Antarctic Adventures
Monday, March 19th, 2007Year 4 have been reading about CBBC Newsround reporter Lizzie’s visit to the Antarctic. You can read her full diaries at the CBBC website.
Archive for the ‘Literacy’ Category
Myths and Legends Website
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007Mythsandlegends.com is a great website for children who are interested in hearing tales from the past. You can also make your own stories with the Story Creator.
New on Espresso This Week
Thursday, July 6th, 2006
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On mange!The 6th French module introduces new vocabulary from Unit 8: Qu’est-ce que tu veux? Find it: French 2 |
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Cycling to school (+ What do you think?)The government is encouraging children to cycle to school. Find it: Geography 2 > Environmental issues > Taking action |
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Driverless taxi podsA revolutionary form of transport could cut congestion and help the environment. Find it: D&T > Design > Transport |
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News BitesA 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.
Find it: English 2 > News Bites |
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Wild bear killedIn a story that highlights the difficulty of reintroducing animals to their original habitats, Bruno, the first wild bear in Germany for 170 years, is killed. Find it: Science > Animals > Animals from around the world |
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Ethical computer gamesThe games are part of a new breed from software designers, weary of violence, who want to create cyberspaces with “real life” content. Find it: ICT > Software > Computer games |
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Healthy School AwardA Q&A piece to explain the government’s aim to help schools to become healthier. Find it: PSHE & Citizenship > Education > Events and awards |
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World Population Day 2006A data piece offering important population facts and development issues . Find it: Maths > Handling data > More and PSHE & Citizenship > World citizenship |
New in Espresso this week
Monday, July 3rd, 2006Book Club
The Book Club is updated each term to introduce three authors talking about a book that they have written. Alongside the video clips is a biography of each author. This term the following authors talk about their books:
- 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
Assignment Photo-Story
Saturday, July 1st, 2006Photo-stories are a great new way for students to use digital technology to communicate their ideas creatively and effectively. This website gives you a tutorial on how to dit yourself.
Although they’re simple to make, photo-movies look great and offer young people a powerful means for getting their messages across. Since photo-movies are made with still images from a digital camera, scanner or free online photo-library, they can be created by anyone, for virtually nothing.
There are opportunities for making photo-movies right across the curriculum, where they can be used as a novel alternative to conventional written work. They are also a very powerful tool for teaching many of the communication topics covered in the Speaking & Listening, English, Citizenship and PSHE curricula.
To get started, just choose ’start activity’. This mini website contains tutorials on every aspect of production, from scriptwriting and assembling the images to putting on special effects, recording the narration and laying down a music track. Download the Teacher’s Notes for suggestions how to set up a photo-movie project.
The videos which make up Assignment: Photo-movie are presented in Flash 8, which you can download for free from the ‘Welcome’ page, and can be watched online via a 2Mb broadband connection. Alternatively you can watch or download the videos in Windows Media format from the ‘Downloads’ page.