Please note paw prints indicate level of difficulty:

	Suitable for reception upwards. Includes simple instructions supported by audio.
	Suitable for reception (if assisted) or Year 1 upwards. Some instructions may need to be read but most are covered by audio.
	Suitable for able Year 1/Year 2 upwards. Includes complex instructions and written factual information.

GAMES

  What's Changed
This is a step up from the Out of Place game. A present day countryside scene is shown on screen. The user has to click on 5 items that are unlikely to have been in the scene a century ago. When the user clicks, the item and the surrounding area change to show how the landscape used to look. The end of the game shows how the scene has changed. There is an opportunity to print out the scenes.
NC areas
1a. Ask geographical questions
1b. Observe and record
1c. Express their own views about people, places and environments
2a. Use geographical vocabulary
3a. Identify and describe what places are like
3c. Recognise how places have become the way they are and how they are changing
5a. Recognise changes in the environment
5b. Recognise how the environment may be improved and sustained
Text level - There are 2 versions of the game. Both have audio to accompany the text while playing the game. An opening screen offers a choice of a version - 'without explanation' and 'with explanation'.
The version 'without explanation' gives praise when the user clicks on an item. The print out at the end shows both scenes on one A4 sheet of paper.
The version 'with explanation' gives praise and provides more information about how things have changed and encourages further observation. Then there is the opportunity to print out each scene on separate pieces of paper with a grid over the scene. This provides an extension task where the children can be asked for the grid reference of various items in the different scenes.
Mouse skills: Clicking

  The Recycling game
Objects appear on a conveyor belt one by one. Barnaby says what they are and the user has to click and drag them into the correct recycling bin (plastic, paper and glass).
NC areas
5a. Recognise changes in the environment.
5b. Recognise how the environment may be improved and sustained.
Text level : Full audio instructions.
Mouse skills: drag and drop

 Out of Place
Two pictures are shown on screen with items incorrectly placed. The user needs to move the items over to the right picture.
NC areas
4a) make observations about where things are located
5a) recognise changes in the environment
Text level – None required as full audio instructions given.
Mouse skills: drag and drop

   Information Finder
Barnaby needs to find out information from a variety of books. The user must decide which book should be selected to find out the relevant information.
NC areas
1a) ask geographical questions
2d) use secondary sources of information
Text level: Some audio instructions but no audio on questions or book titles.
Mouse skills: clicking

  Weather Report
Barnaby reads out a weather report. The user must select the correct weather symbol and place it on the right city.
NC areas : 2c) use globes, maps and plans at a range of scales
Text level: Some audio instructions but no audio on clues.
Mouse skills: drag and drop

   Where in Britain
Barnaby gives letter clues to the whereabouts of a number of friends and relations in the UK. The user must select the correct town or city.
NC areas
2c) use globes, maps and plans at a range of scales
Text level: Some audio instructions but no audio on clues.
Mouse skills: clicking

  Map Symbols
A snap game, which involves matching a card showing an OS symbol with it's definition.
NC areas
2c) use globes, maps and plans at a range of scales
Text level: Full audio instructions.
Mouse skills: clicking

STORIES

   Barnaby Down Under
Barnaby flies out to Australia to visit his Uncle He visits the sites of Sydney, goes to the coast surfing, visits the Great Barrier Reef and Ayers Rock (Uluru ).
NC areas
1a. Ask geographical questions
2a. Use geographical vocabulary
3a. Identify and describe what places are like
3b. Identify and describe where places are
3d. Recognise how places compare with other places
Text level: Large print text is used at the bottom of each picture which is suitable for an independent reader or a supported beginner. There are 2 versions of the story - one with audio and one without audio.
Mouse skills: clicking

   Barnaby's Day Trip to Paris
Barnaby goes to Paris for the day with his friend Liz and her family. He travels by train, metro and by boat and visits the Ile de la Cite, the Louvre and Montmartre. This is a picture story with some clickable items for interactivity.
NC areas
1a. Ask geographical questions
2a. Use geographical vocabulary
3a. Identify and describe what places are like
3b. Identify and describe where places are
3d. Recognise how places compare with other places
Text level: Large print text is used at the bottom of each picture which is suitable for an independent reader or a supported beginner. There are 2 versions of the story - one with audio and one without audio.
Mouse skills: clicking

SCRAPBOOK

New Forest

  Activity
Barnaby looks out from a hide and gives clues to the user on which animals they need to spot. When the correct animal is clicked on a larger image appears with further information about the animal.
NC areas
4a) make observations about where things are located and about other features in the environment.
Text level: Audio support throughout the game.
Mouse skills: clicking

  Quiz
A set of 5 multiple choice questions on animals, map symbols and motorways.
NC areas
1a) ask geographical questions
1b) observe and record
Text level: Audio support throughout the quiz.
Mouse skills: clicking

  Print-off
The child has to identify and label different objects in a woodland scene.
NC areas
1b) observe and record
2a) use geographical vocabulary
Text level: Simple instructions.


