Television, Radio & Online Guide

television, radio & online guide 2007-2008

bbc.co.uk/ni/learning WELCOME

Hello and welcome to the BBC NI Learning Resources Booklet for 2007-8.

With the roll-out of the Revised Curriculum for Northern Ireland, BBC NI Learning is working to provide teachers and learners with flexible resources which can be mixed and matched to help deliver connected learning. We have a wealth of NI specific content available online, on radio and TV and have now redesigned our BBC NI Learning web portal to allow you to search for content in different ways.

At the Foundation Stage, BBC NI Learning is collaborating with Sesame Workshop to bring a brand new TV series and website to local 3-6 year olds. Sesame Tree will offer a delightful world where children can develop a range of important life skills and learn about identity and difference. A new series of Na Dódaí is also planned, offering 3–5 year olds an exploration of themes through Irish in the unique and colourful world of the na Dódaí pop-up book. Added to these new resources, we will be transmitting repeats of our Hurley-Burley radio and TV series and a term of the radio strand One Potato Two Potato for Foundation and Key Stage 1 children. All of these series are supported by complementary content online.

For Key Stage 2 children in NI, our Tandy radio series and website continue to offer new content on local themes and topics. We are providing new, free assets to help you produce a class or school musical called The Sleepover Planet; and, on TV, there’ll be six art and science related programmes in our Primary Focus series. Online, Musical Mysteries, It’s Up To You, Primary Art and Blaisín will continue to provide useful resources for Music, Health Education,Art and Irish.

For learners at Key Stages 3 & 4 and beyond, we will be gathering the video and audio clips from our various BBC NI Learning sites into one easily searchable Clips Library and adding new clips to this regularly. Alongside this comprehensive library, we are launching a new site which uses the wonderful aerial footage from the BBC NI TV series Sky High to allow users to unlock the local landscape. Our existing sites for Key Stages 3 & 4 on History, Sustainable Development, Citizenship, Performing Arts, Irish and Employability continue to offer NI specific content to local learners. With the current drive to develop young entrepreneurs, we are screening the successful local business TV series The Next Level in a morning schools’ slot to give pupils another chance to learn about what it’s like to run a business in NI.

In an effort to open up the BBC’s creative archive, we will be launching a new site which builds an online learning journey around previously unseen footage of BBC NI Newsline’s Mike McKimm’s Journey to Remember to the wreck of the Titanic. Work also continues on an updating and re-launch of the highly acclaimed A State Apart which offers a comprehensive overview of the NI Troubles up to the present. Local history is explored too in our rich portfolio of history sites while Colin and Cumberland host a diverting introduction to Irish. Our Communities and Campaigns resources and projects provide a wealth of useful information and support to local adults.

The end of formal education no longer means the end of learning and today we all expect to continue learning throughout our lives. In order to help those with limited access to online resources, we are broadcasting Learning Teabreak, a new adult learning radio series in partnership with BBC Radio Ulster’s popular Saturday Magazine series. The aim is to help de-mystify new technology for the listener and, in digestible learning bites, give lots of useful and inspirational information on a range of life-skills.

We hope you’ll enjoy all these resources from the BBC NI Learning Team.

JANE CASSIDY EDITOR, LEARNING MEET THE TEAM

THIRD ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT COLIN McENTEE | DOUGIE CARNEY | ROSEMARY O'KANE | MEABH MURRAY | ELLEN BELL

FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT PATRICK SPEIGHT | CONNAIRE McCULLOUGH | MUIREANN NIC CÁBA | JANE CASSIDY | SUSAN JOHNSON

JANE CASSIDY (EDITOR, LEARNING) OR LAURA SPENCE (LEARNING MARKETING EXECUTIVE) TEL: 028 9033 8435 EMAIL: [email protected] CONTENTS

FOUNDATION & KEY STAGE 1 Sesame Tree TV/Online Page 5 Hurley Burley Radio Series 3 Radio Page 6 Hurley Burley TV Series 1 TV Page 7 Na Dódaí Series 1 TV Page 8 Na Dódaí Series 2 TV Page 9 One Potato,Two Potato Radio Page 10

KEY STAGE 2 Musical Mysteries Online Page 11 It’s Up to You Online Page 12 The Sleep-Over Planet Musical Online Page 13 Primary Focus Science and Art TV Page 14 Blaisín Radio Page 15 Tandy Radio Page 16 Tandy Interactive Online Page 19

KEY STAGE 3-4 The Next Level TV Page 20 Go Get It! Online Page 21 Key Stage 3 Citizenship Online Page 22 Eyewitness Online Page 23 Sustainable Development Online Page 24 Landscapes Unlocked Online Page 25 Blast NI Multi-media Page 26 A State Apart Broadband Page 28 GCSE Bitesize Irish History Online Page 29 The Good Friday Agreement Online Page 29 The Plantation of Ulster Online Page 30 The Easter Rising Online Page 30 GCSE Bitesize Irish Language Online Page 31

LEARNING FOR ALL Journey to The Titanic Online Learning Journey Page 32 William III Online Learning Journey Page 33 Learning Clips Library Online Page 34 Get Writing NI Online Page 34 Colin & Cumberland TV/Online Page 35 Learning Tea-break Radio/Online Page 36 Blueprint Multi-media Page 37

COMMUNITIES AND CAMPAIGNS Big Yellow Bus Page 38 RaW Page 39 Storyfinders Page 40 Video Nation Page 40 Breathing Places Page 41 Healthy Minds Page 42 Mind Yourself Page 42 No Home NI Page 42

BBC NI Learning Information Page 43 BBC Northern Ireland Learning bbc.co.uk/ni/learning FOUNDATION & KEY STAGE 1

SESAME TREE • AGES 3 - 6

• 2007/08 • BBC Two Northern Ireland • Check website for transmission details - bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/sesametree

BBC Northern Ireland Learning is collaborating with Sesame Workshop* to bring a brand new TV series and website to Northern Ireland children. Produced in Northern Ireland especially for local 3-6 year olds, Sesame Tree will offer a delightful world within which children can develop a range of important life skills and learn about identity and difference.

The series is set in a spreading tree, located somewhere in Northern Ireland. Few people know the secret, but some children have discovered that there are two “Muppets” living inside the tree! When children bring their questions to the tree, these original Northern Ireland characters created in the style of the lovable Sesame Street Muppets, take them on a fantastic journey in search of answers.

Each 15-minute episode will include a documentary visit with children and adults in Northern Ireland, segments from the rich Sesame Street library, and a visit with children in another part of the world. While discovering new perspectives on local questions about things like friendships, family and celebrations, clips from the Sesame Street archive will help the children to look outwards and learn about their peers around the world.

Young children have an immense curiosity about the world. Respect for and appreciation of the wonder of our planet and of other people begins with the development of self-esteem. Sesame Tree television and online resources aim to help children to develop respect for themselves along with a range of other important life skills, based upon learning goals in the new Foundation Stage curriculum for Northern Ireland.

The complementary BBC NI website will reflect the colourful world of the TV show and offer clips from the series as well as interactive discovery games, designed for local 3-6 year olds. Website resources will help our youngest learners to develop thinking and decision-making skills while sewing the seeds of love of learning and respectful curiosity about others.

As the new curriculum for Northern Ireland is rolled out, this TV series and website, along with specially developed community outreach materials, will provide valuable resources for parents, teachers and care- givers in the delivery of personal development, thinking skills, and life skills to Foundation Stage children.

* Founded in 1968, Sesame Workshop is best known for its award winning series, Sesame Street, which has been enjoyed in more than 120 countries in either its English-language version or in local adaptations. Local productions are created through a collaborative research and production process in which local educators, researchers, psychologists, child development experts, public health specialists and others help determine educational goals for a programme that reflects the cultural, social, and educational needs of children in a particular country.

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HURLEY-BURLEY RADIO SERIES 3 • AGES 3 - 5

• Spring 2008,Tuesdays: 11.40 - 11.51am • BBC Radio Ulster MW 1341 • Producer: Bernagh Brims • Programmes available on CD - see page 43 for details

This is the third in the popular Hurley-Burley radio series for children in P1, reception class, nursery, playgroup, crèche, daycare or listening at home. Hurley-Burley radio uses a blend of local stories, rhymes, poems, songs and cráic to entertain and stimulate the imaginations of young listeners. The programmes promote ‘active listening’ and Chris, the Hurley-Burley Man, invites the children to respond to questions and join in with actions or sing along.

PROG 1 RABBITS 8 JAN 2008 The Hurley-Burley Man introduces himself and his Van and encourages the listeners to respond and to join in. Janice Johnston’s story is about a little girl who wanted a rabbit so much that she pretended to be one!

PROG 2 EGGY BABIES 15 JAN 2008 Eggs - for eating, and also as protection for the babies of a variety of species, not only birds but bees, fish, turtles and crocodiles as well. With ‘Humpty Dumpty’ and Martin Waddell’s story about Webster J Duck.

PROG 3 FEELING POORLY 22 JAN 2008 A topic which most children know about - what it’s like when you don’t feel too well. Judith McVeigh’s story, ‘Martin Feels Sick’ is complemented by two songs,‘Rub, rub, rub’ and ‘Miss Polly’.

PROG 4 FRIENDS 29 JAN 2008 Friends, friendship and “falling-out”. In the story,‘Squeak-a-lot,’ by Martin Waddell, in an old, old house lived a small, small mouse with nobody to play with….. Includes poems and songs about friendship.

PROG 5 MUMMY’S BIRTHDAY PRESENT 5 FEB 2008 In Ann Burnett’s story,a little boy tries to think of a birthday present to give his Mum, and in the process learns about caterpillars and butterflies. Children will enjoy the song,‘I went to the cabbages’.

PROG 6 TOYS 12 FEB 2008 Favourite toys and games, talking about where toys are kept and identifying some toys by the sound they make. The story is about the day Sam took his toy rabbit out to meet the real rabbits – but then left him behind!

PROG 7 BEDTIME 19 FEB 2008 Going to bed routines, and what the children need for a cosy night’s sleep. Two poems are complemented by Sam McBratney’s story and a song called ‘Put your head upon the pillow’.

PROG 8 COUNTING 26 FEB 2008 Some counting practice - up to five. The children are asked to join in with actions for Ann Burnett’s poem and they’ll enjoy the story about Granny Smith’s apples. There are plenty of pancakes to count in the song.

PROG 9 DAYS OF THE WEEK 4 MAR 2008 Reinforcing the order of the days of the week, and what we might do each day. Janice Johnston’s story is about Robert packing his rucksack for a visit to Granny’s house, and there is a rhyme about the days of the week.

PROG 10 BRONAGH’S MARCHING BAND 11 MAR 2008 A musical programme, emphasising high, low, soft and loud, and making your own instruments to play. In the story, Bronagh and her brother Henry have fun making a marching band in their garden in Portstewart.

The series is accompanied by extensive online notes for teachers with suggestions for follow-up activities, song sheets and the words of poems - bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/hurley.

Please note - broadcast dates are correct at time of going to press but please check our website and term timetable posters closer to the time for confirmed broadcast details.

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HURLEY-BURLEY TV SERIES 1 • AGES 3 - 5

• Autumn 2007,Thursdays: 11.45am - 12.00 noon • BBC Two Northern Ireland • Producer: Gemma Cunningham

Hurley-Burley TV for 3-5 year old children in Northern Ireland is a colourful and engaging series which explores various themes relevant to the young children’s lives. Using a dynamic mix of animation and filmed inserts, the programmes have a very local feel as the Hurley-Burley Man travels round the country in his bright yellow Van meeting pre-school children and having lots of fun adventures.

PROG 1 KILKEEL – SEA,WATER, BOATS 4 OCT 2007 Programme 1 explores the themes of sea, animals, water and boats. The Hurley-Burley Man and his Van travel to Kilkeel to meet the children of Kilkeel Playgroup. The theme comes alive with an animated story entitled ‘The Upside Down Boat’ where a little girl’s love for an old dilapidated boat saves the day after a stormy night in the harbour.

