From the Emperor Penguin to the Salmon to the Sea Turtle, these animals go on fantastic journeys whether it’s to hunt for food or to migrate. Here we look at our top five favourite Amazing Animal Journeys! Download the Amazing Animal Journey’s document here Find out more about our Big Science Day’s exploring Amazing … Read More
We hope you’ve had a brilliant British Science Week 2019! it’s been an exciting week for our team who have had the pleasure of visiting some really inspiring schools with incredibly creative pupils, right across the country. We’ve loved getting to share our passion for science with you all, so thank you to everyone who … Read More
It’s British Science Week and to celebrate we’ve come up with our top six solar system facts which are perfect for sharing with your pupils – and don’t forget if you are interested in hosting a space-themed workshop at your school, please get in touch as we have lots of different sessions on offer! Fact … Read More
To kick start the new year we are thrilled to be launching a whole school primary maths programme – The Riddle of the Sphinx! 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 age old Riddle of the Sphinx … Read More
We’re delighted to announce that, after a successful pilot, we’ve a brand new science programme for KS1, available to everyone! Both building on what pupils already know and going beyond the curriculum, CSI: Forces challenges pupils to think about the Science of Rollercoasters, consider a tricky range of Push/Pull forces – then use their findings … Read More
This year marks an astonishing 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 … Read More
We hope you have had a thoroughly enjoyable World Book Day 2019 – we have absolutely loved visiting schools up and down the country delivering our Bookman, Paige Turner, Poetry and Shakespeare workshops – and we are now (yes already!) taking bookings for World Book Day 2020. We usually sell out months in advance for … Read More
September 3rd 2019 marks eighty years since the outbreak of World War II, a conflict that affected every man, woman and child in the UK, as well as those serving in the forces. Marking the anniversary, our uniquely interactive 75 minute Time Travel Theatre performance, Homing in on the Home Front, offers pupils opportunities to explore ways … Read More
Children of all ages love hearing stories read out loud (don’t we all, in fact?). Some books, though, lend themselves to this much more than others, whether it’s down to the fun and silly voices required or the pure joy of word-play, rythym and rhyme. Here are our Top Five, for children from Nursery through … Read More
World Book Day is one of our favourite days of the year – and it’s always amazing to see schools and their pupils (and often their staff!) celebrating some of our best known books and stories. But as these are normally drawn from Western Europe (and particularly the UK), are we missing an opportunity? This … Read More
Get your pupils thinking about books, animals and the alphabet in a challenge designed to promote a love of stories, spelling – and research skills – perfect for World Book Day! Download the resource instructions Download the resource instructions Download the Menagerie of Books Table You can find more lesson plans and … Read More
The ability to get under the skin of characters and flesh them out is one of the hallmarks of both great readers and writers. And our beautifully illustrated Character Profiles will give your pupils opportunities to do just that – and inspire them to Go Beyond the Story. Download the resource instructions here Choose a … Read More