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Digital learning resources for all ages and abilities
Who benefits?
Teachers Students Parents
Britannica® School
Individualised content in three unique reading levels
Vibrant cross-curricular content
Addresses the needs of today’s teachers and students
by Encyclopædia Britannica
Features
Britannica School is a digital learning resource that empowers learners in their education by providing trusted content and information they can rely on.
It enables learning on a wide-range of subjects, for all levels of comprehension. It offers thousands of up-to-date, curated and curriculum-mapped articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools and recommended websites to support learning.
Cross curricular
Differentiated learning
Supporting teachers
Home learning
Safe search
English as a second language
Britannica School supports the UK national curriculum expectations and aims in all subject areas. It enables students to improve their ability to collect, analyse and communicate with a range of data, preparing them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.
Available at three different reading levels, Britannica School ensures that learners of all abilities have access to the same information at an appropriate level for their skills.
Britannica Spotlights, part of Britannica School, is a series of mini websites that focus on key dates or curriculum-specific topics. The websites bundle together relevant articles, learning resources and lesson plans to help teachers deliver effective and engaging lessons, with the flexibility to use the resources online or offline.
Access anytime, anywhere; students are able to access safe online resources to complete homework and develop their research skills using trustworthy, citable information. Britannica School also has tools that enable parents to support their child’s learning, so teachers, parents and children can all work in partnership using the same resources.
All content within Britannica School is designed to be safe for students to access. Content is checked by a team of editors to make sure that the resources are age appropriate to the learners accessing them.
Features such as built-in translation tools, text-to-speech and double-click dictionary means that all content can be understood easily by students for whom English is a second language.
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“We use it to spark questions and students can take ownership of their work. The layout is so friendly; the students like it more than traditional search engines. They like that they have safe information that is useful.” Aled Williams, Deputy Head, All Saints C/W Primary School
Britannica School has engaging features that encourage younger pupils to use the interactivity to explore more within the content.
• Browse by subject
• Look for biographies
• Explore the World Atlas
• Compare statistical information between different countries
• Discover interactive resources
All of these functions help students improve their research skills.
Age appropriate features to help build key research skills
Through ‘Explore Britannica’ students can…
Searching within Britannica School returns search results with different media options to provide a varied learning experience, whilst also accomodating pupils with different learning styles and abilities.
Varied content and choices to help inspire
Find out more
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Your questions answeredHow does Britannica School relate to my curriculum?Britannica School is a cross-curricular resource that supports learning across all subject areas. Britannica School is excellent for differentiated learning and is aimed at raising academic achievement. The resource also helps to promote literacy across the curriculum and content pieces can be used both inside the classroom and for homework tasks or research reports.
How does Britannica School support pupils and parents for whom English is an additional language?Britannica School takes advantage of the translation facilities provided by Google. Integration of the translate feature allows articles to be translated into all languages that the Google translate tool supports. Each article also contains read-aloud functionality as well as an on-demand dictionary. Britannica School also provides three reading levels so each user can find the content that suits their needs and abilities.
Who has access to Britannica School?A subscription includes use for all students and all teaching staff in school, from home and on any device.
Can I copy or reuse content in my own work?All Britannica content is royalty-free and cleared for copyright on the condition that it is being used for an educational, non-commercial purpose. You may not remove or alter any copyright, trademark, service mark or other legends or proprietary notices.
Who benefits and how?
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TEACHERS Teachers have access to information relating to their subject areas in a variety of formats to promote pupil interest and support students with different learning styles.
STUDENTSStudents have access to verified content that is reliable, safe, easy to use and tailored to their skill levels.
PARENTS Parents have access to tools to support their children’s learning whilst also gaining an insight into their schoolwork.
