Art and Design
Artist Profiles: Jackson Pollock
Learn about the life and work of Jackson Pollock. Explore the techniques, ideas and works that made him famous and inspire your own masterpiece!
Espresso has a new home on ClickView
At Discovery Education, we know how important Espresso is to primary schools across the UK. For many years, teachers have trusted Espresso to support lesson planning, bring curriculum topics to life and engage pupils with high-quality videos, activities and resources.
That is why we have partnered with ClickView to ensure Espresso continues to be available to schools. Espresso videos and resources are moving to ClickView, giving schools access to the Espresso content they know and value, alongside thousands more curriculum-aligned videos and classroom-ready resources.
We’ve partnered with ClickView to ensure UK primary schools can continue accessing Espresso videos and resources. Learn more
Everything you need in one place
“The best part about Espresso is you’ve got a ready-made bank of resources.”
We can’t give you more hours in the day, but we can take some work off your hands! With ready-to-use lesson presentations, videos and resources covering the breadth of the curriculum, Espresso supports lesson planning whilst reducing teacher workload.
You’ll also find a host of engaging educational extras, like our exclusive News Bites bulletins made in partnership with ITN and an immersive learning area featuring our award-winning augmented-reality app, Sandbox AR.
Discover Powerful Learning Resources
Espresso’s high-quality learning resources are fully curriculum-aligned and grouped around curriculum objectives and topics of interest. With Espresso’s QuickList feature, it’s never been easier to save lessons for later and create a bank of resources to use year on year!
Assign and Share Work with Ease
Assigning home learning tasks has never been easier. Espresso enhances learning outside the classroom with fun and interactive activities, such as video quizzes with embedded questions. There’s no need to queue for the printer; pupils can easily access everything from their very own My DE homepage.
Ready-to-use, Time-saving Activities
With pre-prepared lesson plans, videos and resources, spend less time planning and more time with your pupils! Use them for quick assignments or customise them in Studio to suit the needs of the children in your classroom.
Bring Quizzes into the 21st Century
Who doesn’t love a good quiz? We’re not talking about a list of questions on a piece of paper – we’re talking about engaging, multimedia, get-those-wheels-turning quizzes. Our Quiz tool gives you intuitive ways to promote active learning every day and track pupil progress in real-time. You can even do live whole-class quizzes and watch answers appear instantly!
Engaging lesson resources
Espresso offers a wealth of essential materials across key National Curriculum subjects! Take a look at what's popular with schools:
Phonics
Phase 2, Lesson 2: 'b'
Phase 2, Week 5 of Time for Phonics sees pupils learn and apply the ‘b’ phoneme.
Maths
Flower Fractions
Use models to solve problems involving comparing, ordering, adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators.
English
Using Fronted Adverbials
Pupils learn what an adverbial is, where a fronted adverbial is found in a sentence, its impact on a sentence and how it should be punctuated.
Geography
What Maps Can Tell Us
Explores what a compass is and how it can be used with a map when orienteering.