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Australian Social-media Ban for Teens

On 10 December, the ban on under 16s accessing social-media platforms in Australia came into force. When the legislation was passed in late 2024, many detractors said it would impossible to make it work. But, despite protests from the platforms, the government went ahead.

16 Décembre 2025

Australia

bullying

teenagers

Sélection culturelle

Modern Nigerian Art

Nigeria, the hugely populous West African country, is famous for its contributions to fashion, cinema and literature. It also has a vibrant art scene and an exhibition at the Tate Modern in London offers an overview of 50 years of Modernist art in Nigeria, with artists from the country and around the world. The exhibition spans the struggles for independence from Britain, independence, civil war, up to the present day. The early period in the 1940s and 50s features a double perspective as artists from Nigeria trained in the West, where modernism in art and literature was itself informed by a fascination with African arts and cultures. Independence in 1960 brought a period of optimism when artists participated in the quest for a national identity in a country which somewhat arbitrarily brought together more than 250 ethnic groups. In visual arts, the Natural Synthesis movement deliberately mixed modern western expression with indigenous art forms. In the university city of Ibadan, the Mbari Artists and Writers Club including authors Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka debated Pan-African ideas. Many artists drew on Nigerian or wider African traditions. In the 1950s, J.D. Okhai Ojeikere, who was raised in a small village in rural southwestern Nigeria, used photography, a new medium in Nigeria, to document Nigerian culture. His Hairstyle Series includes nearly a thousand photographs, captures the intricate hairstyles worn by Nigerian women. You can view a selection on this Google Arts essay. Ojeikere, commented, “All these hairstyles are ephemeral. I want my photographs to be noteworthy traces of them. I always wanted to record moments of beauty, moments of knowledge. Art is life. Without art, life would be frozen.” The Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) ended with the defeat of the Igbo Biafra region, which had seceded from Nigeria. The Nsukka Art School revived ‘uli’ - linear Igbo designs - traditionally passed down between women. Obiora Udechukwu's Our Journey (1993) is an example of this school. Nike Davies-Okundaye works in traditional batiks and textile designs passed down from her grandmother. She also promotes other Nigerian artists, having opened in 1983 the Nike Centre for Art and Culture just outside Lagos. It is one of Africa’s largest galleries with more than 8,000 artworks. Nigeria around the World Nigeria has a population of 233 million but also a vast diaspora settled around the world. Authors like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Ben Okri, and artists like Yinka Shonibare have a double, inside-outside vision of their home country. The last section of the exhibition is dedicated to Uzo Egonu, who is typical of these diaspora artists. He lived in the UK from the 1940s till his death in 1996. His Stateless People paintings series, begun in 1980, reflects on questions of nationhood and cultural identity. Each painting depicts a single figure, musician, artist or writer, emblematic of the growing visibility of Nigeria’s diaspora around the world. https://youtu.be/8hDXkgxZHGs Nigerian Modernism Tate Modern Till 11 May 2026

16 Décembre 2025

Africa

arts and crafts

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Bahamas Celebrate Junkanoo

In many places, 26 December and 1 January are days for quiet recovery from the celebrations the day before. But on the West Indian islands of the Bahamas, they are filled with noise and elaborate costumes as Junkanoo is celebrated, an event which is unique to the islands. Junkanoo is such an intrinsic part of Bahamian culture that the United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO added it to its list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2023. The celebration dates back to the slavery era in the West Indies. Legend has it that an enslaved West African tribal leader, possibly called John Canoe, demanded that his people could have celebrations at Christmas time when even on plantations there was some downtime. The enslaved people took inspiration from their West African culture to make music and costumes with what they could find around them. They made music by blowing on conch shells and creating rhythm with cowbells and goat-skin drums. In modern times, brass bands have joined in the music, which starts in the early hours of the morning. Similar to carnival celebrations on other islands or in New Orleans, organised groups of 500-1000 work together over months to create costumes and floats. The main material is cardboard to create a rigid structure, with paper cut into strips to make fringes that add to the movement. The first minute of this video gives a flavour of the festival and can be used from A1. The following minute is an excellent description of slavery that could be used with lycée students. https://youtu.be/zALVCexXM6g Find lots more on the Caribbean in Shine Bright 5e File 1 Caribbean life, in Shine Bright 1e File 7 Caribbean vibes and Shine Bright LLCE cycle termina l File 8 From Isle to isle.

