Learn about new stuff

Many of you have been using Audio Network at school and found that you can’t access the site at home to download music for use in the classroom, whilst planning.

Try Freeplay Music! It’s free for use in schools and for personal use. Here’s what they say in their licensing bit:

If you are using Freeplay Music for:

Then Freeplay Music’s compositions and recordings may be used without a fee.

This great and easy top use animation from Channel 4, on their Great Fire of London webpage, is very useful to show how the fire spread across london.

There’s also a specific site called Fire, again from Channel 4.

Science Tube – It’s like the other tube but is for science.

Lots of videos showing lots of different experiments and science concepts.

A colleague, Steve, suggested this site as he likes the games!

Engineering Interact is a free educational resource for primary school children aged 9 to 11. The resource provides fully interactive, engaging game environments and high-quality learning material tailored to the National Curriculum. Information about real world applications and cutting edge research motivates children and introduces them to the subject of engineering. This resource has been created by the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering

The Ancient web is an online resource for Students, Teachers, and anyone interested in the cultures of the ancient world.

There’s lots of different cultures from around the world to look at, including Italy and Greece!