A list of BBC NI content that complements the Northern Ireland Curriculum's suggested ICL: Where I Live. The local environment is used as a resource for this ICL. See the CCEA website for more information on Connected Learning.
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Primary Art: Countryside
Primary Art provides step-by-step guides to making murals that are inspired by the countryside. The resource provides printed worksheets and video clips.
Medium: Web
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Primary Art: Lough
Primary Art provides step-by-step guides to making murals that are inspired by Strangford Lough. The resource provides printed worksheets and video clips.
Medium: Web
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Primary Art: Forest
Primary Art provides step-by-step guides to making murals that are inspired by the forest. The resource provides printed worksheets and video clips.
Medium: Web
Island Life: A Day in School Abroad
This Programme looks at two islands: Rathlin Island (off the coast of Northern Ireland) and Hallig Oland (in Germany).
Medium: Radio
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Island Life: Map activity 2
Match the OS symbols to the features
Medium: Web
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Island Life: Build an Island
Match the features to the island and build your own island.
Medium: Web
Musical Mystery Tour: 1. Ardglass
The sea is used as a theme to introduce a variety of musical ideas.
Medium: Radio
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Musical Mystery Tour: 2. The Giant's Causeway
The programme begins at the Oul' Lammas Fair in Ballycastle and then travels to the Giant's Causeway.
Medium: Radio
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Musical Mystery Tour: 3. The Linen Mill
Opportunities for listening to machinery making rhtymical sounds.
Medium: Radio
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Musical Mystery Tour: 4. The Planetarium
Children create a sound-picture of the night sky using simple tuned and untuned instruments.
Medium: Radio
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Musical Mystery Tour: 5. Belfast Zoo
The programme travels to the zoo to hear environmental sounds contrasted with jungle sounds.
Medium: Radio
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Musical Mystery Tour: 6. Follow me to Londonderry
This programme travels by train to Londonderry and explores the ocncept of harmony.
Medium: Radio
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Musical Mystery Tour: 7. Lough Neagh
Nature is the theme of this programme and is used to introduce the idea of music creatings moods.
Medium: Radio
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Musical Mystery Tour: 8. The Circus
The programme continues in a pony and trap to Craigavon to visit the circus.
Medium: Radio
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Musical Mystery Tour: 9. The Marble Arch Caves
"On the way to Fermanagh by 'Shank's mare', march time is introduced."
Medium: Radio
Write Away Again: Know Your Place
This episode looks at where place names came from
Medium: Radio
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Write Away Again: Places - An Anthology
"Local places, private places, special places are explored in poetry, prose and song"
Medium: Radio
Primary Focus: Lough Neagh
The viewer is taken on a journey looking at the variety of plant and animal life making up the local environment.
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: Changing Places
"In this programme we meet Jackson and Rory, two boys who live in different parts of Northern Ireland. "
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: Minorities
In this programme Christine Bleakley finds out about some of the minorities that exist in Northern Ireland today.
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: "Think Local, Act Global"
This programme investigates the increase in road traffic in Northern Ireland and its impact on the local and global environment.
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: Rolling Back the Years
This programme follows two primary school teams as they do a project on the history of their town.
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: Starting Grid
"Dawson Stelfox, the leader of the 1993 Irish Expedition to Mount Everest, Hillsborough Primary School, County Down."
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: Here and There
The geographical idea of the 'sense of place' is developed by giving information about France and Northern Ireland.
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: Go with the Flow
This programme traces the course of the River Lagan from its source on Slieve Croob in County Down to the sea at Belfast.
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: In the Balance
"This programme tells us the story of the Quoile Pondage in County Down, from trade route to a peaceful freshwater habitat. "
Medium: TV
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Primary Focus: Traffic Survey
The Programme explores the role of traffic surveys in helping road planners manage traffic problems.
Medium: TV
TANDY - World Around Us: Wildlife fact files
Discover interesting facts local wildlife in the interactive wildlife calendar.
Medium: Web
Today and Yesterday: The Lord Mayor's Coachman
"In this programme we meet Nikki, a visitor to Belfast and her tour guide, Tom who is going to tell her (and us) about the city of Belfast ."
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: Early Times: The Giant's Ring
This programme shows children how to set about researching an historical site such as the Giant's Ring.
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: "The Vikings: Wood quay, Dublin"
This programme leads the children through the process of researching an historical site.
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: The Victorians: Kilkeel Workhouse
"In this programme, we choose an historical building from Victorian times to investigate."
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: The Titanic - The Birth
"This story focuses on those who built the vessel, and on the place it was built. "
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: The Titanic - The Voyage
Drama continuing the story of the Titanic
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: The Titanic - The Aftermath
Final part of the Drama on the story of the Titanic
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: Changing Times - How Life Has Changed in Northern Ireland
This documentary programme takes us on a journey through the past examining the life and times of four people from all walks of life in Northern Ireland.
Medium: Radio
Today and Yesterday: The Lord Mayor's Coachman
"In this programme we meet Nikki, a visitor to Belfast and her tour guide, Tom who is going to tell her (and us) about the city of Belfast ."
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: Issues: Wind Farms
The programme focuses on issues and decisions relating to the siting of a wind farm on the North Antrim coast.
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: The Inner City
"This programme explores some neighbouring European countries, focussing on the environment, culture and landscape."
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: Town
In this programme we investigate a suburb of Portadown.
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: Castle Archdale
In this programme we explore Castle Archdale Country Park in County Fermanagh.
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: On Lough Neagh's Shores
"This programme welcomes the listener to St Mary's Primary School in the townland of Derrytrasna, Lough Neagh"
Medium: Radio
Today and Yesterday: Getting into Radio
"A programme made by 9, 10,11 year olds with a challenge to listeners to do something similar about their own schools"
Medium: Radio
Today and Yesterday: General Science: Starstruck
This programme is intended to encourage children to explore the stars and constellations in the night sky.
Medium: Radio
Today and Yesterday: Citizenship: Vandalism
The programme focuses on the effects of Vandalism
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: Other Faces: Hinduism
"This programme explores different religious beliefs and practices in Northern Ireland, and focuses on Hinduism."
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: Other Faces: Islam
Second programme in the series. This programme joins eleven year old Islamic Mujtaba on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Medium: Radio
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Today and Yesterday: Other Faces: Judaism
Third programme in the series this time focusing on a Jewish Family
Medium: Radio
The Culture Club: Indian Celebration
Find out more about Indian festivals and dances
Medium: TV
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The Culture Club: Chinese Celebration
Find out more about Chinese festivals and dances
Medium: TV
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The Culture Club: Jamaican Celebration
Find out more about Jamaican festivals and dances
Medium: TV
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The Culture Club: Portuguese Celebration
Find out more about Portuguese festivals and dances
Medium: TV