Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived What’s hot? Back What’s hot? This week’s pick of the best resources available on the TES website 21st August 2015, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share What’s hot? https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/whats-hot-1 Copy Link Touchy, feelyWhat is it? A poster introducing texturesWho is it for? 3-7sWhy is it hot? Print and adapt this poster to use as part of a fun, interactive display-making activity exploring what different objects feel like.Baking businessWhat is it? A cross-curricular enterprise projectWho is it for? 7-11sWhy is it hot? Get children working together on pricing, designing, making and selling their product to learn essential maths and teamwork skills.Personalise the plagueWhat is it? A selection of templates to create a Black Death diaryWho is it for? 11-14sWhy is it hot? This colourful print-and-fold booklet will prove an engaging way to teach your class about the bubonic plague.Literary challengeWhat is it? A set of challenge cards for able learnersWho is it for? 14-16sWhy is it hot? Stretch your more able students with the extension challenges on these cards, and allow them to explore their personal responses to the questions.2015 triviaWhat is it? A general knowledge quiz for your classWho is it for? 11-16sWhy is it hot? Welcome students back to school with this fun quiz that tests their knowledge on a range of subjects and highlights from 2015. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Sign up to the Tes magazine international newsletter Tes Editorial • 2nd April 2026 Teacher interview questions: what will I be asked? Tes Editorial • 10th October 2025 Sats week: key test dates for 2026 Tes Editorial • 1st October 2025 5 top Tes articles for school leaders Tes Editorial • 19th August 2025 Recent Most read Most shared NLCS reveals latest overseas school opening News 15 May 2026 Why we need to talk about school lockdowns Leadership 15 May 2026 What’s changing in education in 2026-27: is your school ready? Analysis 15 May 2026 Tories demand ‘corrective action’ over GCSE maths complaint News 13 May 2026 King’s Speech confirms plan for SEND reform News 13 May 2026 ‘Significant overhaul’ to KCSIE leaves schools with ‘unrealistic’ deadline News 13 May 2026 Are schools as inclusive as Ofsted grades suggest? News 15 May 2026 All schools convert in England’s first fully-academised area News 15 May 2026 What’s changing in education in 2026-27: is your school ready? Analysis 15 May 2026
