What's new

Egyptians sets the scene of life on the River Nile in ancient Egyptian times. It introduces children to the different sources and types of evidence that help us to understand more about life during this period.

This module has been put together to support teachers working on QCA unit 10. Like other Espresso History modules the emphasis is on collaborative learning and helping children develop the key skill of historical enquiry.

Ourselves is a major piece of content for the Foundation stage focusing on personal and social development.

The module features engaging videos with children’s voices introducing many of the key ideas and photo books explaining special days from different cultures. New picture books featuring the Espresso family of characters provide starting points for discussions related to families, friends and feelings.

Everyday English is the first instalment of a collection of resources designed to support children who are learning English as an Additional language (EAL).

This module brings together existing Espresso resources on the alphabet, numbers, colours and days of the week. Provided in a self-contained learning environment, children are able to explore resources independently with the support of graphics and sound files.

Capturing the excitement of the recent 18th FIFA World Cup, Espresso has provided this special report on the tournament that can be used across the curriculum: English, Maths, Geography, D&T, PE and History.

This report incorporates news items to stimulate discussion, factual information on the tournament and competitor countries and cached website pages related to footballing skills. What's more, taking advantage of our unique weekly broadcasts, a fun fantasy football competition for pupils is included that is updated throughout the tournament.

This is the second level of our ICT programme that gives KS1 children the opportunity to test and further develop their skills in using a computer.

Children can work independently on the tasks outlined by the National Curriculum such as using word banks, writing capital letters and finding things in Espresso's safe and familiar environment. In addition, children’s record sheets and certificates are available for teachers to download for assessment purposes.

Five new videos have been added to the 1940s section of our 20th Century Archive focusing on daily life during wartime.

The videos feature an air-raid shelter located in the grounds of a school in Surrey and the murals painted by school children at the time.

Interviews with current pupils and those who attended the school during the war make this an excellent resource for teachers working on the QCA unit “What was life like for children in World War II.”

The third in our series of Web explorers features the Oxfam Cool Planet site.

It provides a structured activity for children to learn how to extract information from a website and consider how the site is organised and presented.

The activity also provides lots of opportunity to find out about Fair Trade and life in different parts of the world.

This new area of the Espresso Community Area provides a series of 10 minute introductions to Espresso features and teacher support, designed to be used in PPA time.

The introductions highlight tools, planning elements and ways to use Espresso with other software to help teachers to personalise learning and save time when planning lessons.