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Look back at two extraordinary women, mathematician, Ada Lovelace and her portrait painter Victorian artist Margaret Sarah Carpenter.

These image-only fact cards will help with investigating DNA, Alan Turing, the Rosetta Stone and Ada Lovelace. 

Our radio play is set on board Captain Cook’s ship the HM Bark Endeavour. Version 2 has more advanced vocabulary and is slightly longer than version 1.

Our radio play is set on board Captain Cook's ship the HM Bark Endeavour. Version 1 has simpler vocabulary and is shorter than version 2, so is ideal for younger children.

Develop speaking skills and learn about the characters from Sherwood Forest with this Outlaw game.

Learn about the Father of Science, Sir Isaac Newton with this short biography.

These image-only fact cards will help with investigating DNA, Alan Turing, the Rosetta Stone and Ada Lovelace. 

Introduce children to the concept that there is rarely a single, factual version of history with this multi-faceted Sir Walter Raleigh project.

Rediscover the legend of Robin Hood alongside our time-traveller, Amadeus Jones, and then get those critical thinking gears in motion.

Who would ever have imagined that the very first computer programmer lived over 170 years ago? We take a look at Ada Lovelace, mathematician and a coding role model.