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Brian Cox School Experiments

These free resources support six experiments across the primary science curriculum, and each written resource is supported by videos.

5-11 year olds
Pupils

Poetry

Search the CLPE extensive bank of poems for children, poetry teaching resources, videos of poet performances and interviews to support the teaching of poetry.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Jack and the Beanstalk

An animated story of the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk in short video clips from the BBC.

5-7 year olds
Pupils

Easy Drawing Guides

Step-by-step instructions, videos and print out sheets which show you how to draw animals, plants and popular characters.

7-14 year olds
Pupils

What is a Vertebrate?

A short, animated video which explains the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate and a sorting game where you need to sort a few animals into the two categories.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

Victorians

18 learner guides and 6 classroom videos, covering famous individuals from the time and living conditions particularly in relation to Scotland.

7-11 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Practical Action

Excellent geography teaching resources from Practical Action who use technology to challenge poverty in developing countries. There are videos, case studies, photos and more.

11-16 year olds
Teachers

Recycle Now

A great site packed with information, ideas and resources to encourage us to recycle. It has facts about how different materials are recycled including videos and animations. The text is hard for Key Stage 1 but the videos and teaching ideas are useful.

5-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils, Parents

Vikings

Five learner guides and 16 class clip videos on the Vikings from the BBC.

7-11 year olds
Pupils

BBC Sport Academy

Video guides from the experts on many sports from football, cricket, athletics, cycling, basket ball and many more including some Olympic sports.

18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils
Swallowtail Social - Social media training for small businesses