Culture24/Teachers

Culture Street: Introducing a new creative website for kids that supports the Arts Award

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Culture Street Content Director Keith Alexander introduces his new project designed to connect teachers and pupils with contemporary artists, writers, filmmakers and performers.

Timeportals website brings Gloucestershire museum collections into the classroom

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Time portals is a free creative learning resource drawing on the rich collections of ten Gloucestershire Museums that supports historical investigation in the classroom.

School Visits and Outreach: Learning from Sacred Spaces

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Discover sacred spaces in gardens, museums, art galleries, ancient sites and open spaces, and how they benefit learners' moral, social and cultural understanding and attitudes towards people and communities.

The Culture24/7 Summertime Special: Art Galleries to take your kids to this summer

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Want to get your kids enthused by art this summer? Here’s a selection of seven art galleries where kids are welcomed with open arms and there’s plenty to keep them occupied and engaged.

Royal Society and V&A tell us what happens to your brain when you enter a museum?

Sun, 22 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

What happens to your brain when you enter a museum? This Royal Society film explores the answers on a visit to the V&A.

Children's Games since 1900: Playtimes website from the British Library

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A great interactive website for teachers and children about playtime games past and present.

Film-making competition for kids: Film Street's Stop Frame Animation

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

BAFTA winning ArtisanCam is behind relaunch of Film Street website and its new competition to inspire young filmmakers and animators of the future.

Dragons teaching resources: Education Pack from Norwich Dragon Festival

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A free KS1-3 Education pack, with excellent ideas and activities on the theme of dragons, is available for schools.

Victorian child miners: creative writing

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Bearsden Primary School pupils have used museums and archives to step into the boots of Victorian child miners.

History GCSE Suffragette resources from Greater Manchester Police

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

GMP Museums and Archives have some free KS4 History resources on the Suffragettes for a limited time only.

A brief history of clothing: British Museum video guide for kids

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This British Museum Young explorers' fun video guide is great for learning about clothing from the past.

A brief history of time-telling: British Museum video guide for kids

Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This British Museum Young explorers' fun video guide is great for learning about how people in the past have found ways to tell the time.

A brief history of money: British Museum video guide for kids

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This British Museum Young explorers' fun video guide is great for learning about different kinds of money from the past.

A brief history of writing: British Museum video guide for kids

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This British Museum Young explorers' fun video guide is great for learning about writing from the past.

Ancient Egyptian symbols: the Lotus flower teaching resources

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Pupils can learn all about how the lotus symbolised rebirth and then make their own origami version.

Teachers' Institute CPD teacher offer from the Houses of Parliament

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Forty free places are on offer for the Teachers' Institute professional development programme at the Houses of Parliament in London.

Wheel of Life and other RE online teaching resources

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

CLEO has created some very useful Buddhism classroom interactives and more.

Homework help: Victorian inventor Thomas Edison

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Science Museum has some great Thomas Edison resources for kids and their school project.

Once Upon A Wartime: Classic War Stories for Children teaching resources

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This latest IWM exhibition, suitable for KS2 and KS3, includes downloadable curriculum info and classroom activities.

SEN online History resources from the Museum of London

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

From a story about the Roman gods to interactive 3D objects, you’ll find useful classroom activities here for your special educational needs pupils.