Channel 4 Learning
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Channel 4 Learning is a company based in London, England
who market education resources, games and activities to primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom. It is wholly owned by Espresso Group Ltd., a private company whose businesses also include Espresso Education, Ltd. (UK) and Espresso Education, Inc. (US)
Channel 4 Learning, originally part of Channel 4
, was created to produce support materials that motivate and inspire learners aged 4–19 while empowering teachers to create engaging lessons.
Channel 4 Learning resources include:
Primary resources cover Early Years
, Key Stage 1
and Key Stage 2
. Subjects include Art, Design & Technology, Early Years, English, Geography, History, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, PSHE & Citizenship, RE and Science.
Secondary resources cover Key Stage 3
, Key Stage 4
and GCSEs. Subjects include Applied GCSEs, Art, Design & Technology, English, Geography, History, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, PE, PSHE & Citizenship, RE and Science.
Some of Channel 4 Learning’s popular, award-winning titles include The Number Crew, Life Stuff, Living and Growing (All about us) and Extr@ modern foreign language series in English, French, German and Spanish.
In October 2007, Channel 4 Learning Clipbank was launched, an online service specifically for secondary schools in the UK, providing thousands of video clips across 16 subject areas with tools to assist teachers and students in using the content. While most of the video was originally sourced from Channel 4 television programmes
, it has since been supplemented with content from ITN and BBC Motion Gallery
.
Channel 4 Learning also has an International division that license and distributes the rights to over 320 hours of educational programming, commissioned by Channel 4
, into more than 40 countries worldwide. The content, available to broadcasters, publishers, distributors, agents and Ministries of Education, is distributed worldwide across multiple platforms including broadcast, video, DVD, CD-ROM, online, broadband and other digital platforms.
in 1993, ITV's
obligations to provide educational programming on Channel 4's airtime passed to Channel 4 itself, and the new service became ‘Channel 4 Schools’, with the new corporation administering the service and commissioning its programmes, some still from ITV, others from independent production.
In 2000, the service was renamed 4Learning and in April 2007, the commercial arm and rights exploitation of its programmes and support materials was sold to Espresso Education and re-named Channel 4 Learning. Information on the acquisition can be found on Espresso’s website
and in a Guardian article.
Channel 4 Learning continues to market and sell video-rich resources (DVDs, CD-ROMs) sourced from Channel 4 television programmes to schools across the United Kingdom, mainly through its catalogue and online shop.
Channel 4 Learning is a part of Espresso Group.
London
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who market education resources, games and activities to primary and secondary schools across the United Kingdom. It is wholly owned by Espresso Group Ltd., a private company whose businesses also include Espresso Education, Ltd. (UK) and Espresso Education, Inc. (US)
Channel 4 Learning, originally part of Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, was created to produce support materials that motivate and inspire learners aged 4–19 while empowering teachers to create engaging lessons.
Channel 4 Learning resources include:
- Over 310 hours of programming
- DVDs and interactive CD-ROMs
- printed support publications
- free learning support websites
Primary resources cover Early Years
Early Years Foundation Stage
The Early Years Foundation Stage is a term defined in Section 39 of the British government's Childcare Act 2006. The EYFS comprises a set of Welfare Requirements and a set of Learning and Development Requirements, which must be followed by providers of care for children below 5 years old – the age...
, Key Stage 1
Key Stage 1
Key Stage 1 is the legal term for the two years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 1 and Year 2, when pupils are aged between 5 and 7. This Key Stage normally covers pupils during infant school, although in some cases this might form part of a first or...
and Key Stage 2
Key Stage 2
Key Stage 2 is the legal term for the four years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 3, Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6, when pupils are aged between 7 and 11. The term is applied differently in Northern Ireland where it refers to pupils in Year 5, Year 6 and...
. Subjects include Art, Design & Technology, Early Years, English, Geography, History, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, PSHE & Citizenship, RE and Science.
Secondary resources cover Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3 is the legal term for the three years of schooling in maintained schools in England and Wales normally known as Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9, when pupils are aged between 11 and 14...
, Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4
Key Stage 4 is the legal term for the two years of school education which incorporate GCSEs, and other exams, in maintained schools in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland—normally known as Year 10 and Year 11 in England and Wales, and Year 11 and Year 12 in Northern Ireland, when pupils are...
and GCSEs. Subjects include Applied GCSEs, Art, Design & Technology, English, Geography, History, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, PE, PSHE & Citizenship, RE and Science.
Some of Channel 4 Learning’s popular, award-winning titles include The Number Crew, Life Stuff, Living and Growing (All about us) and Extr@ modern foreign language series in English, French, German and Spanish.
In October 2007, Channel 4 Learning Clipbank was launched, an online service specifically for secondary schools in the UK, providing thousands of video clips across 16 subject areas with tools to assist teachers and students in using the content. While most of the video was originally sourced from Channel 4 television programmes
Channel 4 programming
Channel 4, in common with the other main British stations broadcast on analogue, airs a highly comprehensive range of programming. It was established in 1982 with a specific intention of providing programming to groups of minority interests, not catered for by its competitors, which at the time...
, it has since been supplemented with content from ITN and BBC Motion Gallery
BBC Motion Gallery
BBC Motion Gallery is the footage licensing division of BBC Worldwide, offering media professionals in advertising, commercials, television, film, interactive and corporate video production access to over a million hours of motion imagery for licensing worldwide.-History:The organization originated...
.
Channel 4 Learning also has an International division that license and distributes the rights to over 320 hours of educational programming, commissioned by Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
, into more than 40 countries worldwide. The content, available to broadcasters, publishers, distributors, agents and Ministries of Education, is distributed worldwide across multiple platforms including broadcast, video, DVD, CD-ROM, online, broadband and other digital platforms.
History
After the re-structuring of Channel 4Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in 1993, ITV's
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
obligations to provide educational programming on Channel 4's airtime passed to Channel 4 itself, and the new service became ‘Channel 4 Schools’, with the new corporation administering the service and commissioning its programmes, some still from ITV, others from independent production.
In 2000, the service was renamed 4Learning and in April 2007, the commercial arm and rights exploitation of its programmes and support materials was sold to Espresso Education and re-named Channel 4 Learning. Information on the acquisition can be found on Espresso’s website
and in a Guardian article.
Channel 4 Learning continues to market and sell video-rich resources (DVDs, CD-ROMs) sourced from Channel 4 television programmes to schools across the United Kingdom, mainly through its catalogue and online shop.
Channel 4 Learning is a part of Espresso Group.