Jan 29, 2021 Oxplore: stretch and challenge the curious young minds in your life By Ruth Nossek Oxplore is a free educational website created by the University of Oxford, designed to engage 11-18 year olds with complex ideas across a...
Jan 28, 2021 School from the Zoo! Join Paignton Zoo for online lessons ... next one this Friday By Ruth Nossek Paignton Zoo's mission is to conserve species and habitats, and to inspire and empower people to help in the fight to protect wildlife....
Jan 27, 2021 Let's Play! Have fun with Chrome Music Lab 🎶🎹🎵 By Ruth Nossek This is a great set of free online tools (or 'experiments') made by Google, allowing kids - and adults - to explore music in a fun way....
Jan 26, 2021 Watch a lesson from a Celebrity Supply Teacher! By Ruth Nossek As part of their offering to support Lockdown Learning, the BBC are showing their series of CBBC Celebrity Supply Teacher.Each episode...
Jan 25, 2021 Lunch date with Dame Kelly: 20 mins workout for those parents working at home By Ruth Nossek Along with Lockdown#3 in England came the return of Joe Wicks to support children at home with their PE again. But what about us parents...
Jan 25, 2021 20 great free games to download for your kids on Android, iOS or PC (for 5-11 year olds) By Ruth Nossek This recent article from TechRadar lists a mixture of apps and games aimed at 5-11 year olds, with ten Android and iOS tablet games and a...
Jan 22, 2021 Calling all budding artists to enter RA's Young Artists’ Summer Show: open to students aged 5 - 19 years By Ruth Nossek Do you have a budding artist in your family? Maybe they'd like to enter the Royal Academy of Arts Young Artist's Summer Show?Who can...
Jan 21, 2021 Winter scavenger hunts to keep children entertained on your daily walks By Ruth Nossek Looking for something to keep children engaged with nature as you go on your daily walk?Both Tree Tools for Schools and Wildlife Watch...
Jan 20, 2021 Stargazing @ Home with your family: Fri 22 Jan & Thurs 28 Jan - all the best bits from from the comfort of your sofa! By Ruth Nossek There are two Stargazing Events coming from Oxford, UK in the next few weeks - both online, both free, and both child-friendly!...
Jan 19, 2021 Free Virtual School Library for children during lockdown, with a new book available each week By Ruth Nossek The Virtual School Library has been developed by the Oak National Academy in partnership with the National Literacy Trust. Every week a...
Jan 19, 2021 Lego building projects: from big to small - join the Japanese Lego Master By Ruth Nossek If your children (or other members of your family) have a box of Lego hiding in their cupboard, its definitely time to re-ignite that...
Jan 18, 2021 Family workouts for all ages to cope with cabin fever! By Ruth Nossek Fitting in exercise around the school remote timetable can be challenging, especially if the designated lunchtime slot for one child does...
Jan 18, 2021 Travel the World - Window by Window By James Barclay This is the internet at its best! People have just uploaded 10 mins of video of what they see out of their windows - all over the world....
Jan 15, 2021 10 Minute Shake-Up: Activities with your favourite Disney characters to keep kids active at home By Ruth Nossek We have used these activities with our kids before lockdown - and they have been great fun. Now online, you can choose from an even...
Jan 14, 2021 Words, words and more words: challenge yourself and your children to learn some new words this year By Ruth Nossek If you had fun reading Susie Dent's alternative Christmas dictionary article over Christmas with your family, you might want to take some...
Jan 13, 2021 Lessons from the National Marine Aquarium - for free starting 15th Jan, then every week for 7 weeks! By James Barclay Every Friday for the next 7 weeks the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth will be delivering free live lessons from their Aquarium via...