early this week. Full details are given on this page of the site.

This next month is going to be a little strange as our UK schools are taking their "Easter" break at different times. I will be continuing to add resources during this period, but the site updates won't necessarily appear in their usual Friday slot. Please keep sending in your lesson plans, teaching ideas, worksheets, presentations and other material. If you're unsure about how you can help the site, click here.

Site Update: 14th March 2008

2008-03-14T12:00:00.002Z

Update time! There are 27 new resources this week. Full details are given on this page of the site.

My thanks go to everyone who continues to support the site by sending in material, providing feedback, contributing to discussions on the forums and purchasing items from Primary Extra.

(I'm still having issues syncing the files on the site but I think I've managed to transfer all the new material manually. Please let me know if you notice that something is missing.)

Update Issues

2008-03-14T09:16:00.002Z

I'm experiencing a few issues uploading the latest update of the site. Apologies for the delay. Part of it is already up there and the rest will gradually follow throughout the morning.

Site Update: 7th March 2008

2008-03-07T02:01:00.001Z

I've added 25 new resources to the main website this week and 7 new images to the photograph section. Full details are given here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this time!

Site Update: 29th February 2008

2008-02-28T15:45:00.001Z

Update time! There are 60 new resources this week. Full details are given here. My thanks go to everyone who continues to support the site by sending in material, providing feedback, contributing to discussions on the forums and purchasing items from Primary Extra. Find out how you can support the site by clicking this link.

Scheduled Site Downtime

2008-02-27T19:48:00.001Z

Our secondary web host is upgrading their servers over the next few days. As a result there might be slight disruption to some services.

The Primary Resources forums, the links & photo sections, the Primary Extra website & store and Primary Cartoons are hosted on this webspace. These sites may be unavailable for a fifteen minute period sometime between 11pm on 28th February 2008 and 5am on 29th February 2008. (GMT)

The main Primary Resources site will not be affected.

Greg Arious & Heracles Books Available

2008-02-25T09:00:00.002Z

In the past I’ve received quite a few requests for printed versions of some of my resources, particularly from overseas readers. A few weeks ago I set up a system where you can order proper printed copies of the cartoons in book form.

The ‘Greg Arious and the Lexicons‘ book is a 24 page paperback, printed in full colour. It’s always been a popular story on the Primary Resources website and this book includes the newer, redrawn Primary Extra version of the tale. It's a great way to introduce synonyms and the use of a thesaurus to primary school students.

The ‘Labours of Heracles and other Greek Myths’ contains the complete story of Heracles together with all the tales from our ‘Perseus and the Gorgon’ myth pack (Perseus, King Midas and the Trojan Horse). This book is 40 pages long, printed as a colour paperback. ‘Heracles’ is our most popular resource so I hope that teachers will find having a printed version of the book very useful.

I’m really pleased with how the printed versions look. Individual books can be ordered direct from the printers (worlwide) or you can buy a book & resources CD bundle from Primary Extra (UK only). You can find order links and prices on the Primary Extra books page.

Primary Extra Store Update

2008-02-24T22:22:00.003Z

I recently upgraded the software that powers the Primary Extra store. Most of the changes are behind the scenes but should help improve your "shopping experiences". :)

Users of the previous store will need to register for a new account. As an incentive I'm discounting all items in the store by 10% for the next week.

Site Update: 22nd February 2008

2008-02-22T02:00:00.001Z

Hi everyone. 50 new resources are included in this week's update. You can read full details of the additions here. Thanks to everyone who sent in contributions this time! Find out how you can support the site by clicking this link.