PROG 2 ARMAGH – FRUIT,GROWING THINGS 11 OCT 2007 Programme 2 is all about fruit, plants and growing things. This time, the Hurley-Burley Van heads for Armagh where we meet the children of Grove Nursery School. It is spring and the children visit their local garden centre to buy some plants: they take these back to school and put them in pots to grow. We explore what plants need to help them grow – soil, water and light.

PROG 3 ENNISKILLEN – OUTDOORS,THE ENVIRONMENT 18 OCT 2007 Programme 3 focuses on the outdoors and caring for the environment. This time, we visit Castle Archdale Forest with the children of Enniskillen Nursery School. The animated story,“The Charity Shop” continues this theme by showing what one boy did with the clothes that didn’t fit him any more.

PROG 4 OMAGH – FARMS,ANIMALS 8 NOV 2007 We’re in the Tyrone countryside with children from Carebears Community Playgroup in Newtownstewart for Programme 4. Here the themes are farms and animals. The boys and girls help feed the newborn baby animals at the farm. When the Hurley-Burley Man and his Van return, we play a fun game, naming the baby animals – calf, kid, piglet, foal and lamb.

PROG 5 BELFAST – VEHICLES,TRAFFIC, SAFETY 15 NOV 2007 Programme 5 is set in Belfast and looks at the themes of vehicles, traffic and safety. We meet the children of St Thérèse’s Nursery School in Poleglass. In ‘Topper’s First Walk’, the new puppy has a lesson to learn about crossing roads safely and he is happy to have Hannah and her daddy on hand to save him!

PROG 6 PORTSTEWART – SEASHORE, BUILDING THINGS 22 NOV 2007 For our final programme, the Hurley-Burley Man and his Van are off to the beach at Portstewart on a day trip with the children of St Columb’s Nursery School. The themes in this programme are seashores, shells and building things. After their day at the beach, the boys and girls return to school where they set up their own ice-cream parlour with some very special home-made ice-creams.

You can find more information about all these programmes on the Hurley-Burley website - bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/hurley which has lots of suggestions for preparation and follow-up activities as well as the music and words of the songs and the animations from each programme. There are notes and guidance for teachers and parents as well as related online activities for the children themselves. Visit the virtual Hurley- Burley Garage and colour in special printables.

Please note - broadcast dates are correct at time of going to press but please check our website and term timetable posters closer to the time for confirmed broadcast details.

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NA DÓDAÍ SERIES 1 • AGES 3 - 5

• Autumn 2007, Fridays: 11.45am - 12.00 noon • BBC Two Northern Ireland • Producer: Fiona Keane

Na Dódaí is an Irish language entertainment series for 3-5 year olds which helps build children’s self- confidence and self-esteem in the medium of Irish. This series embraces all aspects of the Northern Ireland Curriculum for early learners. Each episode will thematically explore issues relevant to the young children’s lives using songs, stories, conversation, play and movement activities. Above all, Na Dódaí will be a fun interactive learning experience. Each week children will be introduced to new words and concepts in Irish and these will be reinforced and built on progressively in the unique world of Na Dódaí.

‘Na Dódaí’ - Nóra, Ruairí, Róise and Naoise live in a magical house in a pop-up book. Their world is bright and colourful: they play, dance and sing and every day Nóra reads them wonderful tales from the big book of stories. She is the eldest and although she loves to have fun, she also watches over her sister and brothers.

PROG 1 ME AND YOU 14 SEPT 2007 Na Dódaí say ‘Hello’ and our four characters introduce themselves. They play games and their special bubble machine allows na Dódaí to see children in the real world.

PROG 2 MY BODY 21 SEPT 2007 Nóra teaches her brothers and sister a song and dance based on different parts of the body and na Dódaí have fun decorating gingerbread people.

PROG 3 MY FAMILY 28 SEPT 2007 Na Dódaí act out the story of the Three Bears before Nóra reads a funny story about what happened when Granny and Grandad Bear came on a visit.

PROG 4 NA DÓDAÍ AT HOME 5 OCT 2007 Nóra shows her sister and brothers a doll’s house, and they examine the different rooms in the little house. It is time for Dódaí washing as they help to clean Naoise’s clothes.

PROG 5 GOOD MORNING! 12 OCT 2007 Nóra picks flowers in the garden before she says ‘good morning’ to the sun and wakes up her brothers and sister.

PROG 6 SCHOOL 19 OCT 2007 Although na Dódaí do not go to school, they like to pretend and in this programme they play at going to their own nursery school where Nóra is in charge.

PROG 7 PLAYTIME 9 NOV 2007 Na Dódaí are cold so, using a special song and dance, Nóra shows them how they can ‘warm up’ to music. Then they all go ‘shopping’ in their own little shop where Ruairí is the shopkeeper.

PROG 8 LIKES AND DISLIKES 16 NOV 2007 Nóra asks the younger Dódaí to think about the things they like to do and then tells them a story about Lughaidh, the little duck who didn’t like the rain.

PROG 9 MEAL TIME 23 NOV 2007 Na Dódaí are hungry - it is time for breakfast. Nóra helps them choose the right food, although Naoise tries to eat spaghetti and cake! They sing their breakfast song and do their exercises.

PROG 10 A NEW PET 30 NOV 2007 Nóra has a surprise for the twins - a new pet. Naoise knows what it is but the others have to guess. They sing a guessing song before they meet their two new rabbits, Cathal and Coco.

Please note - broadcast dates are correct at time of going to press but please check our website and term timetable posters closer to the time for confirmed broadcast details.

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NA DÓDAÍ ONLINE • AGES 3 - 5

A colourful Na Dódaí website accompanies the television series - bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/nadodai. There are useful background notes for each programme outlining the content and enhanced with a vocabulary guide. Comprehensive teaching notes also provide suggestions for teachers and parents – for example, activities which could be carried out with children to supplement what they’ve learned or to replicate what they’ve seen. Each programme is linked to the recommended learning outcomes of the NI Curriculum and you can download the stories from each programme in beautifully illustrated PDFs – both English and Irish language versions.

NA DÓDAÍ SERIES 2 • AGES 3 - 5

• Spring 2008, Mondays: 11.45am - 12.00 noon • BBC Two Northern Ireland • Producer: Fiona Keane

We are currently producing a second series of Na Dódaí so that both series will build into a complete resource of twenty parts. Full details of this second series will be available closer to the time of broadcast and you can check the website for more information.

THE THEMES TO BE EXPLORED IN THE SECOND SERIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:

PROG 1 CHANGE AND GROWING UP 7 JAN 2008

PROG 2 BIRTHDAYS 14 JAN 2008

PROG 3 BEING HEALTHY,BEING ILL 21 JAN 2008

PROG 4 FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS 28 JAN 2008

PROG 5 EMOTIONS – BEING HAPPY,BEING SAD 4 FEB 2008

PROG 6 MAKING FRIENDS 25 FEB 2008

PROG 7 DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES 3 MAR 2008

PROG 8 SHOPPING 10 MAR 2008

PROG 9 WEATHER 7 APR 2008

PROG 10 TODAY AND YESTERDAY 14 APR 2008

Please note - broadcast dates are correct at time of going to press but please check our website and term timetable posters closer to the time for confirmed broadcast details.

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ONE POTATO,TWO POTATO

• Autumn 2007,Tuesdays: 11.05 – 11.20am • BBC Radio Ulster MW 1341 • Producer: Bernagh Brims • Programmes available on CD - see page 43 for details

One Potato,Two Potato is a radio series for 5-7 year olds which encourages children to sit down and listen constructively. With a strong NI base, the broadcasts feature local stories, poetry, songs and music designed to stimulate the children’s interest in their own environment and culture. This term we offer ten programmes from the rich 1P2P archive, all using a cross-curricular,integrated approach to various themes.

AUTUMN 2007

PROG 1 THE APPLE BOUGH GEOG/LITERACY/PSHE 18 SEPT 2007 This programme explores the places we live: sorts of houses and their surroundings. The theme of the traditional story is ‘being kind to others’.

PROG 2 TIME MATHS/HIST/ENG/MUSIC 25 SEPT 2007 The first of three programmes on the theme of time, beginning with how children might divide up their days; illustrated with poems, skipping rhymes and songs.

PROG 3 MORE TIME MATHS/HIST/ENG/MUSIC 2 OCT 2007 Moving on to hours, minutes and seconds and looking at clocks and watches.

PROG 4 GROWLY BEAR HISTORY/ENGLISH 9 OCT 2007 A programme about the passing of time, in which we follow the changing fortunes of a teddy bear and its adventures with different owners over 50 years.

PROG 5 FROM TREE TO PAPER SCIENCE/GEOG/ART 16 OCT 2007 The first of two programmes on materials and changes, exploring the connection between wood and the manufacture of paper; looking at some of the numerous uses of paper in our everyday lives.

PROG 6 FROM OIL TO PLASTIC SCIENCE/MUSIC/MATHS/ENG 30 OCT 2007 This programme describes, in simple terms, how plastic is made and talks about some of the many everyday products made from it.When he goes for a walk in the rain in his new blue and yellow raincoat,Andy has no idea that he would be so useful to a leprechaun…

PROG 7 LETTERS AND WORDS ENGLISH/ART 6 NOV 2007 The first of three programmes about words: how they are formed; how we choose them; what we can do with them. We begin with the basic process of using letters as building blocks to make sounds and words.

PROG 8 CHOOSING WORDS ENGLISH/MUSIC/ART/PE 13 NOV 2007 The second in a unit of programmes celebrating words, in which Libby and Michael explore what we can do with words: how we choose them; how words can stretch our imagination, make us laugh or make us feel.

PROG 9 IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON ENGLISH/SCIENCE 20 NOV 2007 Features an atmospheric story and encourages children to write creatively themselves. What subject might they choose; how will they choose the words and how will they think of a good title?

PROG 10 MUSICAL FAMILIES MUSIC/SCIENCE 27 NOV 2007 A programme about the violin and the different sorts of music it plays. Anna longs to play the fiddle but everyone tells her she is still ‘too small’. Illustrated by a range of attractive music.

The One Potato, Two Potato website - bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/potato - offers comprehensive teachers’ notes to support the broadcasts along with music from the series and advice on how the content supports the Northern Ireland Curriculum. 1P2P is available to purchase, at cost price, from the BBC Schools Broadcast Recording Service - see page 43 for details.

Please note - Broadcasts are correct at time of going to press but please check our website and term timetable posters closer to the time for confirmed broadcast details.

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KEY STAGE 2

MUSICAL MYSTERIES • AGES 7 - 11

• bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/music/mm

Past winner of the UK Interactive Primary Learning OnScreen Awards.

WHAT THE JUDGES HAD TO SAY: "The site was an excellent example of a learning environment which would motivate and enthuse learners - it was a good entertaining site, well illustrated and easy to access and navigate. The activities were engaging and the design was stylish; it encouraged creativity and understanding of music without demanding any real musical skills.The judges felt that many primary teachers and parents of young children, as well as the children themselves, would come back to the site again and again."

This resource continues to be popular with pupils, teachers and parents. Its key aim is to enable children to explore, in a fun and engaging way, basic musical concepts in sound, rhythm and mood.

Three animated characters, Robbie, Curly and Grandpa, accompany the children on a musical quest to find some ‘lost music’. As the children progress through the resource, they gain valuable listening, composing and musical interpretation skills, as well as developing an interest in music.

By the end of the musical journey, the children will have acquired a number of useful skills. They will now be able to: • identify sounds of common instruments • observe how music can be used to describe things and help express feelings and atmospheres • distinguish between sounds that have a steady beat and sounds that don’t • recognise rhythmic sounds • have a greater appreciation of the effects created by repetition, contrast and surprise.

The website can be used on its own or in conjunction with a series of lesson plans and guidance notes that include areas for classroom discussion, additional audio clips and accompanying worksheets, providing a valuable extension to the website activities.

The resource reinforces the Northern Ireland Curriculum for Music at Key Stage 1 and 2, as well as having cross-curricular links with English, Science and Geography.

In response to your feedback, this year we aim to add audio to the opening and closing animation sequences. We hope you will enjoy this resource.

