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Espresso Weekly Newsletter 01/09/10
Welcome back – we hope you had a lovely summer! Here at Espresso, we are looking forward to providing you with more exciting and inspirational resources in the coming year!
While you were away, our news archives received a facelift! News from past updates can now be found under relevant curriculum areas. To access the collection, visit the News or subject pages.
Key Stage 1
Pakistan disaster
The worst floods to hit Pakistan for eighty years have caused devastation in the area, making millions of people homeless. This video looks at the effects of the floods on the country.
Find this week's story: News 1
News Bites
A news round-up of events in the form of three short video clips. The video clips are reporter-led pieces using language aimed at Key Stage 1 pupils.
Baby girl for Prime Minister
Saving bees
Dinosaur spotting
Find this week's story: English 1 > News Bites
Key Stage 2
Shape and space - Level 2 - NEW!
This module features videos covering four areas: rotation, angles, coordinates and lines. Each video provides practical guidance on how to investigate the properties of shapes.
The activities include Measuring angles, in which the user has to measure and label angles using a protractor, and Line checker, which requires tools to identify parallel and perpendicular lines.
Find it: Maths 2 - Shape and space - Level 2
Pakistan floods
The worst floods to hit Pakistan for eighty years have caused devastation in the area, making millions of people homeless. This video looks at the effects of the floods and how Britain is supporting the fundraising effort.
Find this week's story: News 2
View Tube (+What do you think?)
The View Tube is a viewing platform for watching the building work at the London 2012 Olympic Park.
Find this week's story: News 2
News Bites
A news round-up of events in the form of four short video clips. The video clips are reporter-led pieces using language aimed at Key Stage 2 pupils.
Baby girl for Prime Minister
Fight to save bees
Bullfighting ban
New words
Find this week's story: English 2 > News Bites
Changing language
Changing language examines some of the words recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary. The article also looks at the very first dictionary to be published and discusses popular words from 500 years ago that are no longer in use.
Find this week's story: News 2
Romans wore socks with sandals
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence to suggest that Romans wore woolly socks during their conquest of northern England.
Find this week's story: News 2
Teachers
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