I am always looking at lots of different websites that are suitable for children to use either at home or school, or for teachers to use in the classroom, and the number of sites with good teaching resources for both primary and secondary age children seems to grow every day.

The other week I came across a really good new site for children to practise spelling or maths activities. They can practise addition, subtraction, division or multiplication, times tables or algebra.

They can play against people all over the world or a teacher can set up a class group and the children can play against their class mates, in a race against the clock to complete the challenges put before them. There are a number of different levels, so children as young as 5 could play at the lowest level, with simple addition and CVC words, up to the highest levels which give spellings and algebra that will challenge both adults and children.

The games will improve keyboard speed very quickly as the tasks have to be completed as quickly as possible. The competitive nature of the games, playing against other people and against the clock, seems to give them an addictive quality.

Children can log in to their class area from home and play against friends, which has to be better for them than watching trash televison or sitting on the playstation on a wet weekend!

The website has an unusual name; www.tutpup.com. Their aim is to "provide simple, fun, competitive games that help children learn and gain confidence with Maths, English and other key skills and knowledge." What they say; "We think that children can learn from playing fun games against other children from all over the world."

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