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IT’S UP TO YOU • AGES 7 - 9

• bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/uptoyou

Some of you will remember the radio series ‘It’s Up To You’ which was broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster a few years ago. This series aimed to promote positive attitudes towards a healthy lifestyle by focusing on health and social issues linked to the Northern Ireland curriculum, and relevant to seven to nine year olds.

The success of, and interest in the series, inspired us to create a complementary website designed especially for P4 and P5 year olds, using interactivity and animation to give children a better understanding of the importance of food and exercise and the impact they have on the body. The young users are guided through the site by Rosie, Maxine and Peter – three animated characters who are working on a school project on Healthy Eating. Their friend Tony hasn’t been picked for the school football team: and together they realise that this is due to his unhealthy lifestyle. The four friends investigate food, fitness and the importance of healthy living – and by the end of the project,Tony is appointed Captain of the team!

The animated storyline engages children, and there are a variety of activities and sections to retain their interest. The site is divided into information chapters with a quiz at the end to consolidate the learning. With links to the Northern Ireland Curriculum for Science at Key Stage 1 and Lower Key Stage 2, the site is structured to show children how the right food and exercise can lead to fitness and health. There is also a selection of useful and relevant weblinks.

FOOD AND FUEL Our bodies are a bit like a car. We need to keep topping up our fuel levels, otherwise we run out of energy. The body gets its fuel (energy) from nutrients that can be found in food and drinks. This section includes interesting ‘Did You Know?’ facts.

FOOD FACTS – THE BALANCE OF GOOD HEALTH Food can be divided into different groups: we need to eat from each of the groups to stay healthy. Children are invited to click sections of a plate to find out about the different food groups.

FOOD FACTS – GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT It is important that we eat the right amounts of food from each of the groups. Visit this section to find out how to get the balance right.

NUTRIENT FACTS – WHAT DO NUTRIENTS DO? This section looks at what each of the nutrients does for the body and how they can help keep us healthy. As part of her project, Maxine has interviewed a Senior Community Dietician at North West Belfast Health and Social Services Board.

FUEL BOX In Tony’s Fuel Box activity,Tony has a box full of different foods. The user has to identify which food group each item belongs to, and drag it to the correct plate.

CHOOSING THE RIGHT FOOD – THINK BEFORE YOU EAT! We need to make sure we eat a balanced diet so that the body gets all the nutrients it requires. This section includes Maxine and Peter’s Top Tips for eating a balanced diet; and print outs include fun recipes and a weekly food diary.

FOOD AND FITNESS As well as eating a balanced diet, it is important to exercise to help the body stay healthy and fit. This section includes some exercise tips including dos and don’ts. Children can check their progress by printing out the weekly Progress Report to record their activities and timings.

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THE SLEEP-OVER PLANET MUSICAL

• bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/musical

Ever wanted to stage a school musical but didn’t know how to go about it? Well this site could be the answer to your problems. With a specially commissioned musical designed to appeal to children, this site takes you step by step through the process of staging a school musical. You will find lyrics, musical notation and a practical guide to stagecraft. Putting on a school musical has never been easier.

Eleven year old twins, Charlie and Eddy have been allowed to have a sleepover camping party with their friends, Allie and Chris. Nana and Granda have agreed that they can pitch a tent in the garden and stay outside all night. However, it just happens to be mid-summer night, the shortest night of the year and, up in space, all kinds of strange things are going on. The Space Conductor who keeps the sun, the moon and all the planets in order,has lost his magic baton which he uses to conduct the music of the planets and make sure they spin around in the right time and place in space!

There is almost a planetary disaster as the creatures of the night appear and the planets all get out of alignment!

INCLUDED ON THE SITE ARE: • words and music to the Sleepover Planet • practical guide to voice training • practical guide to stage design • downloadable backing track • video examples of young children singing the songs • video samples of an actual performance.

Sleepover Planet has been user-tested in several schools in Northern Ireland and received its World Première when Roma Tomelty’s Centre Stage performed it in Belfast in 2005.

SAMPLE SONG FROM THE MUSICAL

UNIVERSE IS TURNING (a Round)

How d’you make the sun rise How d’you make the sun rise Start a new day Start a new day Search for a tune Search for a tune

Now the world is turning Planets are learning their places Spheres are singing Their music is ringing The changes to bring us back home

Now the world is turning Now the world is turning Make a new day Make a new day I’ve found my tune I’ve found my tune

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PRIMARY FOCUS TELEVISION

• Summer 2008,Tuesdays: 10.30am - 10.50am • BBC Two Northern Ireland • Series Producers: Sean Maguire, Ian Kirk-Smith and Jane Cassidy

SCIENCE This is a unit of three programmes that take a skills based approach to the investigation of materials, forces, energy,light and sound. In these programmes, we see children carrying out investigations on scientific topics both in the classroom and at W5 Science Centre. Many of the concepts covered are applied and illustrated through examples seen in everyday life.

PROG 1 MATERIALS AND PROPERTIES 8 APR 2008 In this programme we meet the children of Riverdale Primary School in County Down as they explore materials, carrying out practical activities that can easily and cheaply be repeated within the classroom.We learn that all materials have properties that make them useful and suitable for the manufacture of various products.

PROG 2 FORCES AND ENERGY 15 APR 2008 A fast-paced programme that opens at a circus, introducing us to the invisible forces around us that move everything. Back in the classroom, through magic tricks, we learn about friction and the pull of gravity. Primary School children exemplify good practice associated with fair testing and investigative science.

PROG 3 LIGHT AND SOUND 22 APR 2008 The first half of the programme is devoted to light, without which nothing could grow or survive. Children investigate how shadows are formed and how their size can be changed; and they investigate the effectiveness of sun creams. In the second half, we learn that sounds are made when something moves - a vibration.

ART This unit of three programmes shows children from local schools taking inspiration from their landscape to create three themed murals. In these programmes, the focus is on children’s direct experiences as they go out and about, exploring local places where they make preliminary sketches before heading back to the classroom to assemble their artwork through a series of individual activities.

PROG 1 COUNTRYSIDE 29 APR 2008 This programme, set amidst the drumlins of Co. Down, encourages children to look at their local countryside and identify natural features such as mountains, rivers etc. They think about how people have changed the landscape and how it alters through the seasons and collect specimens to take back to school.

PROG 2 LOUGH 6 MAY 2008 This programme features children on a visit to Exploris Aquarium where they consider the shapes and colours of the marine life on display and look at pictures in books about the underwater world. They also collect shells and seaweed from the beach and use all this inspiration to create a beautiful undersea mural.

PROG 3 FOREST 13 MAY 2008 This third programme encourages children to visit their local woods and to think about how trees change during the seasons. The children look about, sketch, take photographs and collect some leaves, seeds, nuts and mini-beasts to bring back to the classroom where they assemble a colourful Forest mural.

We have created a website to accompany these three art programmes. Primary Art is an inspirational online resource which uses clips and images from the TV series, alongside activity guides and advice, to enable children at school or at home to make beautiful pictures which can then be sent in for the online gallery. Visit bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/primaryart.

Please note - broadcast dates are correct at time of going to press but please check our website and term timetable posters closer to the time for confirmed broadcast details.

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PRIMARY IRISH - BLAISÍN • AGES 7 - 11

• Summer 2008,Tuesdays, 11.40am - 12.00noon • BBC Radio Ulster MW 1341 • Series Producer: Róisín Kelleher • Programmes available on CD - see page 43 for details

In a specially combined KS1 and KS2 series of six radio programmes, pupils are introduced to useful and important words and phrases in Irish. The engrossing adventures of Blaisín and Charlie support language learning in an interactive, natural and fluid way. Key words and structures are introduced and repeated throughout the individual programmes and during the series as a whole, in order to reinforce the new material.

PROG 1 LET’S CELEBRATE! 22 APR 2008 Cyber-fanatic, Blaisín, receives an email birthday greeting from her globe-trotting parents, while celebrating her tenth birthday with her Gran. However, the greeting is in a strange language she's never seen before. Meanwhile Gran presents her with an unimpressive gift, a worn-out wooden whistle. However,the ancient 'feadóg' reveals an amazing secret: a cranky 'know-it-all' owl who sweeps Blaisín and her buddy, Charlie, back into the depths of time to witness the heroic feats of Setanta.

PROG 2 HOUSES AND HOMES 29 APR 2008 Blaisín and Charlie accidentally summon the mystic owl in the middle of an ice-hockey stadium when one of them utters an Irish word they learned last week. Owl, or Ceann Cait as he's called, sweeps them off on more adventures. The children meet the snowy owl and learn about her habitat and eating habits, and those of other Arctic animals. Listeners will love the funky rap at the end that consolidates the new language acquired during the programme.

PROG 3 SAFE AND SOUND / WHATEVER THE WEATHER 6 MAY 2008 Blaisín and Charlie are reacquainted with the magical owl, Ceann Cait, who tells them that the food which humans eat can have harmful effects on our animal friends. The owl's navigation skills have been temporarily impaired and the trio find themselves trapped in a cyber-ocean inside Blaisín's computer! As they are bashed around by the stormy weather, will Charlie remember enough weather words to bring them back to safety?

PROG 4 BUGS, BIRDS AND BEASTS 13 MAY 2008 As Blaisín comes face-to-face with the sly Madadh Rua (fox), she may be in danger of being entrapped in his clutches. Luckily, help is at hand from her friends. Meanwhile, the buzz and excitement in the woodland is palpable as Queen Bee plays host to all the bugs, birds and beasts at the annual Forest Olympics. Butterfly's engrossing commentary of the events helps the children to add to their store of phrases in Irish.

PROG 5 SCHOOL'S COOL! 20 MAY 2008 Blaisín and Charlie realise that their school is actually a better place than they thought! It's just a pity that their 'know-it-all owl' friend, Ceann Cait can't join them every day!

PROG 6 MYTHS AND LEGENDS 3 JUNE 2008 Blaisín and Charlie adventure into Ireland's exciting mythological past, discovering links to intriguing myths and legends of other cultures. Even Ceann Cait, the long-eared owl, learns a thing or two about what really makes a hero.

Online support for teachers is available at bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/blaisin.The range of learning abilities of pupils is taken into account with particular consideration given to accommodating children with special educational needs.

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TANDY • AGES 9 - 11

• Autumn 2007, Spring and Summer 2008,Tuesdays - 11.20-11.40am • BBC Radio Ulster MW 1341 • Producer: Etta Halliday • Programmes available on CD - see page 43 for details

Tandy Radio and Tandy Online are back again this year, providing lots of ways to explore each term's theme as well as giving your pupils a public platform for their creative efforts!

With an eye to the main curriculum areas, the resources are produced to give you lots of ways to adapt and develop the material to fit in with your schemes and themes.

As always, we're delighted to offer peer-presented programming as every week we're in the hands of some of Northern Ireland's 9-11 year olds. Drawn from the Tandy team (with new recruits auditioned every spring), they've been roaming the length and breadth of the country to help the production team make programmes we're sure your children will enjoy.

For the autumn term, our focus will be the invaders who arrived on Ireland's shores. Our spring term is all about food - growing, cooking and eating it, and for the summer term, we'll be getting creative with words and music.

TANDY ONLINE As well as lots of information to inform project work and personal presentations, there'll also be fun activities and games based on the theme for each term. As always, we're looking forward to displaying the artwork you send to bbc.co.uk/ni/tandy.

TANDY RADIO There are three ways to make sure you don't miss the Tandy radio programmes! You can listen live, listen again or buy to listen when it suits you.

• Listen live every Tuesday morning at 11.20am on BBC Radio Ulster Medium Wave (1341) • Listen again online on bbc.co.uk/ni/tandy via the ‘Listen’ page • Listen whenever on CD available to purchase at cost price - see page 43 for details.

AUTUMN 2007: INVADERS

PROG 1 THE CELTS ) NEW ) 18 SEPT 2007 A gentle introduction to what we know about the Iron Age Celts in Ireland.

