40 x 10-minute programmes on a double-disc When the school space bus breaks down, Sam and Amber find refuge on Junketir, a strange planet deep in space. The children soon learn that an understanding of maths is essential to solving the challenges they encounter during their adventures. They enlist help from Lisa, the space ferry pilot, eccentric Uncle Zak and a group of robotic helpers the Wattbots. This animated series is designed to develop mathematical skills and confidence, while demonstrating that maths can be fun. Each programme consists of an animation sequence that highlights one maths problem within a self-contained story. This is complemented by a section that uses animation and graphics to further illustrate the same maths focus and make it more explicit. Curriculum Connections Numbers and the Number System Measures, Shape and Space Calculations Solving Problems Handling Data Features  Includes 4 Activity Books and 4 Teachers' Guide embedded on DVDs. DVDs offer greater flexibility and control, making them easy to incorporate into your lessons Can be used on computers with DVD-Rom drives and ideal for use on interactive whiteboards The DVD is fully searchable, allowing you to go straight to what you need without cueing Fully subtitled PC and Mac compatible Disc 1: Ages 7–8 Part 1 Numbers and the Number System 1 1. Reading and writing whole numbers to 1,000 2. Ordering whole numbers to 1,000 3. Knowing what each digit in a 3-digit number represents 4. Counting on and back in tens from 2-digit and 3-digit numbers 5. Counting on and back in hundreds from 2-digit and 3-digit numbers 6. Recognising and using unit fractions 7. Recognising and using equivalent fractions Measures, Shape and Space 1 8. Using units of time (seconds, minutes and hours) and knowing the relationship between them 9. Identifying lines of symmetry in simple shapes 10. Identifying and using right angles Part 2 Calculations 1 11. Knowing by heart the addition facts for 15 12. Knowing by heart the addition facts for 20 13. Understanding division as grouping and sharing 14. Understanding that division is the inverse of multiplication 15. Knowing by heart the facts for the 2-, 5- and 10-times tables Solving Problems 1 16. Choosing and using appropriate operations to solve word problems (measures) 17. Choosing and using appropriate operations to solve word problems (number puzzles) 18. Solving a problem that includes sorting dates Handling Data 1 19. Solving a problem by organising and interpreting numerical data in a table 20. Solving a problem by organising and interpreting numerical data in a bar chart Disc 2: Ages 8–9 Part 3 Numbers and the Number System 2 21. Using symbols correctly, including less than (<) and equals (=) 22. Rounding any 3-digit number to the nearest 10 23. Rounding any 3-digit number to the nearest 100 24. Using decimal notation, knowing what each digit in a decimal fraction represents 25. Recognising the equivalence between simple fractions and decimals Measures, Shape and Space 2 26. Knowing and using the relationships between familiar units of length 27. Knowing and using the relationships between familiar units of mass 28. Solving a simple measures problem involving proportion 29. Knowing and naming 2-D and 3-D shapes 30. Visualising 3-D shapes from 2-D drawings Part 4 Handling Data 2 31. Solving a problem by collecting, organising, representing and interpreting data in a pictogram 32. Solving a problem by collecting, organising, representing and interpreting data in a bar chart Calculations 2 33. Using known number facts and place value to add mentally 34. Using known number facts and place value to subtract mentally 35. Carrying out column addition of two 3-digit numbers 36. Carrying out column subtraction of two 3-digit numbers 37. Finding remainders after division Solving Problems 2 38. Solving a real-life problem using reading the time from clocks 39. Solving mathematical problems and puzzles 40. Solving a real-life problem involving planning a route

1 x 70-minute 1 x 50-minute programmes History Through the Media DVD Compilation from Channel 4's acclaimed History in Action series examining major historical events in the Late Modern era using two different types of primary historical sources: newspapers and amatuer film footage. History Through the Media draws on unrivalled film archive presenting historical events in a critical context, seeking to challenge the 'one view' interpretation of history. What the Papers Said Students learn history through the press coverage of significant domestic and international events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, specially news reports, editorial opinions and readers' letters. Curriculum Connections 20th century world history A study of war and society Modern studies The Chartists The Great Exhibition Women in Revolt The Great War Russian Revolution Treaty of Versailles The General Strike The Home Front Through Home Movies Unique and largely unseen amatuer film footage, show how ordinary people recorded everyday life in Britain and Germany during the war years 1939-1945.  Featuring eyewitness testimonies, a variety of perspectives of the Second World War are presented through recollections of people on both sides. Curriculum Connections 20th century world history A study of war and society Modern studies The Children's War Blitz Resistance Work and Play Victory and Defeat Features Video footage, helping you to improve results The DVD will support the many different learning styles in your class DVDs offer greater flexibility and control, making them easy to incorporate into your lessons Can be used on computers with DVD-Rom drives and ideal for use on interactive whiteboards Fully searchable, allowing you to go straight to what you need The DVD is eLC eligible. WARNING: 'The Great Exhibition', 'Women in Revolt' and 'Russian Revolution' contain strong scenes of death and violence. Programme notes for History Through the Media can be accessed by clicking here.

