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Endangered animals activity pack

We recently received this wonderful fact filled pack from Archiboldclutterbuck (to read more about Archiboldclutterbuck  resources click here). Contents and what we think The pack is made up of an activity booklet and a poster. The poster is a great visual tool; with in depth (but not overbearing-too much to read) information about 6 critically endangered animals across the globe. Each animal is listed with a fact file (for instance type of animal, habitat etc), and reason as to why they are critically endangered. For each animal listed there is a beautiful photograph; I do believe having photography in such posters and texts is important , as it really does bring the whole concept and idea to 'life'. We love the poster as it's a great size, vibrant and easy to understand, with all the vital information but without too much to read, making it a perfect poster!  The activity pack is what you would ideally expect when teaching endangered animals. Learning fo

Space Race

'Space Race' is a key stage 2 board game by Oaka books, focussing on physics, following the national curriculum closely. In order to appreciate why this game is different, it's important to look at what makes Oaka books unique. The idea behind Oaka books is that the resources are designed with focus on visual learners and Oaka books ensures areas such as dyslexia are not ignored. 'Oaka’s aim is to make curriculum based topics easy for everyone with their fantastic range of visual learning guides. All of the packs are curriculum based and with the colourful, fully illustrated and clearly laid out designs they are ideal for visual learners. They include memory maps, glossaries of key words and terms, as well as Oaka Active Learning Maps (with character cards) or Games (with flashcards). We have over 47 Oaka topic packs and revision guides for children at KS3/CE level helping them to understand key topics for a range of subjects from Science and French to Geography and