It's all over again. Console yourselves by looking at some of these ideas and resources that you might like to use based around the world's greatest tournament. Here's to 2010!

Thanks to Judith Kneen's Guardian article for many of these ideas.

Masks

Beckham and Crouch at the NLT for one of their regular visits

Not especially literacy-focused, but absolutely genius. Mask up as your World Cup hero: www.bbc.co.uk

Sunderland schools

Excellent resources and activities courtesy of this website: www.sunderlandschools.org

The FA

Check out Germany's stadiums: http://thefa.com/WorldCup2006/Venues

Match reviews

Try your hand at reviewing matches. http://football.guardian.co.uk

Download Audacity and record and edit your own commentary: http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Language

For younger pupils: Learn German through play: www.the-voyage.com

For older pupils: Create a phrasebook for football fans: www.bbc.co.uk

Social

Find out how football has an impact on poorer nations: www.cafod.org.uk

Geography

Look at the physical relief of the participating nations: www.earth.google.com

Explore the countries - for example zoom in on the stadiums: www.maps.google.co.uk

BBC RaW online quizzes (adults)

The BBC has created lots of online quizzes in connection with the World Cup 2006:

www.bbc.co.uk/raw/gamesandquizzes/

PLRS author Tom Palmer's online quiz: www.bbc.co.uk

http://users.erols.com