Brittany

  Activity
Barnaby visits a French supermarket and has to tick off items on his shopping list. The user needs to match his English shopping list to the named French items in the store.
NC areas
1b) observe and record
Text level: Audio support throughout the game.
Mouse skills: drag and drop

   Quiz
A set of 5 multiple choice questions about the time difference, language, travel items and the channel. Some prior knowledge required.
NC areas
1b) observe and record
2a) use geographical vocabulary
Text level: Audio support throughout the quiz.
Mouse skills: clicking

   Print-off
8 flags are given that the child needs to identify and colour in.
NC areas
1b) observe and record
Text level: Simple instructions.


Dublin

   Activity
Barnaby wants to visit a number of places in Dublin. The user has to take him there by clicking on the compass direction arrows. For each place visited successfully a postcard is given. At the end of the game a scrapbook appears with the postcards collected and an inscription about each place.
NC areas
2c) use globes, maps and plans at a range of scales
3a) identify and describe what places are like
Text level: Audio support throughout the game.
Mouse skills: clicking

  Quiz
A set of 5 multiple choice questions on where Dublin is, how to get there and how to find your way round. Some prior knowledge required.
NC areas
1b) observe and record
2a) use geographical vocabulary
Text level – Audio support throughout the quiz.
Mouse skills: clicking

  Print-off
A template for a postcard is given for the child to write in.
NC areas
1b) observe and record
Text level: Simple instructions.


Poole

   Activity
Barnaby is on a beach looking at beach safety and gives clues for items to spot on the beach. The user needs to scroll across the screen and find the items. There are 11 items for the user to look out for. This is a timed activity: it must be completed before Barnaby's ice cream has melted.
NC areas
4a) make observations about where things are located and about other features in the environment
5a) recognise changes in the environment
Text level: Audio support throughout the game.
Mouse skills: clicking

   Quiz
A set of 5 multiple choice questions about compass direction, lifting bridges, slip/slap/slop, beach flags and the emergency services..Some prior knowledge required.
NC areas
1b) observe and record
2a) use geographical vocabulary
Text level: Audio support throughout the quiz.
Mouse skills: clicking

  Print-off
The child is given a series of questions based on the direction of places from Poole.
NC areas
1b) observe and record
Text level: Simple instructions.


PHOTO ALBUM

   Barnaby's Photos
Photographs with descriptions from 7 different countries, showing famous landmarks. Includes London, Paris, Pisa, Athens, Cairo, the Great Wall of China and New York.

  Your Photos
A photograph album displaying photographs that children have sent in with a brief description underneath of where they have been.

   Barnaby's Chester Photos
Photographs with descriptions of 8 different places in Chester - Bridge St, Eastgate St, wall (with Roman), transport, cathedral, castle, penguins, stacked plastic bottles.

   Barnaby's Island Photos
Photographs with descriptions of 8 different places in Papa Westray in the Orkneys - wide shot of island, shop interior, pier, loading plane, school, fire station, St. Boniface Kirk, Knap Howar

NC areas
1a. Ask geographical questions
1b. Observe and record
1c. Express their own views about people, places and environments
2a. Use geographical vocabulary
2d. Use secondary sources of information
3a. Identify and describe what places are like
3b. Identify and describe where places are
3c. Recognise how places have become the way they are and how they are changing.
3d. Recognise how places compare with other places.
3e. Recognise how places are linked to other places in the world.
4a. Make observations about where things are located and about other features in the environment.
5a. Recognise changes in the environment.
5b. Recognise how the environment may be improved and sustained.
Text level: Print text is used beside each picture which is suitable for an independent reader.
Mouse: Clicking

CONTACT BARNABY

   Email Barnaby
An opportunity for children to send an email to Barnaby saying where they've been on their holidays and what they did.

   View Emails
Emails from children saying where they've been on their holidays and what they did.