IN ENGLISH!

The British Council magazine for teachers of English in Portugal offers high-quality articles, practical ideas for the classroom, and book reviews which can also be of interest to teachers elsewhere. In English can be downloaded for free. Get your copy!

NRICH

Do you teach shapes, numbers, sizes, etc., in your classes? NRICH is a wonderful website to explore the world of maths. There are cool activities and interesting articles for the different levels, and you can download the 'packages' for later work off-line. Enrich your classes!

MOTIVATION IS KEY

Do you find it hard to motivate students to learn English? One of the reasons might be that language learning is treated as a separate subject, not integrated with the curriculum. Have a look at this Guardian article for more on CLIL around the world.

FUNOLOGY

Can hummingbirds fly backwards? Why do gorillas have such big nostrils? Funology is the 'science of having fun'! There are science experiments, quizzes, jokes, games, recipes, magic tricks, trivia and more. Fun, fun, fun!

PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPER...

Learners of all ages love nursery rhymes because they are tricky and fun to learn. The amount of vocabulary that is learned is also remarkable, and the benefits to students' pronunciation countless. Rhymes, riddles and sing-alongs galore on The Land of Nursery Rhymes. Enjoy!

HOWEVER, THE WEATHER HAD OTHER IDEAS...

The weather is such an important part of British life that it's almost always the first bit of any conversation you'll have in Britain. BBC-Weatherwise offers factfiles, games and things to do. Visit Edheads or Webweather for cool on- and off-line activities, and see a Weather Workshop. Make sunshine if you can!