Years 5 & 6 are studying ‘Space’ in their learning journeys this term. Here is a video, made by the American Museum of Natural History, that gives you some idea of the scale of the Universe.

“A History of the Snowman” is a book that traces the history of snowman-building back to the Dark Ages. It also has this painting of a snowball fight that took place in January 1403!

The juniors are performing ‘The Wizard of Oz’ for our Christmas show. You can read the complete, illustrated version of the story (from 1899) here

Another great point-and-click adventure from the company that created Samarost. Play the demo online here

There are lots of paper toys to make at Ravensblight, including a paper skeleton whose head turns to watch you!

Visit MPchange click on ‘Change’ then ‘Upload’, send in a photo of yourself and add all sorts of effects. The program automatically makes your face move and blink!

They Might be Giants sing in praise of the electric car, from a new CD/DVD ‘Here Comes Science’.

Here’s another TMBG science song – “Why does the Sun Shine?”

What are they? Find out by watching this BBC Weird Nature video clip.

Blue Beanie is a nicely designed point-and-click adventure game to play online. link

An animation using parts from vintage cameras.

Those of you who enjoy using Pivot Stickfigure Animator at school might like to try Stykz, it has most of the features of Pivot with many new additions. It is available for Windows PCs and Macs, with a Linux version coming soon. link