New in Espresso this week
Book Club
- Chris d’Lacey introduces Icefire
- Cliff McNish introduces The Silver Child
- Jacqueline Wilson introduces The Diamond Girls
Find it: English 1 > Book Club
TV News
Find this week’s stories: News 2
Food packaging campaign
The Women’s Institute are campaigning to reduce food packaging.
Find it: Geography > Environmental issues > Taking action
Millennium Bridge sound art
A live feed of the sound of the Millennium Bridge is being piped into the Tate Modern Gallery.
Find it: Art > Galleries > Tate Gallery
News Bites
A news round-up of events in the form of four short video clips. The video clips are reporter-led pieces using language aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils.
- Queen’s children’s party
- Mummies help doctors
- Model insects on display
- Michelangelo exhibition
Find it: English 2 > News Bites
Newspaper articles this week include..
Find this week’s stories: News 2
Chalk drawing helps wildlife
The National Trust yesterday began the first wildlife survey of the Cerne Abbas Giant - a 180ft chalk figure of a man carved into the hillside near the Dorset village.
Find it: Geography > Environmental issues > Wildlife
New emblem for Red Cross
The Red Cross are changing their emblem into an internationally recognised humanitarian emblem.
Find it: PSHE & Citizenship > Politics > World Politics
World Cup 2006 data [Data]
Data handling exercises using recent results from the group stages of the World Cup.
Find it: PE > Football > World Cup and Maths > Handling data > Data
Charles Darwin [Profile]
A profile of Charles Darwin that explores important events in his life.
Find it: History > People in history > More