The Latest Podcasts from School Radio

Dance: Key Stage 1 - Time to Move

Dance teaching resources for Key Stage 1 covering National Curriculum PE objectives, with lesson plans. Presented by Pete Hillier and Diane Louise Jordan.

Dance: Key Stage 1 - Let's Move

Dance teaching resources for Key Stage 1 covering National Curriculum PE objectives, with lesson plans. Presented by Cat Sandion and Justin Fletcher.

A Christmas Carol

The classic ghost story by Charles Dickens, abridged in 9 episodes.

Listen and Play

Each programme includes familiar songs, rhymes, stories and sound discrimination games to develop children's phonological awareness and confidence with spoken language.

Playtime

Join Steven Kynman for songs, stories and movement activities. Lots of fun and learning for pre-school children.

Dance: Key Stage 2 - Dance Workshop

Dance programmes for pupils aged 9 - 11. Dance Workshop aims to support non-specialist teachers who have no previous experience of teaching dance or movement. It offers opportunities for your group to explore a wide range movement types, responding to a range of stimuli including music, poetry and story. There are structured opportunities throughout the programmes to move solo, in pairs or in groups and also to appraise the work of the group as a whole. The website also includes separate music files so that you can give polished performances of the dances once you have finished rehearsing them. Dance Workshop is an ideal way to fulfil the dance objectives of the PE curriculum at Key Stage 2.

Together

Join Gemma Hunt for the assembly series for children aged 7 to 11 - including a story, a song, reflection / prayer and opportunities for discussion.

Primary Drama: Key Stage 2

Primary Drama: Key Stage 2 offers simple-to-use drama resources for primary school children aged 7 to 11 which are linked to popular curriculum topics. The drama sessions are intended to be easy for non-specialist teachers to use, providing opportunities to extend classroom work through the exciting possibilities offered by drama activities. Each session has a carefully balanced mix of movement, speaking and listening activities and role play. The Teachers' Notes include clear instructions for how teachers can effectively organise and deliver the drama activities in each session.

Listening Skills: Stimulus Sounds

This collection of audio promotes listening skills for pre-school, Reception and Key Stage 1 children with fun sound discrimination games. Children are encouraged to listen carefully to identify sounds and to respond in a variety of ways, including both speech and movement. Refer to the Teacher's Notes guidance on using the content.

World War 1 Performance Pack - 'Archie Dobson's War'

The 10 programmes to download combine dance, music and drama activities exploring World War 1, which can be combined to stage our play for KS2 pupils called 'Archie Dobson's War'. Full details in the Programme Notes (below).

Something to Think About

Join Ben Faulks for the assembly series for children aged 5 to 7 - including a story, song, a reflection / prayer and opportunities for discussion. Something to Think About can be used to fulfil the statutory requirement for a daily act of Collective Worship in primary schools.

Primary Music KS1

Primary Music KS1 offers music resources to support the Key Stage 1 music curriculum. The resources emphasise songs and singing and often have strong cross-curricular links to other subjects, especially Literacy. Audio content is available to download at any time as mp3 files and can be used from a computer or other device. The supporting resources include Teacher's Notes giving guidance on how to use the resources and a range of audio and video resources, including the full-vocal and backing track versions of all the songs and also copies of the music as pdf files. There are also suggestions for appraising music and simple composition. It's an ideal resource for delivering the KS1 music curriculum while engaging children with a range of other topics.