16 Décembre 2025

celebrations

music

parade

Wake Up Dead Man: Knives Out 3

Daniel Craig is back as detective Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Man, surrounded by an A-list cast. Can he solve an apparently impossible crime in a church?

15 Décembre 2025

film

movie

detective fiction

6

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Jane Austen 250

Jane Austen was born on 16 December, 1775. In honour of the 250th anniversary of her birth, why not explore her life with your pupils? You can use our B1 biobox quiz and B2 resource about the the TV series Miss Austen together or independently. The series focuses on Jane’s beloved sister Cassandra, and tries to understand why she burned almost all of Jane’s letters after the author’s death. If your LLCER students are studying Pride and Prejudice, this will accompany their reading.

12 Décembre 2025

biography

marriage

TV series

1

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Jane Austen Biobox

Jane Austen was born on 16 December, 1775. In honour of the 250th anniversary of her birth, why not explore her life with your pupils? You can use our B1 biobox quiz and B2 resource about the the TV series Miss Austen together or independently. The series focuses on Jane’s beloved sister Cassandra, and tries to understand why she burned almost all of Jane’s letters after the author’s death. If your LLCER students are studying Pride and Prejudice, this will accompany their reading.

12 Décembre 2025

biography

marriage

TV series

Your Students Have Talent! Gangsta Granny on Stage

Dans notre série "Your Students Have Talent", découvrez le travail d'élèves qui ont écrit et joué une pièce comique inspirée par Gangsta Granny de David Walliams.

11 Décembre 2025

humour

théâtre

children's books

Your Students Have Talent! Dear Diary

In our series "Your Students Have Talent", check out these amazing diary entries created as an intermediate task by pupils using our Reading Guide Gangsta Granny.

26 Novembre 2025

humour

children's books

Reading Guides

Simple Thanksgiving Video

This 4-minute video is a simple explanation of Thanksgiving, designed for young learners in the U.S.A. It would work well in an ESL classroom. We've indicated the content of the sections if you don't want to use the whole thing.

21 Novembre 2025

video

U.S. culture

thanksgiving

Meet Miss Austen

Two hundred years after her death, Jane Austen remains one of Britain's best-loved authors. Yet in her short lifetime, she was unknown.

20 Novembre 2025

literature

biography

British history

Rendez-vous

Malala Looks Back... and Forward

There aren’t many people who publish two memoirs by the time they are 28 years old. But then there aren’t many people who have lived as much as Malala Yousafzai.

20 Novembre 2025

human rights

girls' education

women's rights

2

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Biobox: Mary Shelley & the Frankenstein's creature

Our bioboxes are short "Who Am I?" quizzes to help introduce pupils to famous figures in the English-speaking world. This one is about Mary Shelley & the Frankenstein's creature

17 Novembre 2025

British literature

Mary Shelley

gothic fiction

This is England 2025 films for Cycle 4

The This is England short-film festival in Rouen has a specific programme of short films for cycle 4e classes. This year you can access screenings all school year all around France. The cycle 4 selection has ants and a sporting dog, children living in rural communities, the 2012 Olympics and a DIY spaceship.

14 Novembre 2025

Olympics

sport

film

This is England 2025 Films for Lycée

The This is England short-film festival in Rouen has a specific programme of short films for lycée classes. This year you can access screenings all school year all around France. This year’s selection will make you laugh and make you cry, from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to sibling rivalry. Some films are very British, featuring the seaside and dog racing. And one takes an ironic look at the hurdles faced by those sitting a British citizenship test.

