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This is a wonderfully entertaining maths game where players adjust the force and angle to throw bananas at the opponent gorilla to score points. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

In 2011 footballer Xabi Alonso gave an interview to the Guardian on his experiences as a young player moving from Spain to Liverpool.  He describes the most significant difference here. I don't think tackling is a quality," he says. "It is a recurso, something you have to resort to, not a characteristic of your game. At Liverpool I used to read the matchday programme and you'd read an interview with a lad from the youth team. They'd ask: age, heroes, strong points, etc. He'd reply: 'Shooting and tackling'. I can't get into my head that football development would educate tackling as a quality, something to learn, to teach, a characteristic of your play...

This is a fun Android and Apple app from University College London were players complete a range of games to exercise the brain cells and provide researchers with real, but anonymous data to use in their study. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

A great flash game where players must shoot a ball into a hole and use the magnets to help you. There is lots of science to learn in this game including about magnets, gravity and the orbits of space objects. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

Civilization is a popular series of strategy games where players must build empires, trade and wage war. It is also a personal favourite of mine. This is a fab free downloadable version which could be useful in many areas of the curriculum, including money and area in maths and learning about cultures from the past. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/History

A logic game where players must drag objects around to hit targets and get the egg into the cup. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Easter

Strike a chord with your students by doing some virtual strumming with this superb guitar chord player. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

Colonization is a strategy game where players take on the role of settles and build towns in a new land. A useful game for history lessons. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/History

A fun maths game where player shoot numbers to make number bonds. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A competitive 2-player adding game. The game can be customised by choosing the size of the numbers to add. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A fun HTML5 word game where players connect letters to spell words. Just enter a name in the bottom box to get started. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English

Apologies for the time you are going to spend on this one! This is a truly additive logic game where players have to guide falling sugar into cups. Great fun! http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

An interesting golf themed maths game where players must click on the correct properties described for the given numbers. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

This is a fun musical themed logic game where players must direct light particles into containers by placing arrows in the correct places. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A logical thinking game where players have to 'leap-frog' blobs in the correct order to make them all disappear. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

This is a set of environmental games where players take the role of a CEO of a company and try to please everyone and make the best decisions. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

A fun strategy game where players must cut ropes to feed the little creature. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games

A climate game where players must make key decisions for the world's environment. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

A fun environmental recycling game where players help Michael find, collect and sort rubbish. Play full screen at http://funschool.kaboose.com/gamesFiles/flash/kaboose/michaelrecycle/earthday.swf http://j.mp/H96rVp http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE%2C+RE%2C+Citizenship%2C+Geography+%26+Environmental

Download this game where players must design the transport system for a city. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Educational+Games