Here’s an interesting game you can play online about helping prevent disasters – floods, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis. For children 9+ who are good readers. link

Scratch is a new programming language that lets you create your own interactive stories, games, music, and art. We’ll try it out at school soon, but if you would like to have a go at home you can download it for free here (Windows and Mac versions). See a video on BBC site here