14 Novembre 2025

sport

citizenship

film

Del Toro’s Frankenstein: A Gothic Vision for Netflix

Guillermo del Toro resurrects Mary Shelley’s myth in a gothic and deeply human vision. Premiered at the Venice Film Festival in late summer 2025, Frankenstein marks Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited return to the themes that define his work: monstrosity, compassion, and creation itself.

13 Novembre 2025

film

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

4

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Wicked for Good

The famous Wicked musical is now a film. How about embarking your 6e students on a trip to Oz and the Emerald City in order to make them discover the world of Wicked while revising the present simple and learning words about school and wizardry?

07 Novembre 2025

film

U.S. culture

trailer

Zohran Mamdani, A New Political Era for NYC

On 4 November, Zohran Mamdani won the election to be Mayor of New York City at the age of just 34. Although a Democrat following two Democrats may not seem revolutionary, Mamdani, who describes himself as a Socialist, is far from the current line of the party. His youth delighted the many grassroots supporters who came out to campaign for him. But critics point to his lack of political experience. He will take over running the city and its $115 billion budget on 1 January.

06 Novembre 2025

elections

voting

New York

Eight French Young Women Could Be Ambassadors for a Day

For International Women's Day each year, British Embassies organise a competition in each country for a young woman aged 15-18 to come and discover what it's like to be an ambassador for a day. In 2026 the opportunity will be opened to eight young women. Applications need to be in by 4 January 2026.

22 Octobre 2025

gender equality

diplomacy

International women's day

Rendez-vous

Margaret Atwood and Stephen King Defend the Freedom to Read

Over the past two years, North America has witnessed a resurgence of book censorship in public and school libraries.

16 Octobre 2025

U.S.A.

literature

Canada

New Reading Guide: Americanah

Many of you asked if we would be producing a Reading Guide on Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which is now on the LLCER Terminale curriculum. We are happy to announce that it is now at the printers and will be available in the middle of November.

16 Octobre 2025

U.S.A.

U.K.

migration

Halloween for All

A man in Austin, Texas, has made it his personal mission that every child can have a Halloween costume. In 2016, Christopher Waggoner moved into a house rather than an apartment and so trick or treaters came to his door on Halloween. He saw some kids watching the elaborate costumes other kids had ruefully. Now he spends all year collecting Halloween costumes to give away.

16 Octobre 2025

U.S.A.

charity

Halloween

Breaking News: Women are Persons

On 18 October each year, Canada celebrates "Persons Day" in memory of the day in 1929 when women were legally recognised as "persons" in Canadian law, giving them access to political and institutional roles.

16 Octobre 2025

WWI

civil rights

feminism

7

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Mystery House

Tradition says that ghosts have fun at Halloween. But in San Jose, California, they have fun all year in a 160-room eccentric house built for them.

14 Octobre 2025

U.S.A.

traditions

celebrations

3

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Railway Travel at 200

Taking the train is such a common activity and some of us do it every day, yet, yet passenger rail travel was only introduced 200 years ago. These A2/ A2+ activities focus on the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in September 1825 to carry freight and passengers, a major leap forward in the Industrial Revolution. This breakthrough was a revolution in everyone’s life in Britain, not only on an economic level but also on social and political ones.

14 Octobre 2025

art

industrial revolution

U.K. history

Save the Date: British Short Films Festival All Around France

The "This is England" festival of British short films based in Rouen and the surrounding region is back. The 2025 edition will take place from 15 to 23 November. A team of teachers has put together a special programme of screenings and teaching materials for primary, collège and lycée classes. And this year, it will be possible for teachers anywhere in France to ask a local cinema to organise a showing of one of the schools selections during this school year.

13 Octobre 2025

Ireland

film

festival

Rendez-vous

Jane Goodall: Into the Heart of the Wild

On October 1, 2025, the Jane Goodall Institute announced the passing of its founder, Dame Jane Goodall, at the age of 91. Ethologist, primatologist, and United Nations Messenger of Peace, she devoted more than six decades to studying chimpanzees.