PROG 2 IRELAND BEFORE THE VIKINGS ) NEW ) 25 SEPT 2007 From St Patrick's arrival in the 5th century, Ireland began to change.What kind of people did the Norsemen meet when they arrived in the 8th century?

PROG 3 RAIDERS FROM THE NORTH ) NEW ) 2 OCT 2007 Longboats and warriors - how and why the journey from Scandinavia was made.

PROGS 4 - 7 feature our dramatisation of "The Bell of Nendrum" by J Andrews. Nial loves sailing in Strangford Lough, but a strange storm blows him not just off course, but through history, to when the abbey at Nendrum was occupied ... and in danger of attack.

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PROG 4 THE BELL OF NENDRUM PART 1 9 OCT 2007 Caught up in a storm, Nial finds himself in 10th century Ireland where he is befriended by a young monk called Cailan.

PROG 5 THE BELL OF NENDRUM PART 2 16 OCT 2007 We are introduced to life at Nendrum where Nial is asked difficult questions about ‘the future’.

PROG 6 THE BELL OF NENDRUM PART 3 30 OCT 2007 An attack by viking warriors leads to Nial and Cailan’s capture, and the monks eat baked beans for the first time!

PROG 7 THE BELL OF NENDRUM PART 4 6 NOV 2007 The battle of Mahee Island concludes with Nial’s escape with the bell and chalice - and his return to the present day.

PROG 8 THE VIKINGS IN IRELAND ) NEW ) 13 NOV 2007 How the raiders settled down and made their home here in Ireland.

PROG 9 THE NORMANS ARRIVE ) NEW ) 20 NOV 2007 Builders of great castles - who were they and why did they come to Ireland?

PROG 10 WHAT THE INVADERS LEFT ) NEW ) 27 NOV 2007 The legacy in language, customs, and historic ruins.

SPRING 2008: THE FOOD FILES In the first two programmes, we find out about two of our most basic foods - milk, and bread. We'll explore their production and use both historically and currently.

PROG 1 BACK TO BASICS - Milk ) NEW ) 8 JAN 2008

PROG 2 BACK TO BASICS - Bread ) NEW ) 15 JAN 2008

PROG 3 FOOD FOR FREE ) NEW ) 22 JAN 2008 What's available - and safe - to eat for free from nature?

PROG 4 WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH ) NEW ) 29 JAN 2008 An exploration of natural recycling, through compost and reed beds.

PROG 5 GROWING PLACES ) NEW ) 5 FEB 2008 From gardens to allotments and farms, how do we prepare the land for food production?

PROG 6 NEW HABITS ) NEW ) 12 FEB 2008 What "new" foods are now common in our diet and where do they come from?

PROG 7 DOWN ON THE FARM ) NEW ) 19 FEB 2008 What do we grow and how do we grow it, and what's changed?

PROG 8 GROWING ORGANICALLY ) NEW ) 26 FEB 2008 What does "organic" mean and can we grow enough this way to feed everyone?

PROG 9 GROWING YOUR OWN ) NEW ) 4 MAR 2008 Whether it's a few pots or a small plot, the children have ideas for a personal or school project that will "grow" on you.

PROG 10 FOOD FOR FITNESS ) NEW ) 11 MAR 2008 What's good to eat, why and how - with cookery tips from the Tandy team.

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SUMMER 2008: MUSIC

This term, our focus is on all things musical. In the company of composer Brian Irvine and friends, we begin by exploring the sounds made by different instruments of the orchestra. We’ll be finding out how a composer combines the elements of music to create certain moods and feelings. You can follow the programmes closely, using the same music and storylines or use them as an inspiration for your class to put together their own musical. The instruments mentioned in the programmes can be replaced by any instruments you have in your school. Shops such as Oxfam usually sell a selection of instruments from other countries (eg the mbira or the rainstick).

PROG 1 STRING INSTRUMENTS 22 APR 2008 This is the first of three programmes that explore the sounds and timbres of instruments that are found in the different sections of the orchestra. Brian Irvine is joined by six school children who are encouraged to explore a variety of instruments brought along by professional musicians.With the help of Brian the children will compose a piece of music using those instruments and the others they have made themselves.

PROG 2 BRASS AND WOODWIND INSTRUMENTS 29 APR 2008 In this programme, Brian and the children explore the sounds and timbres of brass and woodwind instruments and, as before, compose a piece of music using these instruments and others which they make themselves.

PROG 3 PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS 6 MAY 2008 In this, the third programme in the unit, Brian and the children look at percussion instruments. The children perform a piece of music they composed themselves in their classroom.

The final three programmes of the term have a strong cross-cultural element to build on as we join Elaine Agnew (NI) and Keith Ndlovu (Zimbabwe) who steer us through the creation of a musical. The programmes will show you how to create, rehearse and perform a musical with children. The programmes have a strong cross-cultural element which you can build upon or adapt, taking into account your pupils' backgrounds and experiences.

PROG 4 CREATING A MUSICAL 13 MAY 2008 In this programme, two musicians - Elaine Agnew from Northern Ireland and Keith Ndlovu from Zimbabwe - run a workshop with a P5 class.They brainstorm all kinds of celebrations, talk about happy and sad music, and sing songs that would traditionally be sung in villages in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe.

PROG 5 REHEARSING THE MUSICAL 20 MAY 2008 In the second programme, the children compose their own celebration song.They learn about village life in Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe and talk about landscape and customs, before rehearsing songs and learning a dance.The children practise each village's songs with Elaine and Keith.

PROG 6 PERFORMING THE MUSICAL 3 JUNE 2008 In this programme, a P5 class performs the finished musical with the help of two musicians. Two villages, Ballycrockan and Kezi, celebrate birthdays and weddings by singing and dancing. There is a funeral in Kezi, and the people of Ballycrockan sing a sad-yet-funny song. The programme ends with both villages celebrating their own communities.

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TANDY INTERACTIVE • AGES 9-11

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TANDY WEBSITE Missed an episode of the radio programmes? Tune into the Tandy website where you can listen to the programmes online.

Made for 9-11 year olds, the Tandy website reflects the style and content of the radio series and builds upon the programmes' themes in a fun and interactive manner. Pupils can showcase their work in the online gallery, vote on issues, enter competitions, or play the topical games. The Behind the Scenes section gives an insight into the making of the programmes as well as details on how schools can get involved with the series. In line with the new KS2 curriculum, Tandy Projects extend the learning outcomes of each series in an interactive format. All the Tandy resources are supported in a teachers’ area that provides suggested activities and useful links for further exploration of the topic areas.

TANDY PROJECTS: ISLAND LIFE Reflecting the The Way We Live strand of the new KS2 subject The World Around Us, this fun, interactive site compares and contrasts life on Rathlin Island to that on the German island, Hallig Oland. Different aspects of life on these two islands, past and present, are explored and similarities and differences in the culture, environment and language are highlighted through colourful fact files and activities. The history, traditions, location, plants and animals of each island are succinctly described in the fact files. Map-reading and symbol and notation recognition skills are reinforced throughout the map activities, and the Build an Island activity consolidates the knowledge gained throughout the site.

TANDY PROJECTS: FAMINE & EMIGRATION This comprehensive resource explores the causes and effects of the Great Famine of Ireland, reflecting the 'investigate the effects of extreme events on people and places' requirement of the Our World strand of KS2 The World Around Us. The project is split into three sections: Research, Explore and Present.

Research: pupils are given the opportunity to examine the evidence and draw conclusions about the causes of the Famine and its effect on the people of Ireland. Nine topics are explored and illustrated using photographs, maps and contemporary newspapers, illustrations and documents. Themes include housing, diet, relief, workhouses and emigration.

Explore: key aspects of the famine story are explored in an interactive format. Decision-making skills are encouraged in the Be a Captain and Race to the Docks activities. Explore the Ship uses the plans of an actual famine ship to bring the conditions and experiences of famine victims to life. Evidence Finder demonstrates how evidence of the famine can still be seen in present day Ireland.

Present: Pupils are encouraged to demonstrate their learning by creating a slide show on a famine topic. Pictorial evidence from the research section is embedded in the activity and can be used to illustrate key points of discovery. Additional functionality allows users to personalise their slides and print out their projects.

TANDY PROJECTS:THE WORLD AROUND US Focusing on the Local Habitats requirement of the Our World strand of KS2 The World Around Us, this interactive resource provides the user with a guide to local wildlife. Designed to encourage an exploration of the local environment, the colourful fact file calendar provides a monthly breakdown of key plant and animal species found in and around Northern Ireland. The downloadable wildlife trump cards further reinforce the information on key species in a fun and interactive manner. The Show and Tell facility allows the pupils to consolidate their learning by creating a simple slide-show incorporating photographs from the fact files.

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THE NEXT LEVEL BUSINESS SERIES • AGES 14 - 16+

• Autumn 2007, Mondays: 11.30am - 12.00 noon • BBC Two Northern Ireland • Producer: Colin Lewis

These five television programmes follow the fortunes of five family-run businesses in Northern Ireland in their quest to scale the corporate ladder, and are suitable for Key Stage 4 students.

The Next Level enters the board rooms and walks the shop floors of five different small businesses, following the peaks and troughs over a period of twelve months.

Each week, a business is put in the spotlight giving viewers a rare insight into the trials and tribulations of operating and growing a small business in Northern Ireland; and the viewer can experience the stresses and strains put on the owners and their families.

The firms are based throughout Northern Ireland from five different industry sectors. These include a clothing company, an engineering firm, a restaurant chain, a waste management company and a firm that specialises in portable building solutions.

The fly-on-the-wall series gains access to the internal workings of each of the firms – the decision making processes, the challenges and the risks taken in their bid to battle it out in the world of big business. The Next Level follows the companies’ owners as they face numerous challenges – will they meet their targets, will they survive?

The first programme in the series meets Michael and Nikki McQuillan who set up coffee shop chain, The Streat. The Holywood based company has ambitious plans to expand by franchising the brand and opening as many as seven new outlets throughout Northern Ireland over twelve months. But this means giving over control of their brand to other people. Michael and Nikki also have to find the right sites for the outlets and negotiate with property owners and landlords. Is there trouble brewing for the coffee shop owners or will their business plans fit to a T?

Colin Lewis of Sassi Productions who produced the series for BBC Northern Ireland said: “The Next Level will give viewers an insight into the heart of local family run businesses here and let them see what is usually hidden from view. The series not only explores the economic and financial expenses but also the personal costs facing the families who operate the businesses. The five very different companies often face very similar challenges and the series follows them during these challenges from their local offices in Northern Ireland to the financial centres of Europe, Singapore and Malaysia.”

PROG 1 THE STREAT 10 SEPT 2007

PROG 2 FM ENVIRONMENTAL 17 SEPT 2007

PROG 3 MCAVOY 24 SEPT 2007

PROG 4 POWERHOUSE 1 OCT 2007

PROG 5 CONNECT ENGINEERING 8 OCT 2007

Please note - broadcast dates are correct at time of going to press but please check our website and term timetable posters closer to the time for confirmed broadcast details.

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GO GET IT! • AGES 14 -16+

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LEARNING FOR LIFE AND WORK Want to know how to make yourself more employable? It starts here! Aimed at Key Stage 3-4 students, this website helps young people in Northern Ireland become more aware of their own qualities and preferences when it comes to the world of work. They will gain an understanding of how the skills they are developing at home and at school, can be applied in the world of work to help them find - and keep - the job they want. Go Get It uses a mix of interactive games, quizzes, audio, video, graphics and text, underpinned by printable text resources. There's lots to learn as well as fun tips and advice from local celebrities on how to get a dream job!

CCEA has endorsed the content of this site as supporting the Northern Ireland Schools Curriculum. The site is divided into five sections.

SECTION 1 GET SUSSED, looks at such issues as Key Skills and Smart Learning. It’s hard to decide what you want to be when there are so many choices out there! Sometimes it helps to take a look at the person you are and what you love or hate to do. Maybe you could turn your favourite hobby into your dream career. Do you know if you’re a creative type or an investigator? Maybe you’re good at organising or helping people. The fun quiz will help you find out what makes you tick! There is also a feature on Emotional Intelligence.

