Get involved in Go Green week by using some of these fantastic resources!

Download free resources about Migration and Development
Download this free resource from the Red Cross, which helps educators to teach young people about migration and development.

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!
Small Is… Challenge
Practical Action are inviting schools to take part in their Small Is…Challenge. This is based on their founder’s philosophy that even a small change can have a big impact on people’s lives. The challenge for students is to look at technologies from the last 100 years and invent a product that could help us all lead a more sustainable future. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Earth Week Resources
Today is Earth Day, a day designed to increase awareness of the issues affecting the environment, to inspire positive actions in individuals and business, and to begin the process of reversing the current climate change trend. www.healthyplanet.org/earthday.aspx The Healthy Planet Foundation has produced a set of lesson plans and resources for each primary year group, [...]






