Overview of Espresso's services

What is Espresso?

Espresso is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and constantly growing digital library of high quality, innovative, video-rich, cross-curricular resources, all tailored to the National Curriculum and cross-referenced to QCA Schemes of Work.

Espresso is not like other websites - Espresso is stored on a cache server in your school or within your local LA network, so that full-screen videos and other broadband resources can be accessed immediately by multiple users without the download delays associated with the Internet.

Espresso is available in several forms: a Primary service for schools (Foundation, Key Stages 1 & 2), a Primary at home service for parents and children, and a Secondary service (Key Stages 3 & 4).

How does Espresso help in the classroom?

Espresso:

supports teachers

motivates pupils

raises standards in the classroom

Espresso is different because it...

• updates each week with new content
• uses video to stimulate and reinforce learning
• brings events from real life into the classroom, focusing on their relevance to the curriculum
• challenges children by pairing instructional video and multimedia activities
• downloads very quickly - no more bandwidth boredom!
• manages hundreds of useful educational websites for you
• is truly cross-curricular