SECTION 2 GETTING THERE, helps you create a mind map. You may not know what job you want - you probably have a better idea of what you don’t want! You can use a mind map to help you find connections between the different areas in your life. Play the Career Path game to test your decision- making skills and improve your work-related knowledge!

SECTION 3 GET THAT JOB, looks at what employers want. An employer must select the right employee from hundreds of applicants with similar qualifications. How can you make yourself the person they’ll select? You’ve got to make sure that you’ve got what the employer wants! As well as an interview with a top Northern Ireland employer, this section includes CV and application form tips. Sit a Virtual Interview to see if you'd be offered a job!

SECTION 4 GET WORK IN NORTHERN IRELAND, looks at our local economy. You can watch video clips about the Northern Ireland economy or use the timeline to see how it has changed over the last few years. Find out what it’s really like to work in Northern Ireland. Check out our interviews with workers from lots of different workplaces or listen to our audio interviews with two of Northern Ireland’s TV stars - Tim McGarry (Da from Give My Head Peace) and Christine Bleakley. This section also looks at Employment Laws and Health and Safety issues.

THE FINAL SECTION CAREERS TOOLBOX, is a library of useful resources and weblinks.

There are separate sections for teachers and parents. The Teachers’ Area offers audio clips from teachers who participated in the CCEA Employability pilot, as well as suggestions and advice on how to run practical projects with classes. There are links to other useful resources and lots of ideas for delivering employability in schools.

The Parents' Section explains what Employability means and how key skills can be developed both at home and at school.There are suggestions so that parents can contribute to practical employability projects going on in their child's school, and have a general understanding of how they can help their child become more employable.

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CITIZENSHIP • AGES 11 - 14+

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Aimed at Key Stage 3-4 pupils, this website will be an invaluable resource for those studying the theme of Diversity and Inclusion as part of the NI Curriculum for Citizenship.

The two main sections covered are Sectarianism and Racism, supported by a wide range of material on Northern Ireland’s ethnic minorities and the main world religions.

The website allows you to explore the following areas:

SECTARIANISM explored through actual events as well as humour, both here in Northern Ireland and elsewhere.

RACISM what forms does racism take and how can it be tackled?

ETHNIC MINORITIES what are the experiences of those belonging to ethnic minority groups?

RELIGION essential facts and figures on the world’s main religions.

The site mimics the style of a comic strip and offers BBC archive news reports, comedy clips and newspaper articles. Interactive activities include: • A Balanced View - which allows users to uncover the truth behind everyday comments; • Four Corners - where pupils’ views are tested; and • Pick the Pics - a game which challenges pupils to select four correct religious symbols against the clock.

Pupils can access interactive maps displaying the location of ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland and world religions across the globe. They can also view panoramic photographs of local religious festivals.There’s a quick reference guide providing basic facts and figures on the main world religions.

This comprehensive site includes a section for teachers, providing help on using the site’s resources in a classroom context. An individual set of lesson plans accompanies each section of the site and these are based on the archive video clips, newspaper articles and interactive activities. The lesson plans are supported by guidance notes, a pupil journal template and a glossary, which explains vocabulary in a pupil- friendly fashion.

The wealth of material offered by KS3 Citizenship will stimulate critical thinking in the classroom and encourage active participation in topical issues. The site supports this practical citizenship with the provision of contact details for relevant organisations and groups, as well as useful advice on organising activities and dealing with the media.

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EYEWITNESS • AGES 12 - 16+

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Eyewitness is an online resource which examines conflict and those whom it affects. Fully interactive, it is aimed at teachers and pupils following the NI Curriculum for Citizenship – and particularly relates to the themes of Diversity and Inclusion. The site also promotes cross-curricular learning relating to Media Studies and History.

Eyewitness brings you the voices of the ordinary people behind the news stories, as we speak to the politicians and people of the communities concerned. The site offers a range of perspectives from Northern Ireland and further afield on the challenge of moving beyond conflict and dealing with difference. Eyewitness is presented in five sections:

1 SECTARIANISM The two main communities in Northern Ireland have a long and antagonistic history of living together. This section considers sectarianism in both its explicit and implicit forms. Sectarian Voices contains a collection of interviews with community workers, representatives of the church, and victims of sectarian Northern Ireland.

The interactive Reporter activity allows users to create their own news story for BBC Newsline, following a simple step-by-step process until the story is ready for virtual broadcast. A second activity in this section - The Unusual Suspects – presents characters from both sides of Northern Ireland’s sectarian divide who express seemingly harmless opinions on Northern Ireland issues. But what do they really mean?

2 DEALING WITH DIFFERENCE This section considers the challenges of living in an increasingly diverse society. It is easy to polarise Northern Ireland along sectarian lines into two distinct groups - but what of other community and individual characteristics? Dealing with Difference looks at issues of sexuality, gender, disability and age, through interviews and links to related articles in the BBC archive. This section includes a Scapegoating activity where the user takes part in school yard banter - this raises issues about the impact of bullying.

3 CHANGING VIEWS This section considers the impact of moving from the politics of attrition to power sharing. How do the political players and those on the ground feel about working together? There is a collection of interviews with people directly affected by the troubles, including former members of terrorist organisations, journalists and activists. The interactive, light-hearted Coconut Shy activity allows the user to test their knowledge of Irish historical figures by answering questions associated with them.

4 HOLY CROSS The events at Holy Cross Primary School in 2001 were covered by the world’s media and came to epitomise the tensions of Northern Ireland as a whole. This section presents videos of some of the BBC’s news reports at the time, along with a database of interviews with concerned parties from the community and the political arena. The Streetscape Activity offers a unique perspective on Belfast’s interface areas, allowing the learner to tour such an area and learn about its characteristics including unique Northern Irish symbols and customs.

5 CHANGING TIMES In the final section we look at the work of Community Groups. Such groups are trying to bring children from the two communities together in a spirit of understanding. Here we showcase four stories which highlight the work of Northern Ireland community groups and show the positive aspects of cross-community work. The user is able to access the material through a variety of media, including photograph galleries, video and audio clips, and transcripts.

The Learning Zone section of the site contains specific information for those who wish to use the resource in a learning environment: it includes easy-to-use plans for teaching Citizenship in schools at Key Stages 3 and 4, as well as plans for using the site with classes of adult learners in community groups.

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • AGES 12 - 14

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How well do you know Northern Ireland? Do you know how the Marble Arch Caves in Fermanagh were formed? And can you remember the NI railway network of the 1950s? How has our woodland acreage declined over the last 6000 years? And what about Belfast itself: when did settlers first arrive? It’s often refreshing to take a new look at the places where we live and see how they have changed over time.

The BBC NI website Sustainable Development is an engaging interactive resource aimed at teachers and pupils following the NI Curriculum for Geography at Key Stage 3. It is a cross-curricular site which is also relevant to the areas of History, Science, ICT, English and Citizenship. Using interactive games, videos and timelines, the site shows how our country’s natural resources are being used and the importance of conservation.

The site is bright and friendly, and is divided into six sections or case-studies, all locally based to challenge users to relate the global issue of sustainability to their own area. Each case study includes various activities and tasks and there is a Decision Time feature at the end of each chapter to let the students really think about each issue.

ISSUE 1 SETTLEMENT CASE STUDY: BELFAST / LAGANSIDE This section shows students how settlements can grow and develop or decline through time, with a look at Northern Ireland’s settlements; population; timeline; transport and planning - and interviews with local people in the Laganside area.

ISSUE 2 TRANSPORT CASE STUDY:TOOME BYPASS This section highlights the complex nature of the current transport situation in Northern Ireland, showing that there is a high degree of dependency in Northern Ireland on private transport and that this situation is not sustainable; students are shown how transport networks and policy decisions must be carefully managed to ensure their sustainability.

ISSUE 3 LEISURE AND TOURISM CASE STUDY:THE MARBLE ARCH CAVES This section shows students the importance of tourism for Northern Ireland and includes features on tourist destinations; climate; pursuits; cave formation in Fermanagh and other issues around sustainability.

ISSUE 4 MANUFACTURING CASE STUDY: SEAGATE This section shows the significant changes that have taken place in Northern Ireland’s manufacturing industry. This section contains fact-files on NI jobs; a look at manufacturing – its locations and trends; the environment; and interviews with Seagate employees.

ISSUE 5 FARMING CASE STUDY: MOURNE HILL FARM The aim of this section is to give students an appreciation of the factors that affect farming and the management of farming for sustainability. We visit the towns and villages of the Mournes with sections on land-use, climate and soil; and we meet the Farmer and look to the future.

ISSUE 6 ECOSYSTEMS CASE STUDY: BELVOIR FOREST This section demonstrates the nature of the various components of an ecosystem. We see variations within and between ecosystems and realise that human impact can have a detrimental as well as beneficial impact on the sustainable nature of ecosystems. There is a forest tour and a Build a Forest activity; there are also interviews with members of the public.

The Teachers’ area of the website contains comprehensive teaching notes, schemes of work and downloadable worksheets for the students to use in class. There is fuller information on the topics covered as well as advice on best use of the site. The Schemes of Work allow teachers to consider the material sequentially or to look at particular items of interest.

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LANDSCAPES UNLOCKED • AGES 12 - 14 / ALL LEARNERS

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This two-tier interactive online resource uses footage from BBC Northern Ireland’s Sky High series to explore important landscape features in Northern Ireland.

The series provides a rich source of aerial footage from which local geography teachers have extracted sequences to illustrate important geographical concepts and key curricular outcomes.

Detailed maps provide navigation throughout the resource whilst reinforcing map-work skills.The journey of each clip can be traced in real-time on the accompanying map; and co-ordinated text highlights the key learning outcomes of each section.

A specially commissioned narration encourages a deeper geographical understanding of the Northern Ireland landscape and explores the physical, social and economic geography of the footage.

The resource is split into two sections:

LEVEL 1 seeks to encourage an appreciation of the rural landscape of Northern Ireland amongst a general audience.

Footage will focus on landscape features and areas of geographical and historical importance. The clips explore the beauty of Northern Ireland's rural landscape and, combined with narration, demonstrate their importance.The influences of natural and cultural elements on their formation is also highlighted.

LEVEL 2 illustrates key geographical themes and is aimed at KS3 pupils studying Geography (Environment & Society) in Northern Ireland schools.

This level will provide a more in-depth look at the geographical features of the Northern Ireland landscape. The main focus of the footage will be to encourage KS3 Geography pupils to develop a sense of place and understand physical processes of landscape development and interrelationships between physical and human environments.This will be achieved through investigation of the topics of:

MOUNTAINS, LAKES & RIVERS COASTS ECOSYSTEMS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY & LAND USE SETTLEMENT

Each topic is explored through a combination of archive footage, succinct explanatory text, maps and quizzes. Animated diagrams are used to expand upon more complex themes such as coastal erosion and the formation of ox-bow lakes. Complementary news footage has been selected to tease out key learning outcomes and to promote debate and discussion about the conflict between social, economic and environmental needs at a local level.

Downloadable teachers’ notes provide suggested activities and schemes of work and highlight the resource’s relevance to the new KS3 Environment & Society curriculum.

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BLAST NORTHERN IRELAND • AGES 13-19

BBC Blast Northern Ireland is a project for 13-19 year olds. Working with local youth, arts and media organisations, our aim is to help young people ‘Make It For Real’ by providing exciting opportunities to get creative and uncover hidden talents. Blast workshops and events put young people in touch with industry professionals as well as allowing them access to the very latest broadcast and media technology. A wide range of creative areas are covered by Blast including film making, music, dance and journalism.

BLAST ON THE BOX TV

• Spring 2008,Tuesdays: 10.30am - 10.50am • BBC Two Northern Ireland • Producer: Emma Dunseith

The achievements of young people and the creative work which they have produced over the last year are showcased in the Blast on The Box TV series. Some highlights from the programmes also appear on the website - bbc.co.uk/ni/blast.