5 x 15-minute programmes Part of the popular Stage 2 Science series, Stage 2 Science: Energy introduces challenging scientific concepts in a meaningful way using real-life examples and practical applications of science in everyday settings, including the home. Complex processes are clearly conveyed using video footage and animation.  Curriculum Connections Sources of energy Electricity Magnetism Light and Sound Energy Resources Magnetism Electricity Sound Light Included FREE on this DVD are embedded support materials to help with classroom discussions and activities. Features Video footage, helping you to improve results. The DVD will support the many different learning styles in your class DVDs offer greater flexibility and control, making them easy to incorporate into your lessons Can be used on computers with DVD-Rom drives and ideal for use on interactive whiteboards Fully searchable, allowing you to go straight to what you need The DVD is eLC eligible. Free Interactive Essentials website.

 5 x 20 minute programmes Science in Focus: Big Questions DVD Curriculum Connections • Scientific Enquiry – ideas and evidence in science • How scientific ideas are presented, evaluated and disseminated • Different ways of interpreting empirical evidence • Ways in which scientific work may be affected by the contexts in which it takes place • Considering the power and limitations of science in addressing questions and the ethical issues involved Features • DVDs offer greater flexibility and control • Can be used via computer or DVD player and ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard • Fully searchable, allowing you to go straight to what you need • PC and Mac compatible • Subtitles (with on/off controls) It’s a slow, painstaking business unlocking the secrets of the Universe. But occasionally an inspired individual makes sense out of confusion and comes up with a theory or invention that changes the world and our understanding of how it works. Five programmes, enthusiastically presented by Adam Hart-Davis, focus on the lives, work and struggles of scientists who have made those great intellectual leaps. How did they do it? What did they owe to their contemporaries? Why were their ideas so often resisted? What do their stories tell us about the nature of science and scientific enquiry? 1. Faraday’s Famous Inventions 2. Darwin’s Evolution 3. Mendel and the Gene Splicers 4. Mendeleev’s Dream 5. Hubble’s Expanding Universe Included FREE with this DVD is a full colour support package filled with over 30 pages of resources. Also available with this DVD are FREE online programme notes which can be accessed by clicking here.

9 x 20-minute programmes This compilation showcases the best programmes from the three Physical Processes units of Channel 4’s acclaimed Scientific Eye series. It will inspire viewers to explore the real pleasure of science – discovery, investigation and enquiry. Scientific Eye encourages viewers to adopt an enquiring attitude to science, with investigations set in contexts that will appeal to students, but which are also easily accessible for classroom work afterwards. Each programme examines a single topic, with individual stories being used to illustrate scientific ideas, with the help of computer graphics, animation and practical demonstrations. Curriculum Connections Energy transfer and electricity Forces The environment Earth and universe Scientific thinking Enquiry and communication skills Contemporary and historical scientific developments Applications and implications of science Features Embedded support materials included DVDs offer greater flexibility and control Can be used via computer or DVD player and ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard Fully searchable, allowing you to go straight to what you need PC and Mac compatible Subtitles (with on/off controls) 1. Temperature and Heat - imaging techniques using infrared; sensing temperature; how thermometers work; temperature, heat and the movement of particles. 2. Electricity - the principles of electricity, demonstrated using everyday appliances; the invention of the light bulb; converting electrical energy into heat and light energy; the flow of current through simple series and parallel circuits. 3. Electricity for the Future - the generation of electricity; the environmental problems associated with the use of non-renewable fossil fuels; the use of alternative fuels; the advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy resources. 4. Hearing the Sound - sound waves; comparing the speed of light and sound waves, and the speed that sound travels through air and solid matter; the structure of the ear; how the ear transmits messages to the brain; testing hearing ability using volume and sound frequency variables; the short-and-long-term effects of loud noise on human hearing. 5. Colour - how we see different colours; reflection; the refraction of light through a prism; why is the sky blue and sunsets red? Creating secondary colours using primary-coloured light filters. 6. Light and Reflection - how eclipses occur; luminous objects and reflection – how we see things; explaining reflection in a plane mirror; communicating with light. 7. Solar System - the relative position and movement of the planets that surround the Sun; how our ideas of the solar system have changed through history, from the work of Galileo to modern day exploration from home; using the internet to control a robotic telescope. 8. Air Forces - balanced and unbalanced forces; an unbalanced force can speed things up or slow them down; friction and air resistance increase when you go faster; the shape of a wing causes the upward force called lift. 9. Machines and Moments - erecting a circus big top using simple machines; investigating pulleys and ramps; the turning effect of levers; balanced moments.

