The amazing world of Harry Potter and his creator, J K Rowling, is explored by Espresso Productions, experts in the delivery of the National Curriculum via broadband Internet, in a special report which uses video and web resources designed to help children discover more about the best-selling books.
The resource is split into sections on The history of Harry Potter, The author: J K Rowling, The characters, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The game of Quidditch, What fans think, Hogwarts the wizarding school and The future of Harry Potter. Links to newspaper reports, news packages (re-dubbed for greater relevance to the national curriculum) and website links can be accessed via hotlinks highlighted within the text covering the various topics, while ideas for class discussions and exercises are suggested at the end of each topic.
The Harry Potter special report includes video clips of the author J K Rowling, as well as a news report on the upcoming film and activities that cover a range of subjects; in the section The game of Quidditch pupils are encouraged to use PE equipment to recreate the game, while datasheets are used to test mathematical skill. In other sections, pupils are encouraged to write ‘blurbs’ for book covers and outlines for plays based on the books. In the section entitled Hogwarts, the wizarding school pupils are directed to draw plans of the school and to create a board game.
This report is just one of the latest elements of Espresso for Primary Schools, a service designed to offer support and lesson ideas to primary school teachers and to teach children skills and concepts relevant to the National Curriculum 2000. Espresso for Primary Schools includes news updated every week, as well as TV packages on subjects as diverse as ‘how music can improve learning’ and the ‘technology behind sharkskin swimsuits’. Contemporary TV programmes are used to illustrate the use of mathematics in everyday life, while children can use newspaper work as a base for English topics.
Espresso uses satellite technology to deliver weekly feeds of information to schools. A satellite dish and Espresso box - costing £1500 - are required to receive and store the information. For the average Primary School a subscription fee of £4.50 per pupil is payable yearly.
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Espresso Marketing, Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, Hammersmith, W6 9RL
Tel: +44(0)20 8237 1200
Fax: +44(0)20 8237 1201
Email: info@espresso.co.uk
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