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What is poetry?
History & The Arts

What is poetry?

...adult regards as nonsense. The roof seems to have detached itself from the house on the ground to become part of the sky. The sky is otherwise empty. A simple question of ‘place’ for a child, in this context, introduces ideas of visual and intellectual perspective. Let’s start building another kind of house: The house that Jack or Jill might build We know that poems...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

Starting with maths: Patterns and formulas

...adult is under- or overweight. It is calculated as follows: Although care needs to be taken in interpreting the results (for example, the formula isn't appropriate for children, old people or those with a very muscular physique!), a BMI of less than 20 suggests the person is underweight and a BMI of over 25 suggests the person is overweight. In this formula, the units...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Physical activity: a family affair
Health, Sports & Psychology

Physical activity: a family affair

...adult responsibilities vis-à-vis children. For the purposes of this review ‘parent’ will be used as a generic term for any adult with de facto responsibility for the ongoing domestic care and welfare of the child but not to those ‘in loco parentis’ who take only a temporary or intermittent caring role. (p. 1) This is the definition of the parent we will use for...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Beginners’ German: Places and people
Languages

Beginners’ German: Places and people

...adult who is not a very close friend or relative) Note that sie with a small letter means ‘she’, whereas Siewith a capital letter means ‘you’. Using kommen While listening to the interviews you may have noticed the different forms of the verb kommen (to come). The form kommen – which is the one you will find in a dictionary – is called the infinitive. In the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Approaching prose fiction
History & The Arts

Approaching prose fiction

...adult Pip which are at times mediated through the perceptions of the child Pip. The opening encounter in the churchyard, for instance, is enacted with a vivid immediacy. Look again at the point at which the narrative shifts from description to direct speech. The rapidity of the exchanges, with further repetitions of the main character's name and the allusion to his...
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Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...adults said they chose wine over other alcoholic drinks. This extra drinking helped push us to Peak Booze, but wine is also important because it’s mostly drunk at home. It’s one reason why the pub is no longer the sole focus of British drinking. “The popularization of wine represents one of the most significant developments in British drinking cultures over the last...
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Article 10 mins
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...adult. So then you start looking at what happened to this, it’s a detective story, why have these birds come up and then gone down? And of course they’re beautiful to look at. So you may need a scientist, you may need a fisherman, you certainly need someone in the house using plastic, so that’s just one example of trying to mix an interesting lot of ingredients that...
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Video 30 mins
EPQs: why give a presentation?
Education & Development

EPQs: why give a presentation?

...adults, it’s likely she would have been comfortable discussing quite difficult topics and using complex language. Thinking of them as knowledgeable means she would have been prepared for some interesting, and possibly tricky questions. Visualising them as interested in the future means she would have included some material on new developments in research, and thought...
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Article 5 mins