Hit the Button
Quick fire questions on number bonds, doubling, halving, times tables, division facts and square numbers against the clock. Brilliant for improving mental maths and calculation skills, but particularly times tables either up to 10 or up to 12 times.
Holocaust Memorial Day resources for Schools
To commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day the HMD Trust have a number of resources for educators including bilingual lesson and assembly plans, and life stories of holocaust survivors.
Shrove Tuesday - Pancake Day
Find out about how Shrove Tuesday, better known as Pancake Day, is celebrated in the UK and about the origins of the tradition.
Paint the Squares
There are various sized interactive grids up to 120, all of which are configurable. They include a regular 100 square, a negative numbers grid, decimal numbers and puzzles. Ideal for starter or plenary activity.
D-Day Normandy 1944 An Educators' Guide
A PDF document produced to complement the screening of the D-Day film but it can be used as a stand-alone resource. It looks at the historical context of D-Day, how WW2 influenced today's technology and has student activities.
Pie Charts Problem Solving
A starter activity involving problem solving tasks with pie charts.
Ash Wednesday
Read about the religious traditions of Ash Wednesday which is the first day of Lent in Christian churches in the UK.
A Day in Pompeii
A stunning stereoscopic re-creation of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius over a period of 24 hours. It gives the story of what happened in Pompeii, transporting the viewer in time and space.
The Song of the Starlit Tapestry
A story which you read yourself but you can choose the path through the story.
Red Nose Day
Find out how you can get involved and raise money for Comic Relief. For teachers there are lesson and assembly ideas and there's fun stuff for kids.
