Theatre:
The Polka Theatre celebrates its 21st birthday and wants to become “the young person’s Royal Court”; but first it needs a grown-up budget, artistic director Vicky Ireland tells Judith Palmer

Humanities resources:
The Miracle Maker on video for RE students, and other curriculum reviews

History :
British MuseumChannel 4‘s Journeys in the Roman Empire CD-Rom - plus special reader offer

Literacy:
Phonix cubes

Children’s books :
Secret Heart by David Almond; The Kite Rider , by Geraldine McCaughrean ; Amongst the Hidden, by Margaret Haddix