The BBC have a huge collection of audio resources for primary schools on their School Radio pages. These include: Dance and PE Workshops, Music activities and audio clips to use in lessons, Collective Worship resources, History audio clips and more… www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio Accompanying teachers resources are online and many of the audio programmes are available as [...]
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Free sounds to use in the classroom
Alan McKinney from SoundScalpel has kindly contributed a large collection of sound effects to Teaching Ideas. You can download these sounds and use them in your classroom for: Adding atmosphere to lessons, Assemblies, School performances, Adding sound to children’s ICT / multimedia work, Addition to a school website / VLE. www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/dramasoundeffects.htm I’ve also recently discovered www.freesfx.co.uk which [...]
This week's Education News (3/7/10)
This post contains links to this week’s education related news stories: More academy news… Schools will not be required to consult with parents or staff before converting to academies, according to this report… A list of schools who have expressed an interest in becoming an academy was published… New data has also questioned the success [...]
National Centre for Early Music
The National Centre for Early Music, a venue for concerts and festivals, also offers a varied musical outreach programme and produces many learning resources designed to widen participation in music. They have free learning resources aimed at key stages 2 to 4 which can be downloaded from their website, covering 17th century music, music and art in Saxon [...]
Fame Idle – Year 6 Production
Many Year Six classes put on a performance at the end of the year to mark the end of their time at their primary school. Although the end of the academic year is still a few months away, here are details of a new musical for those teachers who want to plan ahead! ‘Fame Idle [...]
Cyberkidz
Cyberkidz is a Dutch ‘edutainment’ site with lots of educational games, covering Maths, Literacy, Geography, Art, Music and more. The games are sorted by subject and age range, suitable for children aged 4-11. www.cyberkidz.net The site has recently been translated into English, so even more children are now able to take advantage of these resources.
Sing Up
Sing Up is a new campaign to encourage schools and communities to use singing in a range of ways. The Sing Up site states that “Every child deserves the chance to sing every day. Singing improves learning, confidence, health and social development. It has the power to change lives and help to build stronger communities.” [...]
Heroes of Troy and Winged Sandals
Here are details of two fantastic resources for those teaching Literacy / Music / History linked to the topic of Ancient Greece: ‘Heroes of Troy‘ is a music resource for school children aged 9 to 11 and offers 7 songs to learn, each linking to an episode of the Trojan War. The website is audio-based, but [...]
National Year of Music
Famous musicians and other celebrities have been getting involved in a range of activities which form part of the government’s ‘National Year of Music’. Research shows that engaging in music is beneficial to children’s development in a number of areas, ‘including language, numeracy, social skills, physical development and emotional intelligence.’ The government is hoping to [...]
Over 500 Ideas to Inspire!
Ideas to Inspire now has over 500 ideas! The site originally started as somewhere to host my ‘Ideas to Inspire Writing’ presentation. Since then, Tom Barrett, Doug Belshaw, Mark Clarkson, Joe Rowing, Tony Cassidy and Noel Jenkins have kindly allowed me to add their presentations to the site, which all receive hundreds of visitors each day. The site is expanding at [...]
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