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The This Girl Can campaign was launched in 2015 funded by lottery funding and Sport England.  Since then they have successfully persuaded nearly three million women to become more active!  The premise of This Girl Can is to celebrate active women no matter ‘how they do it, how they look or even how sweaty they…

Code.org has launched its Code Break program – a free, live weekly webcast where members of the Code.org team teach coding and computer science to children and adults. The team will also be setting weekly challenges for beginners, experienced coders and even students without computers. You can sign up to receive each week’s Code Break…

Primary Engineer and Ford of Britain have partnered with other engineering brands to launch two free online challenges designed to inspire the next generation of young engineers. The first is called the Leaders Award and asks children to submit ideas along the idea of: “If you were an engineer, what would you do?” The programme…

Rosetta Stone are allowing students to access their language learning website free of charge for three months. Children and young people can continue to expand their horizon by learning a new language. https://www.rosettastone.co.uk/lp/freeforkids/  

The #DailyMileAtHome will be producing weekly Challenges for schools, families, carers and children to use to encourage 15 minutes of jogging or running outside, in line with Government guidance.  Instructions from the UK government are very clear – they are allowing us to take exercise outdoors, once a day, as long as we can keep…

The Show Must Go Online are putting together weekly readings of the Complete Plays of Shakespeare by a global cast, in the order they were believed to have been written. They are using global casts, including professionals and amateurs, all of whom donate their time and talent freely to entertain, and make Shakespeare accessible. https://robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline/

Speakers for Schools have launched a Virtual Talks programme! From next week, they will be offering free livestreamed talks from some of the UK’s top leading figures. Students will be able to hear masterclasses and interviews from speakers from across: business, arts, academia, media and more. Speakers will be sharing their own stories and expertise…

This hugely popular and highly social collection of online multiplayer games is coded and designed by the players themselves, then shared with the rest of the Roblox community. In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, the company has been adding more curriculum and educational games to its teaching resources, with featured lessons including an introduction…

Below is an app that teaches the basics of DJing in a fun, interactive way without the need for expensive, specialist equipment. All you need is a phone or tablet and the free djay app (below) by Algoriddim. The Djay app guides you through every stage of mixing, teaching you the basics of decks and…

Oti Mabuse, a professional dancer on the television series Strictly Come Dancing, takes you through learning a dance fusion class to music – all in your own living room!  Dancing is a great way to be active and it allows you to improvise too or try a dance to different music.  Give it a go!  …