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CLEOStadt
Innovative German language game from CLEO. Drop in on life in a German town where you witness a crime ... help the police solve it and the courts put the villan away. Played totally in German, this game will test your vocabulary, sentance construction, listening and comprehension skills.
 
The Home Front
The Second World War had a major impact on the lives of many people across the World. In Britain, many men went abroad to fight while large numbers of women started to work in factories to help the war effort. Heavy bombing raids caused serious damage to cities and many children were evacuated to the safer countryside away from their parents.
ScreenOnline
ScreenOnline is a free resource to help all subject teachers get the most out of moving image in the classroom. Drawing from the British Film Institute archive there are lesson plans, work ideas and activities covering all subjects.
NB: This is a MEWAN Intranet resource only
 
Abolition 200
In March 1807 the Parliamentary Act to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire came into force. For almost 20 years before that, the people of Manchester had been showing their opposition to slavery. To mark the 200th anniversary of the Parliamentary Act to abolish slavery a number of events are being organised both nationally and across the city which schools can get involved in
Living through the Blitz
One of the major tactics used by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) during The Second World War was to try a break the spirits of the British people. They tried to do this by launching heavy nighttime bombing raids on Britain’s cities. This history resource calls on the memories of those who lived though this perios of history. From the NWLG.
 
Virtual River Basin
Experience a virtual river basin. This resources looks at river processes, flooding, settlemements, the hydrological cycle, pollution and sand dunes.
DiDA - Pupil Skills Gym
Built to support the DiDA qualifications, this online skills gym will guide you through using key software applications and help you learn how to (among other things) manipulate images, create web-pages, handle spreadsheets, capture and edit video and much more.
 
Sophies Big Suitcase Adventure
This resource is a series of interactive activities to help support the National Numeracy Strategy for Year 2 and Year 5. The interactive activities are supported by instructions, planning sheets, teacher notes and downloadable activity sheets. The resource also includes video clips outlining the process of foreign travel by plane.
Round the World
Collection of over 900 photos from around the world that can be used in your classroom. The photos are presented in a country by country format without any prescription on how they should be used - so it is up to your imagination.
NB: This is a MEWAN Intranet resource only
 
Manchester Year of Science
Manchester Year of Science is a project targetting Key Stage 3 pupils to enthuse them to science learning. Curriculum development and special events and activities are planned throughout 2006-7.
The Living Room
The Living Room is a site for young people to develop their confidence and ability to give their opinions through chat with other young people and through talking directly to decision makers about issues that are important to them. It is also a tool to enable decision makers to find out young people's opinions in order to help them make decisions about services and facilities in Manchester.
 
The Peterloo Massacre
The project is based on the events of the Peterloo Massacre (August 16th 1819) and fits into the Key Stage 2 History Programme of Study as a unit of work investigating how the locality was affected by a significant national or local event (National Curriculum page 106). The project supports Literacy through the development of various genre i.e. narrative, poetry, report writing etc.
NB: This is a MEWAN Intranet resource only
Geography Enquiry - KS1
Very simple drag and drop activity - ideal for an Interactive Whiteboard, which investigates ideas around weather, holidays and labelling a map.
 
Think You Know (8-10)
If you are between 8 and 10, you probably know a lot about using the internet. We’ve created this area for you to show you what we think is good, look at what is not and show you ways you can get yourself out of bad situations.
Life Processes and Living Things
Where animals live, what they eat and looking after their environment.
 
Materials DataFile
Taken from the Granada Learning resources, the Materials Dafile is a comprehensive listing of common substances and materials from science, building, farming - pretty much everyday life and beyond! Lots of information including occurence, histories, compositions etc.
NB: This is a MEWAN Intranet resource only
Think You Know (11-16)
If you’re between 11 and 16, you probably know a lot about using the internet.
We have created this space for you to share what we think is good, look at what is not, share experiences of things that have gone wrong and show you ways you can get yourself out of bad situations.
 
Think You Know? (Teachers)
The TUK resources have been produced to help you teach the young people you care about to stay safe online. The resources have been developed largely with the direct help and advice from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centres Youth Advisory Panel.
Tuned In
Tuned In is an ICT site that enables pupils to listen to, and interact with music within virtual historical, social and cultural contexts through the written and spoken word, images and sound. This is a subscription service and all MEWAN schools have subscriptions. The usename is "mewan"; password is "music".
NB: This is a MEWAN Intranet resource only