World Space Week is celebrated during 4 – 10th October and we’ve got a range of primary and secondary workshops that link in with this year’s theme. These inspirational workshops are suitable for all ages and abilities and are designed to build on pupils’ existing knowledge, enhance progression and boost pupil motivation in science. … Read More
With a clear focus on concepts of measurement and featuring a concrete maths challenge, acclaimed Egyptologist “Dr Colorado Smith” needs your pupils help to solve a 3,000 year old puzzle! Our resident archaeologist, Dr Colorado Smith, has returned from Egypt with some exciting news – he’s now collected all the clues required to solve the … Read More
2022 is a huge milestone in the momentous life of Queen Elizabeth II, as she marks seventy years on the throne with a Platinum Jubilee. So, knowing that schools up and down the land will want to celebrate this unique achievement, we’ve developed Long to Reign Over Us – a joyous and reflective programme of … Read More
Rooted in drama and storytelling, our maths activity days offer opportunities to practise skills with numbers, shapes and concepts in exciting, imaginative and interactive ways. All are differentiated for age – while some also offer the possibility of differentiating for ability within a single class. And all, of course, offer you and your colleagues the … Read More
The Extraordinary World of Space opens up a whole galaxy of teaching resources and activities, exploring maths, literacy, science and history – all through the topic of “Space”. Launch straight off, using our suggested timetable, or plan your own day using the editable version. There is more than enough to here to pack a day … Read More
Primary Schools Many children are still struggling to re-engage with their learning after all the disruption they’ve suffered over the last eighteen months. Which is where our Catch Up programmes for primary schools come in! Fun and contextualised, yet packed full of curriculum content, they provide the perfect launchpad for reinvigorating pupils. We can help … Read More
Why not take a trip around the world with Country Clerihews, a lively and engaging mix of literacy and geography that will have your pupils penning poetry in droves? After a busy and interactive assembly (which can be streamed, if needs be), exploring what poetry “is” and sharing some of our favourite verses, the … Read More
Specifically developed to support students gain both confidence and skills in analysing unseen poetry, The Art of Analysis introduces them to three of the keystones of literary analysis (theme, events and traditions) – then guides them through an ideas-generating process allowing them to write their own poems. At the end of which, working to specific … Read More
Over the last two years, we have worked with a number of universities on the National Collaborative Outreach Programme – delivering engaging and aspirational face-to-face workshops to students from Years 9, 10, 11 and 12 in a variety of settings and contexts. These are all still available in 2020–21, of course – but given the current … Read More
It’s now over fifty years since the first humans walked on the moon – and Journeys into Space allows up to 420 pupils to celebrate this extraordinary milestone in a single day. Following an assembly looking at ways that light allows us to look at the history of the stars, pupils work a year group … Read More
Events and courageous testimonies never cease to remind us that, despite progress, it’s still vitally important to provide girls and young women (and boys and young men too, of course!) with powerful and positive role models. So we’ve developed some exciting new programmes to help you celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8th)! Drama … Read More
“One of the best STEM Events that I have ever booked. The students found the workshops extremely interesting, engaging and fun. One pupil asked, “Miss, can we do this every Thursday?” Park Mains High School, Erskine Our Creative Maths workshops for secondary schools have been carefully designed to both put into context and actively promote the … Read More