Children with Cancer UK, the national charity dedicated to research into childhood cancer, has partnered with Mister Men Ltd to launch a series of Mr Men themed challenges for primary schools across the country to raise funds for the charity. The challenges give students of all ages the opportunity to …
Read More »Maths Doctor Christmas prize draw offers up to 100 free maths lessons
Maths Doctor, an award-winning live online tutoring company, is pleased to announce its Schools Programme Christmas Prize Draw, giving 10 schools across the UK the chance to win up to 100 one-to-one Maths lessons, worth over £3000 to be used however they wish. Schools are invited to enter the prize …
Read More »Free FUZE coding workshops for UK Schools
Calling all teachers and schools across the UK! From November 2015, FUZE Technologies Ltd is offering a limited number of FREE coding and electronics workshops for students aged seven to 18. The hour-long workshops, which must be booked by 31st December, will teach students essential computing skills, including hands-on coding …
Read More »Two first class learning resources from The British Postal Museum & Archive
The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is an educational charity, home to five centuries of British social, communications and design history. In order to bring the remarkable stories contained within its archive to life for school children across the country it has created two FREE first class interactive learning …
Read More »2Simple launches Serial Mash Writers Competition to bring out the inner author in children
Educational Software Company, 2Simple, are teaming up with children’s author, Jonny Zucker to run their first ever Serial Mash Writers Competition for users of the online library. With the chance of winning prizes, the competition starts by asking children to read the first chapter of two new KS2 Serial Mash …
Read More »Children’s e-book publisher launches writing competition
Children aged 5-11 have been invited by children’s e-book publisher, Fiction Express for Schools to enter a short story competition in celebration of the company’s fourth birthday. The competition, launched on 1st May in association with Primary Times, will run until 7th June. The children are required to write …
Read More »UK primary schools celebrate Chinese New Year with free education pack
Children across the UK have been marking Chinese New Year with the help of a free learning resource sent to every primary school in the country during January and February. Produced by the British Council and supported by HSBC, the ‘Year of the Sheep’ education pack introduces pupils to the …
Read More »Cambridge University Press and SATIPS join forces to get children writing
As handwriting re-joins the national curriculum this year, Cambridge University Press has teamed up with SATIPS for this year’s National Schools’ Handwriting Competition. From 1 September 2014, school students in the UK from the age of six have been required to learn how to hand-write letters and other documents. From …
Read More »Confidence boosting maths apps win Bookseller innovation award
Following the launch by Bloomsbury earlier in 2014 of the Let’s do Mental Maths apps for ages 6-7 and 10-11, the full set for the primary range is now available. Designed to improve children’s confidence in maths whether they are working in class with a teacher or at home with …
Read More »Disney to release ‘The Lion King’ for UK schools to perform
From January 2015, schools across the United Kingdom and Ireland will be able to perform their own productions of Disney’s award-winning musical The Lion King, when special versions of the show are released for licensing. These two versions, The Lion King KIDS and The Lion King JR will give pupils …
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