I came across Anithings at a visit to BETT a few weeks ago. It is a fantastic piece of software which allows children to create their own animations on screen. They can design their own characters and backgrounds or use the ones provided. Recording the animation simply involves pressing the record button and then animating [...]
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Free Energy Display Meter for Schools
The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) and Partnerships for Schools (PfS) are running an exciting new initiative to get Energy Display Meters provided and installed into English state-funded schools, absolutely free. The meter provides real-time information about your school’s electricity use in an easy-to-understand format which can be used as a teaching and [...]
BBC search for an inspirational teacher
Do you know a teacher who’s gone the extra mile and really changed lives? The BBC is looking for an inspirational teacher, an unsung hero who has somehow made a real difference, someone whose story deserves to be told. Perhaps they have brought new and innovative methods to the classroom, with outstanding results. Maybe they [...]
Blue Cross
The Blue Cross has volunteer speakers around the UK who are able to visit primary schools to talk to the children about responsible pet ownership, the needs of pets and how to be safe around dogs. These talks are free of charge. www.bluecross.org.uk To date, The Blue Cross have seen over 100,000 school children with [...]
Special Offer – The Journey Journal
The Journey Journal is a special passport sized book that encourages young people to (re)think the places they visit. It has been written for use during holidays, school trips and to support the transition between primary and secondary school. The Journey Journal site explains that “going somewhere new is a massive opportunity to discover [...]
Offer Ending Soon – Superclubs Plus
UPDATE – This offer has now ended. Don’t forget that our offer of an 8-week trial of Superclubs Plus is ending soon. This fantastic social networking site is a wonderful resource for children providing them with a safe place to communicate with others online. Read more on our previous post, or simply register with the [...]
The Potato Story
The Potato Story site is a great place to learn about life cycles, healthy eating, growing food and much more. The site has videos, games and quizzes for children to use, as well as resources for teachers and parents. The site allows for cross-curricular links through ICT (Exploring simulations), literacy (with VAK opportunities including drama) [...]
National Baking Week
Do you love baking cakes? Or making bread, cookies or other tasty food? If you do, get involved in National Baking Week from 19th to 25th October 2009. The National Baking Week site is a wonderful resource for schools, containing recipes, teaching packs for KS1 and KS2, baking tips, a free baking booklet and online [...]
Free Trial – Superclubs Plus
UPDATE – This offer has now ended. Superclubs Plus, created by Intuitive Media is a social networking site for children, giving them access to email, forums, web site creation tools, competitions, surveys, ICT challenges, author interviews and much MUCH more… all within a safe moderated environment. The children at my school have been using Superclubs [...]
Free Resources – Recycling in the Classroom
Sophie Hadden at WRAP has sent the following information about free recycling resources for secondary teachers (although the site mentioned also has material for primary schools too): “From this term, teachers will have new online resources to teach the benefits of recycling. The resources have been developed by WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), with [...]
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