PLEASE NOTE: STOCK OF THIS ITEM IS DUE ON THE 31st OF MAY THEREFORE ORDERS FOR THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE DISPATCHED UNTIL THAT DATE 8 x 15 min programmes This edited version of the original 'Living and Growing' DVD has been created to introduce pupils to the core issues of Sex and Relationship education while being sensitive to the diverse cultures and faiths they may belong to.  This version was created with advice from Manchester Healthy Schools Programme (Central Manchester University Hospital NHS FT).  The original version of Living and Growing is also available from our shop. A free booklet containing programme notes and activities accompanies this DVD. Content not included in this 'Alternative' version Subtitles Interactive Quiz The episode 'Lets Talk about Sex'  Transitory references to popular culture (celebrities and pop stars) Scenes of animal live birth Sexual references within music Curriculum Connections Challenges beliefs Positive attitudes, values and behaviour Skills for effective communication, loving, caring and happy relationships Features The units in the DVD have been divided up into short five-minute chapters Video footage, helping you to improve results. The DVD will support the many different learning styles in your class DVDs offer greater flexibility and control, making them easy to incorporate into your lessons The DVD contains an INSET programme, to help stimulate debate and make lesson planning quick and easy Can be used on computers with DVD-Rom drives and ideal for use on interactive whiteboards Fully searchable, allowing you to go straight to what you need Subject Area Covered Unit 1 - Age 5-7 Differences How did I get here? Growing up Unit 2 - Age 7-11 Changes Girl Talk Boy Talk Unit 3 - Age 7-9 How Babies are Made How Babies are Born Please note: These programmes address sensitive, emotional issues and include images of sexual organs and acts.  It is recommended the Living and Growing programmes are incorporated as part of a Local Authority’s curriculum strategy covering PSHE: Sex Education. Programmes should be reviewed in depth as part of the lesson planning process before showing to pupils.

27 x 15 minute programmes Stage 2 Science DVD Stage 2 Science covers the full range of sciences taught to pupils aged 7 to 11. The series introduces ideas and concepts within everyday contexts. The audiovisual material on this DVD is ideal for presenting challenging concepts such as the configuration of the planets in their solar orbit, states of matter and forces, as well as featuring engaging footage of animals, plants and their habitats. Curriculum Connections • Animal and plant variation and classification • Basic life and living processes common to all animals and plants • Plants’ and animals’ adaptation to a habitat, and their feeding relationships within it • Micro organisms • the Solar System • Forces in action • Properties of materials • Physical processes Features • Embedded supprt material included • DVDs offer greater flexibility and control • Can be used via computer or DVD player and ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard • Fully searchable, allowing you to go straight to what you need • PC and Mac compatible • Subtitles (with on/off controls) Disc 1 - Life Processes & Living Things • Animals and Plants • Habitats • Miniworlds • Key Questions Disc 2 - Materials and Their Properties and Physical Processes • The Earth and Beyond • Energy from Nature • Action Forces • Materials Included FREE on this DVD are embedded support materials (averaging 20 worksheets for almost every programme) to help with classroom discussions and activities. Visit our FREE 'Essentials' website for 7-11 year olds to discover a colourful and entertaining set of free educational websites for primary science, geography and history. CLICK HERE to access the FREE website now.

1 x 75-minute | 1 x 60-minute | 10 x 15-minute programmes Eureka! - India, China and Africa DVD Double-disc DVD compilation where children from India, Asia and Africa share their lives, traditions and vibrant cultures.  Pupils will gain an insight into life in settings that are very different to their own - whether rural or urban, traditional or modern. Curriculum Connections Geography Citizenship Features The embedded support materials are designed to assist teachers in lesson planning for effective use of the programmes in the classroom.  They include background information, programme outlines, learning outcomes, suggestions for activities and printable activity sheets. Disc 1 The India File A glimpse of life in modern India, interwoven with insights into its history and culture - from life in Bombay (Mumbai) with its 'Bollywood' movie industry to the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Life in Bombay Life in the Village Arts and Crafts The Struggle for Freedom Celebrations China: Fun and Firecrackers We are introduced to Chines children: where and how they live, what their schools and families like, what they most enjoy doing and the society around them.   Brush Painting Kung Fu Kids Magic Lantern Eat Play Boys Girls Africa's Child The programmes focus on the lives of ten children from diverse backgrounds who describe in their own words what it is like to be growing up in Africa at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Brush Painting Kung Fu Kids Magic Lantern Eat Play Boy Girls Africa's Child The series looks at the present and future of Africa through children's eyes.  The programmes focus on the lives of ten children from diverse backgrounds who describe in their own words what it is like to be growing up in Africa at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Ghana - Dance to the Drum Kenya - Living with Lions Zanzibar - Spice Girl Cameroon - My Rainforest Swaziland - Living with Ancestors Niger - Desert Journey Egypt - Big City Girl Mozambique - Streetwise Ethiopia - Festival of Fire South Africa - The Boy Who Wanted to Fly FREE interactive games + activities - Geography Essentials