10 Octobre 2025

sustainable development

ecology

conservation

First Australian Art

The rooms of the Tate Modern are filled with the monumental art of Emily Kam Kngwarry, who depicted the life and beliefs of her Indigenous community in Australia's Northern Territory. Kngwarry came late to art and spent the last eight years of her long life producing giant paintings which are now considered the forefront of Australian art.

10 Octobre 2025

art

Australia

Give Me Five 4e

Commonwealth Young Person of the Year 2025

The Commonwealth Youth Awards honour young people from around the world for their work trying to advance one or more of United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This year's winner, Stanley Chidubem Anigbogu from Nigeria, founded an organisation to transform waste into solar energy for people who have limited access to energy. The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 countries, most of which have a connection to Britain through past colonisation. The Commonwealth Youth Awards are for young activists and social entrepreneurs aged 15-29. Like many people in Nigeria, Stanley Chidubem Anigbogu didn’t have reliable access to electricity when he was growing up. Trying to do homework after dark meant using candles or kerosene lamps, which are the source of many accidents, and air pollution in the case of kerosene. Stanley founded LightEd during the COVID-19 pandemic. With a small team of young people, he has trained 6,000 students and recycled over 20,000 kilograms of plastic and electronic waste. LightEd is doubly good for the environment because it creates clean energy while also getting rid of waste. Their Light for Peace project targets people living in Displaced Persons Camps, who have had to flee their homes because of conflict. LightEd provides them with solar lamps and also builds solar-powered recharging stations by reusing old plastic tiles. These have repurposed over 5 tons of plastic waste, preventing pollution and methane emissions from landfills. Stanley's vision is to expand LightEd’s reach beyond Nigeria, with a goal of impacting 5 million lives across Africa by 2030. “Youth-led climate action is not just about addressing today’s issues; it’s about ensuring a sustainable future for the next generation,” he says. LightEd plans to introduce more Avatar Stations in underserved regions, expand the Light for Peace initiative, and improve recycling processes to make renewable energy solutions even more affordable and accessible. “What drives me most is the belief that sustainable development can only be achieved when we prioritize the needs of marginalized communities, empowering them with the tools and knowledge to solve their own problems," he says Stanley Chidubem Anigbogu describing the LightEd project: https://youtu.be/zK7CiE90HEI The Finalists Meet the four other finalists from four global regions, and discover their varied projects. Europe and Canada: Zubair Junjunia – United Kingdom SDG 4: Quality education At the age of 16, Zubair founded ZNotes, an online learning platform promoting global educational equity. It has been accessed by six million students across more than 190 countries. Pacific: Bethalyn Kelly – Solomon Islands SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production Bethalyn is president of the Resilience Innovation and Social Change Girls Club (RISC-GC), where girls participate in a number of activities, including the removal of plastic waste from the environment and recycling it into strong and durable pavement bricks. Asia: Murad Ansary – Bangladesh SDG 3: Good health and well-being Murad, a clinical psychologist, has founded a digital solution platform for mental health and emotional well-being in a country where many people had no access to help with mental-health problems. Caribbean: Nicholas Kee – Jamaica SDG 14: Life below water Nicholas is co-founder and CEO of Kee Farms, a regenerative ocean farm network focused on growing seaweed, oysters and other organisms to reduce greenhouse gases and increase ocean biodiversity. You could use these examples to add to Shine Bright 3e File 4 Teen entrepreneurs or Snapfile 7 Dive into Barbados about ocean plastic recycling.

09 Octobre 2025

video

Jamaica

sustainable development

Wicked for Good Video

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Celebrate Poetry Day in the Classroom

This year's UK National Poetry Day is on 2 October. A great opportunity to get some poetry into your class, and to explore this year's theme: Play. In any case, every day is Poetry Day!

01 Octobre 2025

literature

poetry

play