If you know that you would like to make a web site, it can be difficult finding out how to start. Here are some things to think about first.

• examples of children's work (stories, pictures)
• photographs of the school
• information for parents
• links to other sites (sites for teachers, parents and children)

Plan

Planning is as important in web site creation as it is in most other types of work. Therefore, you must have a clear idea of what your site is going to contain, and how it is all going to fit together.

It might be useful if you made a list of everything which you would like your site to contain, and then planned how you will link different sections. You might even try drawing a 'site map':

• Will you have photos of children on your site?
• Will you have children's names on the site - first names, surnames, both or neither?

Take a look at other school sites and see how they are tackling Internet safety on their sites. Many have copies of their Internet rules for you to look at.

Start building:

When you have planned your site, and are just about to start making the first web page, it is recommended that you create a new folder on your computer. All of the web pages, images and sounds that you make and use in the site can then be kept in this new folder (and any subfolders you choose to make inside it). This enables you to organise your site more clearly, and helps considerably when you come to link the pages together with hyperlinks.