PROG 1 MEDIA 8 JAN 2008 • LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION - Budding young presenters get a chance to try out TV presenting and newsreading. In the BBC Newsline studios, they have a go at reading real news stories from the autocue. • SPORTS REPORTERS - A team of eleven Blast reporters are at the impressive opening event at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena using the latest broadcasting equipment to report on the Special Olympics Ireland Games.

PROG 2 MUSIC 15 JAN 2008 • MAKING MUSIC - At the AmmA Centre in Armagh three lucky bands work with music industry mentors to compose songs including music and lyrics. One band gets to shoot their own video. • CRASH PILOT - Local band Crash Pilot play an acoustic set in Londonderry’s Guildhall Square before stepping on board the Blast Truck.This programme features their live performance of Jealousy. • DJ ACADEMY - Young DJs from Portaferry put on a performance for the town’s Gala Night while the Sonic DJ Academy tutors budding mixers and scratchers.

PROG 3 FILM 22 JAN 2008 • LIL’ RED - A group of young people from the National Deaf Children’s Society work with Blast NI to make a modern version of Little Red Riding Hood. • MUSIC VIDEO - A professional film director works with young would-be film makers in Armagh to create a video for local band Attellia. Choose your favourite from the three versions on the website.

PROG 4 PERFORMANCE 29 JAN 2008 • DANCING DREAMS - A group of girls from Omagh try out some Blast Strictly Bollywood dance classes! Dance teacher and choreographer, Nisha Tandon provides expert tuition. • MONKEY BUSINESS - The Blast Truck Guerrilla Theatre Gang hit the streets where they are inflated and deflated! Confused? Watch the show to see the action. • THREE CHEERS FOR HIP-HOP - Laura Doherty busts some moves with young hip-hop hopefuls while Deborah Maguire shows young cheerleaders how it’s done.Watch the ‘dance off’ at the Truck showcase.

PROG 5 COMEDY 5 FEB 2008 • COMEDIAN CHRIS AT THE MANDELA HALL - Blast catches comedian Chris Colgan’s preparations for his performance to a huge crowd of students at Queen’s University’s Comedy Night. • BLAST FINDS A SENSE OF HUMOUR - A group of young comedy hopefuls work on perfecting their comedy writing and performance skills, assisted by Dan Gordon at the Verbal Arts Centre in Derry.

Please note - broadcast dates are correct at time of going to press but please check our website and term timetable posters closer to the time for confirmed broadcast details.

26 bbc.co.uk/ni/blast KEY STAGE 3-4

BLAST NI EVENTS

In partnership with local youth, media and arts groups, BBC Blast Northern Ireland develops a wide range of workshops and events which ensure young people take away a real feeling of achievement and an experience which many use to develop their educational and career paths. Blast NI offers the chance to ‘have a go’ and try something new or develop skills in areas including film-making, drama, dance, media and art. The workshops and events provide a fantastic learning experience and the chance to meet industry professionals. On top of all this, Blast events forge new friendships and are lots of fun!

BLAST NI ONLINE

• bbc.co.uk/ni/blast

The re-launched BBC Blast NI website is the hub for all things creative, enabling young people to interact, create, review and showcase their work. It’s also the key point of information for local Blast events, workshops and competitions.To stay on top of all the exciting events and opportunities, make Blast NI your homepage!

A new section of the website, Make it for Real, provides behind-the-scenes information about the creative industries as well as master classes, biographies and advice from industry professionals. The Message Board is another important area, where young people can share ideas seek advice and talk with their peers about art, dance, film, music and writing.

The website allows young people to express creativity through a range of interactive applications and show off talents through the showcase facility. We have a new interactive media player which houses video, imagery and audio. Content can be uploaded by individuals or as part of Blast events and workshops. There’s also a mobile section, providing information on events and competitions and a download area for graphics, wallpapers, video and ring tones to mobiles or PDAs.

THE BLAST TRUCK

In 2007, the Blast Truck will be in Belfast’s Custom House Square for the Maritime Festival.The truck will be in Belfast from Wednesday 27th June – Sunday 1st July. It will also be pulling up at Guildhall Square, Derry in the autumn.

The Blast Truck is a unique, mobile e-learning studio, offering workshops, master classes and showcases in a range of creative areas. As well as providing a range of facilities from an onboard studio to hi-tech video edit stations, there are digital cameras, video equipment, performance areas, animation and music workshops and much more, all provided with the mentoring and assistance of skilled professionals.

On board the truck, there are lots of exciting opportunities to experiment with media, performance and the arts, participate in master classes and workshops and showcase creativity.

We provide taster sessions and workshops in a range of creative skills eg DJing, animation, radio production, VJing, music, performance, dance and film making. There are opportunities for young creative people to attend master-classes and one-to-one surgeries with BBC staff, industry professionals and creative talent.

All work can be submitted to BBC Blast for online showcasing on BBC Big Screens and as part of local and national TV and radio. Creative work may also be seen on board the Truck through screenings, performances or unveilings and shared via pod/vodcasting and Bluetooth.

In 2007, the Truck will partner with creative and media organisations locally to increase our range of events and learning opportunities. Keep an eye on the Blast NI website for more details!

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A STATE APART BROADBAND

• bbc.co.uk/ni/astateapart

In 1998, BBC NI Learning made use of what was then innovative technology to produce an interactive CD-ROM as a reference resource on the history of the Troubles. This CD-ROM, entitled A State Apart chronicled the Troubles from the Civil Rights period in the late 1960s through to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, allowing the user to traverse decades of information and have instant access to five hours of audio clips; twenty-four minutes of thumbnail-sized video clips; hundreds of newspapers and photos; plus maps, QuickTime Virtual Reality panoramas, and other content features.

Now, BBC NI Learning is working on an updated version of A State Apart using today's innovative technologies to produce a broadband website intended to be the definitive archive of content covering more than forty years of the Troubles. The new broadband version will include additional material and learner-centred activities.

The chronicle will start with Terence O'Neill in 1963 and include ‘evidence’ material that charts the start of the IRA border campaign in 1956 and its failure to achieve its objective in 1962. The new site will also offer an overview of political developments following the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and conclude with the political settlement that is expected, at the time of going to press, to follow the March 07 election.

Using personal testimonies, video footage, photographs, newspapers, election results and maps, the user will be immersed in the turbulent history of Northern Ireland. The Troubles and the post-Agreement period can be viewed from the perspectives of both individual citizens and key politicians who have been prime movers in the various political developments.

We are planning that the new version will contain more than eighty hours of rich media material (including complete programmes, many unseen/unheard since original transmission) and footage from programmes such as 24 Hours,Tonight, Panorama and Nationwide. This will include over twenty-four hours of audio; almost fifty hours of Flash video; interactive Google Maps marking events, election results and thousands of deaths; complete text transcripts; and the opportunity for users to remix much of this archival material or submit some of their own content for possible inclusion in future updates. An enhanced newspaper and photograph library with thousands of scans and photos will add greater depth and context to the events covered on the site.

In addition to the vastly increased quantity of material in the updated A State Apart, the quality of content will be dramatically improved; it will extend support for users with accessibility challenges; and perhaps most importantly,the full archive will be available anytime, anywhere, to anyone who wants to explore it and learn.

This innovative site offers a new, challenging and exciting approach to students and teachers of history, placing emphasis on sources of evidence and personal perspectives.

We hope that this site will launch in late 2007/early 2008. Full details will appear in the BBC NI Learning e-Newsletter - see page 43.

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GCSE BITESIZE IRISH HISTORY • AGES 16+

• bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/gcsebitesize/history

GCSE Bitesize Irish History provides revision material for the exam area of Changing Relationships: Britain, Ireland and Northern Ireland c.1965-1985.

The site has a number of useful features: • Spider-Graph Revision Notes which allow students to learn and revise material before printing it out for reference. Key facts are presented in bullet point format which makes them easier to memorise and use in essays. These notes cover key themes including: - Terence O'Neill 1963-69 - Civil Rights - NICRA - British Army,August 1969 - Paramilitaries and Political Parties - Suspension of Stormont 1972 - Powersharing and Council of Ireland - Anglo Irish Agreement 1985

• A Timeline - this provides key historical dates and information for the period from 1962 to 1985. We started the timeline at 1962 to help put events into context. • An interactive quiz called History Makers. This gives the students mini-biographies of 21 political figures from the period and, through a Who Am I? game, allows them to match faces to names and events. • Exam Tips - useful advice and guidance for GCSE students as they prepare to sit their exams.

THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT • AGES 14 - 16+

• bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/agreement

The ‘Good Friday Agreement’ is an online resource from BBC Northern Ireland Learning which analyses the historic document that was agreed between eight Northern Ireland political parties and the British and Irish Governments at Easter 1998.

The website introduces the user to the constituent parts of this document covering such topics as constitutional issues, equality and rights, policing and justice, society, economy, culture and reconciliation.

Users can explore the institutions and issues of the Agreement through the eyes of politicians, community workers, victims, journalists and academics, as well as accessing secondary sources drawn from newspapers and academic journals, and an audio library where commentators and academics discuss aspects of the Agreement.

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THE PLANTATION OF ULSTER • AGES 16+

• bbc.co.uk/history/british/plantation

Northern Ireland’s religious and political conflict can be traced to the 17th century Plantation of Ulster when English and Scottish Protestants settled on land confiscated from the Gaelic Irish. The BBC NI Learning Plantation website presents Gaelic Ireland before the Plantation as well as taking a detailed look at the impact of the English and Scottish planters, the role of the London Companies, and the overall course and effects of the Plantation.

The website includes a section on the American connection drawing comparisons between the settlement in Ulster and the settlement in Jamestown,Virginia. There are also chapters on the religious legacy and the unique architecture of the Plantation period, as well as features on cartographers, Ulster-Scots, bardic poetry and the sacking of Tully Castle in 1641. A rich audio narrative brings to life the 1620 Thomas Raven maps of the lands belonging to the London Companies and the site is further enhanced by an audio gallery and pictures which illustrate the Plantation period.

THE EASTER RISING • AGES 16+

• bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising

This online history documents the 1916 Easter Rising and the War of Independence that followed in 1919 - 21, both of which transformed the political landscape in Ireland. The site is divided into three sections.

• The first gives the historical backdrop to the period, introducing Redmond’s Home Rule campaign and Ulster Unionists’ resistance to it. • The second section deals with the 1916 Insurrection itself which occurred when Britain and Ireland were at war with Germany. • The final part of the website deals with the aftermath and how the Rising brought about a renewed interest in an independent Ireland.

Essays, photographs, a sound archive, music and newspapers from the period help put this historical period in context, while Dr Garret FitzGerald, whose parents were with Pearse in the GPO, offers his own historical perspective of the Rising.

Other features include a section on the rebel song tradition, a radio and press archive and a gallery.

30 bbc.co.uk/ni/learning/history KEY STAGE 3-4

GCSE BITESIZE IRISH LANGUAGE • AGES 14 - 16+

• bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/gcsebitesize/irish

Following the success of the Bitesize Language sites for French, German and Spanish, BBC Northern Ireland has produced a similar resource for students studying GCSE Irish.

The Irish Language Bitesize site provides invaluable revision and testing material for Key Stage 4 students and covers the four skills of Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing at both Foundation and Higher level.

LISTENING Foundation offers Revise and Test material on the following themes: my house / hobbies and interests / school / car accident. Higher has Revise and Test material on careers / booking a holiday / complaints / travel and holidays / a fishing accident.

READING Foundation offers Revise and Test material on the following themes: eating out / pen pals / holiday, health and daily routine. Higher has Revise and Test material on town & country / the litter problem in Ireland / mobile phones / the Special Olympics / the Frankie Kennedy Winter School.

SPEAKING Foundation offers Revise and Test material on self, family & friends / hobbies & interests / school, holidays, home life and daily routine / role plays on shopping & health / a presentation on Peter Canavan. Higher has Revise and Test material on town & countryside / An Ghaeltacht / part-time work - and a role play on health.

WRITING Foundation offers Revise and Test material on school life / description of a new friend / a postcard / description of an event / a job application. Higher has Revise and Test material on school & future plans / my area / holidays / a road accident / a letter of complaint.