19 x 15-minute programmes This engaging and entertaining double-disc compilation skilfully combines documentary, animation and graphics to explain science and technology in everyday life. Children are shown how scientific investigation in the classroom relates to practical applications in the outside world, with examples drawn from manufacturing, crafts and recycling, sport and leisure pursuits, cookery and DIY. Scientific concepts are presented and explained using animation, puppetry and songs, while the technology programmes examine the properties and uses of everyday materials such as paper and plastic. The embedded support materials offer a wealth of ideas for ‘design and make’ activities that can be pursued after viewing. Curriculum Connections Science Scientific enquiry Life processes and living things Materials and their properties Design & Technology Working with tools, equipment, materials and components to make quality products Knowledge and understanding of materials and Physical processes components Features Embedded support material in PDF format DVDs offer greater flexibility and control Can be used via computer or DVD player and ideal for use with an interactive whiteboard PC and Mac compatible Subtitles (with on/off controls) Disc 1 - Life Processes and Living Things Life and Living Processes Basic life processes and conditions for growth in plants, animals and humans are presented and explained in this series. The third programme takes a sensitive look at death as a natural and inevitable part of the life cycle. 1. Starting Life 2. Growing 3. Life and Death 3 x 15-minute programmes Ourselves These programmes introduce young viewers to the external parts of the human body and draw striking analogies between the manufactured and animal worlds. 1. Moving On 2. Skin Deep 3. Seeing is Believing 4. Hear This 5. Open Wide 5 x 15-minute programmes Disc 2 - Materials and Their Properties and Physical Processes Materials The first of these two programmes investigates why some materials decay yet others do not. The second looks at the materials used to create tools, utensils and other household equipment. 1. Rotting Away 2. Materials – Made to Last? 2 x 15-minute programmes Materials We Need Each of these four programmes explores the origin of a material, its manufacture and some amazing uses. The ’design and make’ element encourages children to make something of their own after the programme. 1. Paper 2. Fabric 3. Clay 4. Plastic 4 x 15-minute programmes Opposites Five programmes that relate directly to materials and physical processes and give understandable contexts for science explorations and investigations. 1. Weak and Strong 2. Before and After 3. On and Off 4. Light and Dark 5. Stop and Go 5 x 15-minute programmes Included FREE on this DVD are embedded support materials to help with classroom discussions and activities.

1 x 140-minute | 1 x 70-minute programmes World Faiths DVD Compilation DVD exploring predominant world faiths.  This DVD gives an insight into the diverse forms of religious practice around the world, as well as showing how faiths address some of the major personal, social and environmental issues of our age. Curriculum Connections Explores the world's major faiths Examines different moral and ethical perspectives Religious festivals and ceremonies Supports agreed syllabuses and curricula for RE in the UK Worlds of Faith explores the traditions, cultures and beliefs of religious communities all over the world. A broad variety faiths are explored through a human perspective by focusing on a family and, in particular, a young person whose life is interconnected with the religious experience, contrasted with highly visual coverage of the celebration of religious festivals and ceromonies.  Elephant God (Hinduisim) Bar Mitzvah Boys (Judiasm) Making of a Monk (Buddhism) Flowers in May (Roman Catholicism) Russian Rites (Russian Orthodox) Carribean Christmas (Pentacostalism) Sacrifice to Allah (Islam) The Golden Temple (Sikhism) Living in the Dreamtime (Animism) Faith in the Future (Multi-faith Britain) Faith in Action Series of programmes examining a topic through the experience of individuals whose lives are influenced by their beliefs. The Strength to Quit With Hope and Help Sacred Nature The Perfect Baby? Peace Warriors Features Includes downloadable support material  Fully searchable, allowing you to go straight to what you need without cueing  Can be used on computers with DVD-Rom drives and ideal for use on interactive whiteboards WARNING: 'Peace Warriors' contains scenes of dead bodies. Programme notes for World Faiths DVD can be accessed by clicking here.