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Unleash the Power of Your Brain with Dr Ranj!

Posted on 10 August 202318 September 2023
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Authors
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Mental Health
  • Non-fiction

What Do YOU Think? with Matthew Syed and Kathy Weeks

Posted on 9 August 2023
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Authors
  • Festival
  • Non-fiction

You Are A Story! Writing for Yourself with Laura Dockrill

Posted on 14 June 202318 September 2023
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Authors
  • Creative writing
  • Festival
  • Mental Health
  • Non-fiction

How to Tell What’s Real from What’s Rubbish with
Nick Sheridan

Posted on 21 August 202228 September 2022
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Authors
  • Festival
  • Non-fiction

What’s the T? with Juno Dawson & Special Guests

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Festival
  • Gender
  • Non-fiction
  • Senior phase

A Kid’s Life in the Aztec Age with Chae Strathie

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Festival
  • Funny
  • History
  • Non-fiction

Discover a World of Wildlife with Neal Layton

Posted on 5 July 202116 November 2021
  • 1st level
  • Early level
  • Environment
  • Festival
  • Non-fiction

Enlighten Your Clock: How Your Body Tells Time

Posted on 28 June 202126 July 2021
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Graphic novels
  • Mental Health
  • Non-fiction
  • Science

Reach for the Stars: Non-Fiction Poetry with James Carter

Posted on 11 October 201816 November 2018
Children's poet James Carter gets you thinking about how to incorporate non-fiction poetry into science and nature topics
  • 1st level
  • Key stage 1
  • Non-fiction
  • Poetry
  • Science

Exploring Freedom

Posted on 16 May 201816 November 2018
Activities to get your pupils thinking about freedom in all its forms.
  • 2nd level
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Human rights
  • Non-fiction

Discussing Gender

Posted on 14 August 20178 December 2017
Girls, Books, Boys, Toys - thinking more inclusively about gender
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Gender
  • Non-fiction
  • Senior phase

It’s Easy Being Green!

Posted on 31 May 20177 December 2017
Get your class thinking about the environment
  • 1st level
  • 2nd level
  • Environment
  • Key stage 1
  • Key stage 2
  • Non-fiction

Philippe Sands QC on Human Rights

Posted on 24 November 20167 December 2017
International Human Rights Lawyer Philippe Sands gets you discussing important issues
  • 3rd / 4th level
  • Authors
  • Human rights
  • Key stage 3
  • Key stage 4
  • Non-fiction
  • Senior phase

Laura Bates: Get Talking Feminism

Posted on 6 October 20167 December 2017
Laura Bates, founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, gives her tips on how to start a discussion on feminism
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  • Feminism
  • Gender
  • Key stage 4
  • Key stage 5
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  • Senior phase
  • Sexism
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