Category Archives: English

MyOn books and MyOn News

MyOn from Renaissance is a huge collection of easy reading books (over 7000) currently available for free.

Each book can be read aloud (and you can change the speed as you need), there’s a dictionary, a zoom function, and you can search or browse by category.

No need to sign up for anything, just hit Read.

https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html

There’s also MyOn News which provides daily articles, again in an easy to read way, but again there are added extras: you can change the news article into French or Spanish, which can also be read to you; you can change the font size; view where the story is taking pace on a map; watch connected videos and slideshows

https://readon.myon.co.uk/news/index.html

Twinkl

Twinkl are offering materials for a range of subjects that match the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, from nursery through to S2.

There are materials suitable for S1/2 in English and Maths, and a wider range of material for younger pupils.

Sign up for free access.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/curriculum-for-excellence/school-closure-resources-scotland-cfe

Globe Theatre

The Globe Theatre are showing a number of Shakespeare plays for free, with one released every fortnight.

Hamlet: April 6th – 19th

Romeo & Juliet: April 20th – May 3rd

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: May 4th -17th

The Winter’s Tale:  May 18th-31st

The Two Noble Kinsmen: June 1st – 14th

The Merry Wives of Windsor: June 15th – 28th

All of the plays will be shown on the Globe’s YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwN-jwNNNQN-8sfKG-qg8uA