One Tribe. With this CD-Rom from Virgin Sound and Vision you can journey across the globe. Over 600 maps, thousands of facts, footage from BBC video documentaries and samples of music are found on the disc, described as the “most comprehensive encyclopedia of the planet’s people and cultures ever assembled on one disc”. For IBM compatibles. Pounds 59.99 from large bookshops.
Actively Protecting Endangered Species. Primary children always want to save animals, but they have limited comprehension of, say, the link between animals and their habitats and of the chain of life in general. This cross-curricular key stage 2 pack aims to explain these and other issues. Pounds 12.99 (inc pp). Tusk Force, 4 Spencer Court, 140-142 Wandsworth High Street, London SW18 4JJ.
IT for All. By David Banes and Caroline Coles. Ways of developing an IT curriculum for pupils with severe or profound and multiple learning difficulties are suggested in this photocopiable booklet. Included are chapters on establishing physical access and equipment. Pounds 10.99 (pp Pounds 1.50). David Fulton Publishers, 2 Barbon Close, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JX.
The Random House Kids Encyclopaedia. A fun pack of facts, this CD-Rom disc for children aged seven to 12 has movies, articles and pictures and can be used, say the publishers, to research projects and homework. There are also games, puzzles and simulations. For IBM compatibles. Pounds 44.95 from major stores or from Guildsoft Ltd, The Software Centre, East Way, Lee Mill Industrial Estate, Ivybridge PL21 9PE (pp Pounds 5.88).
24-Hour Famine Schools Resource Pack. Up-to-date, topical information on Rwanda and other Third World countries is contained in this free pack for teachers. It includes study cards on Rwanda and Senegal and overhead projector slides with a ready-to-use pack for assembly. From World Vision. Ring 0908 841212.
The Nature of Adolescence: Working with Young People in Custody. By Juliet Lyon and John Coleman. A modular training course for use by Prison Service establishment, this pack seeks to help staff understand adolescents. A video is included. Pounds 121.50 (inc pp). TSA Publishing Ltd, 23 New Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1WZ. Starting Points; Responses to Music. The first of these partly photocopiable books in the Bright Ideas series offers activities for filling spare moments in the classroom with activities which, says the publisher, “are fun and purposeful”. The second suggests how the non-specialist teacher can encourage children to listen and respond to music. Pounds 7. 99 each (inc pp). Scholastic Publications Ltd, Villiers House, Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV32 5PR.
Fact File 1995. Transport and truancy; ethnic groups and salaries: some of the subjects illuminated by attractively presented charts in this photocopiable A4 ring binder file for schools and colleges. Pounds 34.95 or Pounds 29.95 for a subscription which means that annual updates will be sent and invoiced automatically. (inc pp). Carel Press, 4 Hewson Street, Carlisle CA2 5AU.
Organising IT in Schools: Insights for IT Co-ordinators bills itself as “The Complete Guide” and is a folder containing a series of A4 booklets written by the Norfolk IT team (ISBN 1 85526 200 2, Pounds 25 or individual titles at Pounds 6 each). The subjects covered are: Computers and Copyright; Data Protection Act, 1984; Health Safety and Computer Use; Computer Viruses; Computer Pornography. Their approach is matter of fact and they are packed with common-sense advice along with useful bibliographies and addresses for further information. Norfolk Educational Press, County Inset Centre, Witard Road, Norwich NR7 9XD. Telephone: 0603 33276.
Stage 2 More Talking Stories is the latest set of floppy discs (six) in the popular Oxford Reading Tree scheme from Oxford University Press and Sherston Software. It is available for Acorn A-series and for Research Machines and IBM and compatible computers, and comes with teachers’ notes. Pounds 40 (ex VAT) from Sherston Software, Swan Barton, Sherston, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Telephone: 0666 840433.
Inspection and Beyond: Quality Assurance in the Primary School is a video training pack from the Manchester Metropolitan University and Longman Information and Reference. It has two videos along with two staff development A4 books. The package (ISBN 0 582 24977 5, Pounds 99) is available from Pearson Professional, Southport Distribution Centre, Slaidburn Crescent, Southport, Merseyside PR9 9YF. Telephone: 0704 24331.
