A State Apart
An interactive chronicle of events from the BBC covering 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland. The events are brought up to date with an analysis of the Good Friday agreement and beyond. There are newspaper articles, interviews, and video footage.
Personal Pronouns
A quick game where you match the people or things in pictures to the most appropriate pronoun. A game that is ideal as a starter or plenary activity.
Playing Shakespeare from the Globe Education
Globe Education offers a collection of free online resources, aimed to support the study of Shakespeare in schools mainly at KS3 but resources could be used at different levels. Free Globe tickets for London schools too!
Literature Study Guides from SparkNotes
Excellent study guides for many exam text novels, Shakespeare works and poetry.
The Women War Workers of the North West
A feature from the Imperial War Museum which focuses on some of the roles women took on in the North West of England during the Second World War.
Finding the Area of Compound Shapes
A good site on finding the area of a shape based on rectangles on a grid. Estimate first and then compare with the actual area of the shape. Good as an IWB demo tool for teaching how to apply the formula to compound shapes based on rectangles.
The Great Fire of London
Explore the story of the fire in detail by following the timeline and investigating the people, objects and themes. Interactive activities along the way to help you understand how we know about the Great Fire.
The Ted Hughes Homepage
These essays on selected works by Ted Hughes were written as resources for teachers.
Opendays.com - University and College Open Days
A searchable directory where you can find out open day information about the university or college of your choice in the UK. There are advice pages which includes completing UCAS forms and what questions to ask when you attend an open day.
Make a Horse Puppet for Chinese New Year
How about making this cute hobby-horse puppet as the horse is one of the Chinese Zodiac animals? Fits in well with a Chinese New Year topic.
