Something to Think About Summer 2016
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School Radio Something to Think About Summer 2016 Podcasts and downloads These programmes are available as downloads or podcasts for 60 days following transmission. Further information at the Podcasts page of the website: www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/podcasts Ben Faulks - presents Something to Think About Age: 5 - 7 Audio on demand on the BBC iPlayer Radio Contents Programmes are also available from the BBC iPlayer Radio (for 5 years) following transmission. Introduction 2 Refer to the transmission dates below to find out when programmes are available as downloads / Planning chart 4 audio on demand. Unit 1: The environment 5 1. Caring for the environment 5 Something to Think About on Podcast / AOD begins 26/04/16 the School Radio website 2. Respecting the environment 6 Podcast / AOD begins 03/05/16 These Teacher’s Notes are primarily intended for print. The content can also be found on the 3. The great outdoors 8 Something to Think About pages of the website, Podcast / AOD begins 10/05/16 which also includes additional content, such Summer of sport - the Olympics 9 as online versions of focus images which can Podcast / AOD begins 17/05/16 be displayed on your IWB or computer while listening. Go to: Unit 2: Fire! Fire! 11 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03g64pf 5. London’s burning 11 Podcast / AOD begins 31/05/16 Teacher’s Notes by Rachel Boxer 6. Fetch the engines 12 Podcast / AOD begins 07/06/16 © This publication may be copied or reproduced Unit 3: Summer celebrations 14 for use in schools and colleges without further 7. Midsummer’s Day 14 permission. Podcast / AOD begins 14/06/16 8. Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr 15 Podcast / AOD begins 21/06/16 NB. The programme titles in these Notes have been hyperlinked so that you can easily access the programme pages online, including the mp3 downloads, if you are connected to the internet. School Radio www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio © BBC 2016 School Radio Introduction Before the programme: Creating the right listening conditions: These Teacher’s Notes include: It’s important that the children can all hear comfortably. • a planning grid with details of the songs Make sure that the loud speakers are at the right height • a suggested object for visual focus including weblinks facing the children (preferably a child’s ear height) and to images that the volume is comfortable for them all. Arrange the seating so that none of the children is too far away from • pre-programme preparation ideas the speakers and that any child with special hearing • programme content breakdown needs is in a good position. You may find that sitting in a semi-circle or in short lines facing one another with the • related activities speakers in the middle is best. Experiment and find the • weblinks for supporting resources (eg images for formation that works best for you and your class. visual focus) Creating the right atmosphere: Where to listen: It will help everyone to concentrate if you prepare a visual focus. A focus object has been suggested for each These programmes are suitable to use as part of either programme in these notes. Some suggestions for images school or class assembly. from the web have also been included. This can be used for discussion and preparation - particularly important if Using the series: you feel some aspect of the story is going to be unfamiliar to your group. You may like to listen straight through, with discussion at the beginning and end or listen in sections, pausing for You may want to create a special atmosphere by playing discussion as you go. music or altering seating and lighting to let the children know that this is a different type of activity and prepare Alternatively you may choose to use only one section them to listen and take part. of the programme at a time and spread the material out over several sessions in a week. For example you may Songs: wish to revisit the story and reflection or sing the song a second time or at the end of the day. The songs for this term are split between the collection Come and Praise Beginning and All Participation: about our school. All the songs from All about our school can be found online here. Make sure you join in yourself with the listening and the singing. The children will observe your response and it During the programme: will influence the way they perceive the programme. Stop the programme if the children seem to want to respond Getting ready to listen: or become restless. Encourage the children to sing the songs, which have been chosen to be easy to sing and Show the children the visual focus. Can they guess learn. During the programme the presenter will help the what the programme is about? You may also like to use children join in. If they have difficulty, join in with part of the ‘Before the programme’ section in these notes to the song (for example, the chorus or refrain) and listen or encourage the children to think about the theme. tap hands or toes to the rest! Thinking about the story: All the stories provide opportunities for discussion. You may wish to talk further about the issues raised during the session, at a later time or even through the week. 2 School Radio www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio © BBC 2016 School Radio School Radio A time to reflect: After the programme: Using this part of the programme ensures that the There are some ideas for optional related activities legal requirements for Collective Worship are met. for following up the programme content. Collective Worship is also a significant contributor to pupils’ Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural Podcasts/Downloads: development, which is evaluated by Ofsted during inspections (Ofsted Inspection Handbook, July These programmes are available to subscribe to 2014). as podcasts or downloads for a limited period following transmission. This means that you can Encourage the children to stop and be still during download each programme (for free) as an mp3 the reflection / prayer times of the programmes. If file, for playback either from a computer or from at first they are not sure how to respond, stop the an mp3 player, such as an iPod. If you subscribe programme and settle them down. They may like to the series your computer will automatically to shut their eyes or look at the focus object. You search for each new episode when you connect might like to light a candle for this special time, to the internet, ensuring that you never miss a which will gradually become a visual cue that the programme. reflection part of the programme is happening. Programmes are also available as audio on Allow the children time to get used to the quiet demand, ‘streamed’ from the School Radio and then turn the programme on again. Sitting website or from the BBC iPlayer Radio. Go to: quietly and thinking may be a very unfamiliar concept to some children. Allow them time to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03g64pf become accustomed to this, maybe over a period of weeks. Meanwhile encourage them to sit quietly Feedback: and respect the people around them who would like to listen / reflect / pray. Your feedback is important to us and helps to shape the series. Letters, drawings and poems As part of the reflection sections of the prog- from the children are particularly welcome. rammes, children are guided through some things that they might be thankful for and then given the Please use the Contact us link from the School opportunity in the quietness to turn their thoughts Radio website or write to us at: into their own prayer if they would like to. This creates maximum flexibility for children from all BBC School Radio faiths, or none, to be able to participate in the 3rd Floor Bridge House act of collective worship, while ensuring that the MediaCityUK opportunity for prayer is maintained. Manchester M50 2BH If you would like to, you could also pause the programme at this point to create more time for [email protected] children to pray, if this is what they are used to. There is an optional prayer for each programme included within these Teacher’s Notes. Thinking about what’s been heard: Go through the main points of the programme again at the end (the programme contents section of theses Notes may help). There are some suggested questions you may like to ask the children. What do they remember? What are their ideas? There are further ideas to help with this on the programme pages of these notes. 3 School Radio www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio © BBC 2016 School Radio www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio © BBC 2016 School Radio Planning grid including the songs in each programme Title Song Themes Unit 1: The environment 1. Caring for the ‘All things bright and The beauty of the natural world; the 150th environment beautiful’ - Come and anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter; Praise - song 3 her work to preserve the Lake District 2. Respecting the ‘By brother son’ - Come Floods caused by extreme weather; environment and Praise - song 78 overcoming a major challenge; community spirit 3. The great out- ‘While we live we learn’ Enjoying the outdoors; being physically doors - All about our school - active; the health benefits of exercise and song 3 spending time outdoors 4. Summer of sport ‘Got a bit better’ - All Looking forward to the Olympic and - the Olympic about our school - song Paralympic Games in Brazil; setting your- and Paralympic 11 self goals; the story of the very first mara- Games thon run Unit 2: Fire! Fire! 5.