BBC NI - Schools - Today and Yesterday

Although the Today and Yesterday series has finished, you can still search for programme information, teacher notes and worksheets in our Today and Yesterday online archive. Click on the arrows below for the topic you require.
Programmes are still available to borrow or purchase from the Audio Visual Recording service at SELB. Just quote the SELB number that can be found on the programme page in your correspondence with the unit.

Issues	Broadcast: Summer 2005
Three programmes in the 'issues' unit about how we approach thorny problems. The series covers windfarms, public transport and there's no place like home.	\| View Resource \|

Gulliver's Travels	Broadcast: Autumn 2001
Gulliver's Travels - An exploration of Jonathan Swift's classic novel.	\| View Resource \|

Citizenship	Broadcast: Spring 2001
The themes of Sharing, Vandalism, Litter and Leadership are discussed in these four programmes.	\| View Resource \|

Jobs People Do - Caring for Animals	Broadcast: Summer 2006
These three programmes open up the world of working with animals to children; Horses for Courses, Raining Cats & Dogs and Zoo Keeper.	\| View Resource \|
Jobs People Do	Broadcast: Spring 2005
Another two programme in our series that introduces Employability to KS2 pupils and opens up the world of work to children; The Plumber and The Fire Service.	\| View Resource \|
Jobs People Do	Broadcast: Spring 2003
These programmes help open up the world of work to children through humour and drama. Jobs include, IT Worker, Farmer, Sportsperson, Disc Jockey.	\| View Resource \|

English	Broadcast: Spring 2006
Three programmes exploring the richness of our local idiom, accent and dialect. Pillow Talk, The March on Ulster and The Stand at the Ford.	\| View Resource \|

The Rhyming weavers	Broadcast: Autumn 2005
Three well-known local writers talk about vivid memories of their childhood.	\| View Resource \|

English	Broadcast: Autumn 2004
Three programmes to inspire children to write creatively! Writing for poetry, songs and ballads. Writing for fiction and non-fiction and Da learns the Queen's English.	\| View Resource \|

Famous Childhoods	Broadcast: Summer 2004
Three well-known local writers talk about vivid memories of their childhood.	\| View Resource \|

The Cattle Raid of Cooley	Broadcast: Spring 2004
The story unfolds through a three part drama.	\| View Resource \|

Creative Writing	Broadcast: Spring 2003
Three inspirations for children to write creatively! Healthy Exercise, Drugs and Healthy Eating.	\| View Resource \|

Storytelling	Broadcast: Autumn 2002
Four programmes to help to develop pupils' reading, writing, talking and listening skills. Making Stories, Whatever Next, What Could I Hear With Magic Ears and Creative Writing.	\| View Resource \|

People, Places and Stories	Broadcast: Spring 2002
Three programmes that will give children a greater appreciation of the range and diversity of prose writing and encourage the development of their own writing skills. People, Places and Stories.	\| View Resource \|

Poetry, Prose and Drama	Broadcast: Spring 2001
Three programmes to help develop creative writing skills by examining Poetry, Prose and Drama.	\| View Resource \|

Writing Books	Broadcast: Autumn 2000
Four programmes on the story behind writing books. Story Detector, Chico's Chips, Lights & Music and It Could Be You.	\| View Resource \|

The Weaver Poets	Broadcast: Spring 2000
These programmes explores the lives and works of the 'unlettered bards'; the eighteenth century uneducated writers of Northern Ireland. The Bard of Dunclug and Weaver Words.	\| View Resource \|

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