Download this free resource from the Red Cross, which helps educators to teach young people about migration and development.
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Summer Discoveries (14/8/11)
What have you discovered over the past few weeks… here you can find five new resources that I’ve found over my summer break!
Top Five Discoveries (10/7/11)
Find five new resources that you can use in the classroom, including animated maps, an exciting film, a comic creator for young children, a blogging tool and a great resource for data handling.
New Chembakolli resources from ActionAid
Explore new downloadable PowerPoints and lesson ideas to help teach about life in a village in India.
UK SoundMap
Explore a sound map of the UK and help to contribute your own recordings too… a lovely resource for classroom use which your pupils can help to develop!
The Green Classroom
Yorkshire Water have developed a teacher-led cross-curricular learning resource called The Green Classroom for key stage 2 pupils that looks at the subject of water but uses key primary subjects like art and design, citizenship, maths, geography, english and science to communicate the key messages. There are downloadable lesson plans, workbooks and certificates on the [...]
Rainforest Rescue Challenge
Sky Rainforest Rescue aims to engage school age children with the problems facing the Rainforests by including a fun series of projects on the Amazon Rainforest in the National Curriculum. The Rainforest Rescue Schools Challenge helps children to understand how the things we eat, buy and use everyday are linked to the rainforest and think about [...]
Leafcutter Wildlife Park
The Leafcutter Wildlife Park is a website-based animal park, which gives children the opportunity to develop their ICT skills while learning about some of the world’s most endangered species. Pupils control an online character to tour the world’s continents and visit animal enclosures, coming “face-to-face” with a range of species including snow leopards, western lowland gorillas [...]
Mr. Thorne Does Books!
Mr. Thorne (whose phonics videos were previously featured on Teaching News) has continued to make lots of fantastic phonics videos which can be used in the classroom. Over the summer, he also published his first book which you can now buy online. www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1528325 The book follows the story of Geraldine the giraffe (who also features [...]
Let nature feed your senses
Let Nature Feed Your Senses is an England-wide project to provide farm and nature reserve visits for children, older people, people with disabilities, and others who have difficulty visiting the countryside. The visits are supported by the Big Lottery and Natural England and are tailored to suit different ages and abilities. www.letnaturefeedyoursenses.org For more information [...]
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