The material is written by teachers who understand what students must know for GCSE Irish. Each revision theme is followed by questions allowing students to check their own progress. The site is enriched with printable resources and audio files of native Irish speakers.

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JOURNEY TO THE TITANIC

• bbc.co.uk/ni/titanic

In August 2005, BBC Newsline correspondent Mike McKimm travelled on the Russian research ship, The Keldysh to a location in the North Atlantic. From there, he travelled two and half miles down in a MIR submarine into the freezing, pitch black waters on a mission to lay a plaque at the wreck of the Titanic. Mike’s reports were featured on BBC Newsline over a series of nights, and then were turned into a half hour programme entitled A Journey To Remember.

BBC NI Learning has now created a new Titanic website for all the family. Users will take the same journey and discover the science and technology behind this unique dive.This learning journey will take them from the shores of Newfoundland out into the Atlantic and down to where the wreck of the once great liner lies, in a journey told using exclusive, never-before-broadcast footage from Mike’s original voyage.

This includes extensive video of the Titanic taken from the MIR showing key sections of the ship including the engines, mast, bow and first class entrance as well as the still-intact windows on the main deck.

They will discover important facts about the dangers inherent in diving to these extreme depths, the problems navigating round the wreck and why the remains could disappear completely as bacteria in the water reacts with the metal to shroud the ship in what are known as ‘rusticles.’

ONLINE EDIT TOOL Users will be able to create their own video projects using the exclusive footage on this site. An online edit tool will enable them to assemble a narrative from selected clips and add music and captions to their creations.

MOBILE DOWNLOADS A range of assets from the site will be available as mobile downloads including video clips,audio,stills and wallpaper.

INTERACTIVE QUIZZES Learners will have the option to test their knowledge as they progress by taking part in timed interactive quizzes.

MORE BBC TITANIC FOOTAGE Users will be able to access a range of footage from the BBC Archive which highlights the parallels between this journey and the maiden voyage of the doomed liner.

It is planned that this site will be launched in May 2007.

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WILLIAM III • AGES 16+

• bbc.co.uk/ni/learning/william

SO YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW KING BILLY? In Northern Ireland, King Billy is celebrated annually by the Orange Order and invariably reviled by the Catholic community. Yet despite the annual adulation from the Order, knowledge of the man does not usually stretch beyond the fact that he defeated King James at the Battle of the Boyne. Did you know that he set up the Bank of England and favoured the promotion of political and religious tolerance? Depending on your politics, this very complex man has been reduced to either a one-dimensional Protestant hero or a sectarian bigot.

The BBC Northern Ireland Learning website,William III endeavours to set the record straight by presenting a comprehensive overview of the life and times of this monarch who left an indelible mark on the Ulster Protestant imagination.

The site mimics the style of a tabloid newspaper at the surface, with a broadsheet section at a secondary level. The idea behind the tabloid format is to make history accessible by providing three or four digestible facts in a short, readable article. Users who want more depth can click on the broadsheet article for a more considered view of the same theme. The site includes activities such as a history quiz, a 1689 Coronation slide show, a timeline and an animated cartoon activity reflecting children’s wonderfully innocent descriptions of King Billy.

You can follow William’s journey from the Netherlands to England and trace the steps his army took as they made their way to London in 1688. Did you know that Londoners who braved a cold and wet December day to welcome him, were not amused when they discovered he had avoided the crowds by taking the back route to the palace? Once you have digested the facts surrounding his invasion of England, you can move to the section on Ireland and discover the places where William stopped off during his short military campaign here.

The site offers the user an opportunity to explore the world of King William across sixteen chapter headings. You can explore his political campaigns and also his life as a soldier. What kind of King was he? – find out in the section on his reign. What about William and religion? You may be surprised by what you learn! The site explores the use of propaganda at the time, and also looks at William’s relationships with England, Scotland, Ireland, Europe and the Netherlands.

If you turn to ‘The Back Page’ you can try a quiz, fill in the online crossword or be entertained by the legendary comic actor James Young as he pokes some gentle fun at King Billy.

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BBC NI CLIPS LIBRARY

• bbc.co.uk/ni/learning/clips

With the roll-out of the Revised Curriculum for Northern Ireland underway, local teachers need resources that reflect the needs and interests of pupils and which are relevant to pupils’ present and future lives.

To that end, BBC NI Learning is launching a Clips Library at the beginning of 2008 which will give quick, easy access to video and audio clips on topics relevant to the Northern Ireland Curriculum.

Many of our BBC NI Learning websites already offer a wealth of clips within online resources for history, geography, politics, citizenship and the environment. The new Library will gather this rich pool of clips into one easily searchable database.

And it won’t stop there. This will be an organic online resource with new, relevant clips being added regularly in response to requests and feedback from teachers and learners.

We are keen to hear from you about the kind of clips which would be useful. Our contact details are at the back of this booklet.

GET WRITING NI

• bbc.co.uk/ni/learning/getwritingni

Get Writing NI is an online resource for would-be writers in Northern Ireland and for those with local connections. Writers can send in their poems and short stories and have an opportunity to publish their work on the Writers’ Showcase.

An initiative showcasing the work of local writers’ groups is very popular. If you are a tutor or a member of a Northern Ireland writers’ group, please contact the Get Writing NI team at bbc.co.uk/ni/learning/getwritingni/writersgroups. Groups are often inspired by the experience of writing, submitting and then seeing their work on the site: it also encourages them to keep writing!

Get Writing NI runs a number of competitions each year inviting entries from new writers and from regular contributors.Visitors to the website can access our competition page which provides details of BBC-wide writing competitions and links to other literary events and competitions.

The Get Writing NI website also features a Writing Home section where visitors can learn more about four of Northern Ireland’s well-known writers: CS Lewis, Bernard MacLaverty, Brian Moore and Louis MacNeice. These detailed profiles give a deeper sense of the local influences that shaped these authors; and visitors can access the video clip archive to watch the writers talking about, or reading, their own work.

Get Writing NI links to Study Ireland: Poetry, a website that was designed to support a local television series presented by Belfast novelist, Glenn Patterson. The series features a wide range of contemporary poetic voices such as Seamus Heaney, Michael Longley and Maedbh McGuckian.

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COLIN AND CUMBERLAND

• bbc.co.uk/ni/colinandcumberland

Colin and Cumberland is an animated project created as a co-production between BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. It aims to give the 18+ age group a taster of a local native language - in this case, Irish. Hapless Colin and his pompous sausage dog, Cumberland, are two animated characters who 'star' in the project along with the other residents of Aberant. They made their first TV appearance in 2005 in a series of ten short, animated television programmes designed to entertain and amuse but, above all, stimulate the viewer to visit the Colin and Cumberland website and learn key Irish phrases.

Pedigree pooch Cumberland has been spoilt by his owner, Granny Frannie, who spends every penny of her dwindling fortune on him. When Granny Frannie dies, her house, her beloved dog and vast pile of debt is left to her estranged grandson, Colin. Colin seizes on his inheritance with gusto and moves into his new home in Aberant, a village where many of the people speak Irish. But his legacy is not a rescue remedy; the house is old and crumbling, the dog is hostile and the bills are soaring.

Colin needs a job and fast. So when he hears the local radio station, Radio Rant FM needs a DJ, he rushes to apply, dragging Cumberland with him.After a successful job interview with the drunken Station Manager, Desmond, Colin is handed the mike and left to his first broadcast. Only then does he realise there’s a catch: the slot is in Irish and Colin doesn’t speak the language. Just as he’s leaving, he’s stopped in his tracks… a mellifluous voice greets the listeners in Irish. Colin turns to see – Cumberland can speak! And not only that, he speaks Irish!

From now on, they can survive: but they need each other.Cumberland is Colin’s interpreter and radio voice, while Colin is Cumberland’s meal ticket. But, being so totally opposite in personality and taste, life is never going to be a smooth ride. All this is set against a backdrop of quirky characters like Frankie, the dippy shopkeeper; estranged couple Prue and Des; Allen the garage attendant who keeps on being abducted by aliens; Betty the tetchy neighbour who hates Colin; and Merv and Dave, the insufferably cheery joggers who turn up at the strangest moments. Aberant is a weird place – familiar, yet bizarre.

The key component to Colin and Cumberland is an engaging website - bbc.co.uk/ni/colinandcumberland - packed with a variety of games and fun language-learning techniques.The project is aimed at those who have previously been nervous about learning a whole new language, but it is also a valuable resource for people who have just started Irish language courses, particularly those lacking confidence. This is not a structured language course: the content is elementary – greetings, ordering drinks, asking personal questions etc. The website’s language content is graded and progresses from single words and phrases to more structured patterns. Success in the games depends on correct interpretation or use of language content, but the aim is to concentrate the user’s mind on enjoyment of the game rather than overt language learning.

Colin and Cumberland enjoyed themselves so much in 2005 that they made a return visit to the screen in 2006 with a further ten programmes. To keep their loyal online audience happy too, Colin and Cumberland took part in the intriguing case of 'The Beast Of Aberant' - a series of interactive learning games permanently available on the BBC website.

For 2007, the duo decided to make a further eleven TV programmes - probably to bring in some extra income for Cumberland who has incredibly expensive tastes and a rather inflated ego having now won many awards from the Celtic Film & TV Festival and BAFTA.

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LEARNING TEA-BREAK (THE BABY SISTER OF WORKING LUNCH!)

• Spring 2008,Tuesdays: 11.00am - 11.20am • BBC Radio Ulster MW 1341 • Producer: Etta Halliday

• bbc.co.uk/ni/learning/teabreak

• Wary about online shopping? • Got the digital camera, but still not sure how to print your photos? • Inherited a clogged up computer from the children? • Worried about viruses? • Need to make the text and icons bigger? • Happy to email your news, but frustrated you can’t add the photo? • Fancy a bit of (computer) spring cleaning? • Like to brush up your skills?

Everyone has a few gaps in their knowledge and we mean everyone. We’d love you to listen in as we talk others through a few basic skills – who knows, you may pick up a few tricks yourself!

We’re offering a term’s worth of tips to help you brush up your IT skills and be inspired to try something new.

It’s not all about computers though; jargon-busting is on the menu as are a few quick guides through some of the issues of the day, helping all of us get to grips with the background to the top talking points. We’ll also be sharing learning stories from others.

From Tuesday 8th January 2008, join John Toal every Tuesday morning at 11.00am on BBC Radio Ulster (1341 MW) and online on bbc.co.uk/ni/learning/teabreak. We’ll help you sharpen up your computer skills and let you eavesdrop as local celebrities book in for a lesson.

It’s snack sized learning….. for grown-ups. (Bring your own tea or coffee!)

36 bbc.co.uk/ni/learning/teabreak LEARNING FOR ALL

BLUEPRINT

• bbc.co.uk/ni/blueprint

BBC NI is undertaking one of its most ambitious factual quests ever. Blueprint aims to use all our media platforms to trace the origins of this island from the dawn of time to the present day. Over the course of three television programmes; a similar series of radio programmes; online interactive activities; podcasts and mobile downloads for narrated walks; and community outreach with the BBC Bus, our audiences will be invited to discover the spectacular changes in our local landscape, our plants, our animals, and of course, ourselves.

Backed by clever animations and computer graphics to illustrate the story, and making use of a panel of scientific advisors and experts drawn from Museums to Universities, from North to South, and from Geology to Genetics, Blueprint will explore the ancient layers of our natural environment and introduce audiences to 450 million years of wonders that helped shape how, what, where, when, and why we are who we are today.

Some people may know that this island once hosted volcanoes, deserts, ice ages, jungles, and coral seas, bears, elk, and Barbary apes, but not all will know that Northern Ireland and the Republic were once separate landmasses... or where to go to see the evidence.

As well as searching for hidden evidence of our shared history, we also hope to explore evidence that stares us all in the face in the mirror, with testing and profiling to help explore our genetic blueprint and aid our understanding of what makes me me and you you.

