What would your dream future holiday be and why?

We all dream of going somewhere exotic for our holidays; perhaps lying by the beach or immersing ourselves in a different culture. Here’s what the Today School teachers would like to do: Continue reading →

We asked our teachers:

What is your favourite smell? Continue reading →

What’s that smell? – The smelliest sneakers in the world

On Tuesday March 23rd, 2011, nine-year old Sterling Brinkerhoff and his beaten up, stinky pair of sneakers, beat nine formidable competitors ranging from 7-13 years old, to win the Smelliest Sneaker in America, award. Continue reading →

This Summer’s Top Ten Films

Summer is finally here, and some big movie titles are missing. A-list brands like Harry Potter, Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean are done — at least for now — and Twilight‘s next chapter won’t come out until Halloween. With such big shoes to fill, which movies will be the blockbusters this summer? As usual, a couple of reboots and sequels will be entertaining you, but there’s also a few new titles that could be massive hits. We’ve rounded up some of the most promising movies of the summertime. Continue reading →

We asked our teachers:

What is your favourite film? Continue reading →

The Future According To Film

You’ve watched lots of science fiction films about the future but do you know when they happen? Here’s an infographic timeline that tells you when the future happens according to film. Continue reading →

 We asked our teachers…

Where is your favourite place in Barcelona? Continue reading →

This week on the summer blog we’re looking at Barcelona. So lets start with the most important question; which city is better Barcelona or Madrid? Here’s an infographic that makes it all clear. Continue reading →

You can almost taste that last chocolate, you’re just about to eat it when it falls on the floor. What do you do? Do you a) apply the five second rule, pick it up, dust it off and eat it OR b) throw it in the trash and head to the store for another bar of chocolate?

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We asked our teachers…

What is your favourite food here in Spain? Continue reading →

What are the top ten dishes the British eat?

Would you like to try making any of them?  Look at the top ten and click on the title to see the recipes from our favourite British TV chef… Continue reading →

The Olympic games happen once every four years and 2012 is an Olympic year with the games in London. Have a look at some of the fun things we’ve found. Then test your Olympic vocabulary in our matching and memory games. Continue reading →

As it’s Olympics week we thought we’d have a look at ‘Olympian values’. Read these inspirational stories about people who have overcome the odds to achieve their goals. Continue reading →

Test Your Olympic Knowledge

The Olympics are finally here so we’re having Olympic week on the summer blog. Take our Olympic quiz and then learn all about the Olympic torch and its route around Britain. Continue reading →

Smile

As we continue our search for happiness we bring you the happiness decision tree, 10 things you didn’t know about smiling and what makes Today School teachers smile. Read on and get happy. Continue reading →

Do you get it?

This week we’re looking at happiness. We’ve searched the internet for the best jokes in the world and we’ve asked our teachers to tell us their favourite jokes. Have a look at the jokes then have a go at our joke matching game.
There’s a glossary at the bottom of the page to help you with the vocabulary. Continue reading →

Real-life Superheroes: 3 People with Incredible Abilities

This week we’re looking at superheroes. We’ve chosen three fantastic stories for you – real people with real superpowers. These guys have three very different abilities but each case is as incredible as the other. Make sure you watch the videos to appreciate how amazing they really are! Continue reading →

Which Superhero Are You?

This week we’re looking at superheroes. First, try the superhero matching game. Then have ago at the superhero maths test or read about real life Batmen and Spidermen. Finally there’s a comic for the child in you.

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What Superpowers do the Today School Teachers want?

Imagine Ed as Superman?  Marianne as Catwoman?

We have been asking our teachers which superpower they would most like to have and why?

Which do you think they chose?

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Science doesn’t have to be boring. Look at what science brings to our lives, robots, crazy inventions, the big bang theory and a car powered by coke and mentos. Then try our science memory game. Continue reading →

This week it’s science week on the blog. We’ve got Today School’s top tips for meeting aliens – you can guarantee they’ll come and ruin your holiday, there’s a sci-fi film matching game, an alien communication device and it wouldn’t be the summer without a Will Smith video. Continue reading →

The schools have closed for summer. Are you bored yet? Below are some suggestions from our doggy friends about what to do this summer, there’s also the new summer song from Simple Plan (with lyricsthe words in a song) and finally a summer vocabulary matching quiz. Continue reading →

What will the song of the summer be?

Our resident music expert Mark Brown gives his predictions for the best songs of the summer. Roll overIf you roll over something on a computer screen, you move the mouse over an active place so that you can see information that is hidden underneath the words in blue to get a definition of their meaning.

Every summer the same thing happens without fail: one song comes from nowhere and is transformed into an all-conquering monster that takes over the radio and sticks in your brain, refusing to budgeto move until Autumn comes. Continue reading →

The summer blog starts here. If you’re bored already, you can use our summer decision maker to decide what to do. Then we’ll reveal the top-secret holiday activities of a few of our English teachers. Continue reading →