Blueprint represents a novel approach to the multi-platform world for BBC NI, and we hope that no matter how familiar people think they are with their local story, audiences will learn, be amazed, and find something unique in each aspect of Blueprint.

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BBC Northern Ireland has a range of community-based projects and campaigns running all year. The term 'community' refers not only to geographical communities but also to groups who have shared interests such as the Farming community. Here’s a flavour of what the Communities and Campaigns team are up to…

THE BBC BUS

• bbc.co.uk/ni/bus

The BBC Bus connects BBC Northern Ireland to the audience in a unique way, offering access to the BBC and providing a voice and the opportunity to develop new skills.

The Bus team invites people to record stories about issues that affect their lives. These stories provide content for broadcast on BBC Online, Radio and Television in the form of interviews, live inserts, vox pops and radio packages.

The Bus also provides a range of specialist training for community groups including IT taster courses in everything from basic internet and email skills to desktop publishing. We also deliver one and two day workshops in radio production, web development and digital photography. Video production workshops will also be available on board soon!

The aim of these workshops is to provide individuals with the skills to create their own content in the format of photographs, audio and soon video content for their own community and also possibly for BBC websites such as the BBC Bus website or Video Nation.

Prior to each visit, one of the team will visit your site and discuss learning outcomes and objectives for your visit – this means that we can tailor tasters / workshops to suit your group.

The Bus can facilitate five people using the computers and four or five people using the Bus studio at any one time.

To discuss a potential visit, contact the Community Producer on 028 9033 8207 or email: [email protected].

The BBC Bus also plays an important part in delivering social action campaigns and facilitating a wide range of BBC Northern Ireland projects. See the following pages for more information.

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RAW

• bbc.co.uk/ni/raw

BBC RaW is the BBC’s biggest-ever literacy campaign: it launched in October 2005 and runs for three years with TV, radio, online, publishing and on-the-ground activity.

RaW is targeted at the 12.1 million UK adults who have ‘intermediate’ reading skills (Entry Level 3, Level 1). These adults can read and write but couldn’t pass a GCSE in English; they ‘get by’ but don’t feel confident and often experience practical difficulties

Reading and writing with confidence can change people’s lives: going for a promotion, getting that job, feeling confident about reading with the children, helping the kids at school, filling out forms with confidence, accessing services and benefits, keeping in contact with friends or just feeling happier with their own abilities. Reading for pleasure, writing for fun.

Research shows that people in this audience group are generally busy people who didn’t like school, and don’t like the idea of going on a course, so RaW offers another way in. RaW provides an informal space for the audience to engage with reading and writing, making it relevant, practical and above all fun. RaW asks the audience to take small steps towards learning by:

• Phoning the freephone number - confidential one-on-one professional advice from qualified literacy advisors. • Going online - fun ways to improve literacy skills: quizzes, celebrities, book extracts and recommendations. • Picking up one of the RaW resources - eg RaW magazine, EastEnders comedy DVD - or going to a RaW quiz. • Visiting a RaW centre – the RaW campaign is supported by nearly 6000 RaW centres around the UK. These centres, which include libraries, community centres, pubs, prisons and football clubs, help recruit learners and deliver informal learning around reading and writing.

Through these entry points, RaW engages people with reading and writing in a fun, relevant, non-threatening way. And once people are engaged, RaW can help them move on to formal learning - if it’s right for them.

In Autumn 2006, RaW launched the Family Learning phase. It is estimated that 50% of the RaW target audience have children and research shows that wanting to support their children is a big motivator for parents to improve their own literacy.

Storytelling is a natural territory for the BBC – telling stories is what the BBC does best and something parents find very attractive and children love.

For parents who may not feel confident in telling stories to their children or who don’t know how to begin, there is a wonderful Family Pack - Max and Lara’s Amazing Travelling Space Circus. This free resource helps develop better reading and writing skills and can be enjoyed by parents and children together.

You can order your FREE pack by calling freephone 0800 150 950 or by texting ‘RaW’ to 81010.

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STORYFINDERS

• www.storyfinders.co.uk

Interested in producing your own website, film or radio feature? BBC Northern Ireland is offering you the opportunity to do all three.

Story Finders is an exciting project which will enable you to create content for the internet, radio and television. You will have the opportunity to develop a range of skills including recording and editing audio and video, developing interview techniques, manipulating images for the web and of course, identifying and relating a good story.

The project will run until June 2008 and equipment, training, support and guidance will be provided to six Story Finders groups (one in each county) throughout the life of this project.

You don’t have to be a member of a group to get involved. Story Finders group members will be passing on the skills they have learned to others so that everyone has the opportunity to share their own stories. Each group will also be creating a website which will belong to their community and where you can get involved in telling stories from your local area.

Six Story Finders centres, one in each county, will hold events and workshops, and act as an information point for Story Finders.

If you are keen to acquire or develop your media skills, join a group or share a story, then visit the Story Finders website at www.storyfinders.co.uk to find out more.

The Story Finders project is funded by BBC Northern Ireland, the Department of Finance and Personnel and BT, with support from NICVA.

VIDEO NATION

• bbc.co.uk/videonation

Video Nation is a project that enables members of the public to produce short videos for the web.These short films reflect everyday life in all its rich diversity. It's an opportunity to share your views and experiences with others, to talk directly to both local and national audiences and to add your videos to the growing online archive of everyday life.

The project has been running at UK level for a number of years and this year we want to create a dedicated Northern Ireland Video Nation site. If you are interested in taking part, please contact Martina Chapman on 028 9033 8926 or email [email protected].

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BREATHING PLACES

• bbc.co.uk/breathingplaces

WHAT IS BBC BREATHING PLACES? The BBC launched its Breathing Places campaign during 2005’s hugely popular ‘Springwatch with Bill Oddie’ series. Breathing Places is a four year joint project between the BBC and its partners which will inspire one million people to transform our landscape by creating breathing places for people and wildlife. Breathing Places include gardens, school grounds, wild play areas for kids, community forests, business green spaces, roadsides, parks and green corridors linking these spaces together.

Breathing Places is core to the BBC’s commitment to build public value by working in new and innovative ways with partners to connect communities and inspire participation.

BBC BREATHING PLACES CITIES The BBC aims to launch up to 15 cities as Breathing Places Cities in June 2007, with big events across the country. Each city is committing to a year of wild action – inspiring people in the area to get involved in transforming the city by doing one thing for wildlife. This will include promoting opportunities for people to volunteer to work with partners.

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE The Reading Agency runs the annual Summer Reading Challenge for 4-11 year olds. It’s the nation’s biggest promotion of children’s reading and keeps children reading for enjoyment and using their library in the long summer break from school. The Summer Reading Challenge 2007 is The Big Wild Read and dovetails with Breathing Places by inspiring thousands of children to read books over the summer.

EXPLORE THE NATURE OF BRITAIN The new Alan Titchmarsh landmark series, The Nature of Britain, will air on BBC One in Autumn 2007. The programmes feature ‘hands on’ projects across the UK - and Alan encourages viewers to get out and explore nature on their doorsteps.

PLANT A TREE Autumnwatch will be encouraging people to get involved in Tree Planting in November. We are hoping to link into tree planting activity that is already planned, as well as working with our partners to create a number of new events.

BBC BREATHING PLACES: ONLINE There is a long term ambition within the BBC to bring together UK wildlife content created throughout the BBC, on the web.There will be multiple entry points into this content - eg through Where I Live sites, BBC Search, and branded gateways such as Springwatch. Breathing Places will have its own gateway, but will also be integrated throughout UK online wildlife content, offering opportunities for people to get involved.

The BBC Breathing Places area will have a number of features including a new database. We are also currently working in partnership with Natural England to create a new way of presenting places and events – due to be launched in the autumn.

BBC BREATHING PLACES: SCHOOLS Working in partnership across the sector, the RSPB will draw together resources to support and engage schools in creating wildlife friendly spaces in school grounds.

BBC BREATHING PLACES: LIBRARIES Libraries have been a key partner since the start of the project. Over 3500 libraries across the UK are providing information and support to people wishing to engage in Breathing Places. Many have been promoting book collections and a number have run events linked to the Breathing Places theme.

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• bbc.co.uk/ni/healthyminds

Everybody knows that to stay physically healthy we should eat properly, exercise and drink plenty of water – but what do you do to stay mentally healthy? This website looks at the importance of approaching your mental health in the same manner that you approach your physical health.

Take a mental work out in the Mind Gym with our stress-busting games and quizzes, or download the Just a Thought screensaver. In the Mood-Booster section you can check out how some personalities stay in good shape mentally and add your own tips.

There’s lots of information on mental wellbeing at home, at school, at work and at leisure and real stories from real people about how they coped with difficult times.There is also a full list of local support services. It’s all at bbc.co.uk/ni/healthyminds.

• bbc.co.uk/ni/mindyourself

Because of a lack of help-seeking behaviour, men in Northern Ireland are six times more likely than women to die from treatable illnesses. Our Men’s Health website is especially designed to encourage men in Northern Ireland to take their health a bit more seriously. It is packed with games, quizzes and information on everything men want to know about their health but are afraid to ask! Check out bbc.co.uk/ni/mindyourself.

• bbc.co.uk/ni/nohome

This website features user-generated content in the form of stories, poems and short films by local people illustrating their experiences of being homeless. The site includes an audio diary by a BBC reporter who spent a night on the streets of Belfast. For more information, visit bbc.co.uk/ni/nohome.

42 bbc.co.uk/ni/communities.shtml BROADCAST INFORMATION AND BUYING CDs

BBC Northern Ireland Learning produces resources on radio, television and online.

RADIO - all programmes are broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster MW 1341 (873, Enniskillen) on Tuesdays between 11.05am and 12 noon.

TELEVISION - BBC Two Northern Ireland ONLINE - bbc.co.uk/ni/learning

Our schools radio programmes are available to purchase on pre-recorded CDs, at cost-price. For further details, please visit bbc.co.uk/schoolradio and click on 'How To Order'. Alternatively, you can call BBC Schools Broadcast Recordings on 0870 127 2272.

SCHOOLS HOMEPAGE

The BBC NI Schools homepage has been redesigned to coincide with the launch of the new Northern Ireland Curriculum. The new design and structure facilitates easier access to learning content that is relevant and useful to teachers and pupils. All our schools' resources have been organised and referenced against current and new curricular subjects. The easy to use Teachers’ Resources section provides a breakdown of available resources by key stage, medium, subject and skills. All archive material has been categorised and mapped to new curricular Learning Areas and Skills and Capabilities. Links and downloads have been provided to guide teachers through the implementation of the new curriculum.

Categorised games and schedule pages provide alternative navigation to schools' resources. Users can also explore the rich library of media using the new search by tag facility.

TERM TIMETABLES AND EMAIL NEWSLETTER

At the start of each term, we produce an A3 poster giving full details of exactly what’s on for schools in Northern Ireland. This poster is mailed to all NI schools as well as libraries, Education & Library Boards and Teachers’ Centres. If you would like to receive your own copy, please email your name and address to Laura Spence ([email protected]) and ask to be added to the timetable mailing list.

Each month we produce a BBC NI Learning E-Newsletter with details of what's on, what's new and what's coming up. We highlight each month's broadcasts on radio and television, and also feature different learning resources from our portfolio. This FREE bulletin is sent to your inbox on the first day of each month.

To sign-up, just visit our homepage - bbc.co.uk/ni/learning.

REQUEST A VISIT

Here at BBC Northern Ireland Learning, we like to keep in touch with you. Our Learning Marketing Executive, Laura Spence, visits many organisations across Northern Ireland, presenting our radio, television and online resources, answering your questions, and collecting feedback for producers.

Presentations are tailored according to your specific needs and can either provide a general overview of our learning resources, or be more specific - for example, looking at a particular subject area or campaign. Prior to any visit, we will contact you by telephone to find out what would be most helpful for you and to arrange a convenient date and time for the presentation.

If you or your organisation would like a visit from the Learning Marketing Executive, please telephone 028 9033 8435 or email [email protected] This booklet is available in PDF format on our website bbc.co.uk/ni/learning where you can also request additional copies.

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