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Together

Join Gemma Hunt for the assembly series for children aged 7 - 11.

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

Together: Summer 2013: Life changing inventions - The Cotton Industry

Life changing inventions - The Cotton Industry

Summer 2013

School Radio - Together, Summer 2013, Life changing inventions - The Cotton Industry

Gemma visits Quarry Bank Cotton Mill in Cheshire and looks at the cotton industry with a focus on Apprentice Children who worked hard in the mills.

Gemma visits Quarry Bank Cotton Mill in Cheshire and looks at the cotton industry with a focus on Apprentice Children who worked hard in the mills.

She talks with Malcolm and Celia about the workings of the Mill. 
In today’s story he hear about Tom Priestly, an apprentice from a Cotton Mill. It provides a window into the tough life that many children faced in 18th Century Britain. So tough in fact that Tom does what the title suggests and runs away.

Gemma interviews children on an educational visit to a Mill and hears their thoughts on the industry and what it must have been like to work there as an Apprentice child.

Together: Summer 2013

New programmes for Summer term 2013 with Gemma Hunt.

Time and Tune

Developing music skills for pupils aged 7 - 9.

Developing music skills for pupils aged 7 - 9 through songs and music activities.

Time and Tune: Persephone: And they went down!

And they went down!

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Hades takes Persephone down into his underground kingdom.

In the third programme of the series Hades takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom.

Time and Tune: Persephone

Persephone

The well-known Greek myth explored through songs and music.

This series of Time and Tune explores the well-known Greek myth of Persephone through songs and music activities.

Meet the Authors

Children interview leading authors about their work.

A group of leading authors are interviewed about their work by school children.

Meet the Authors: Geraldine McCaughrean

Geraldine McCaughrean

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Leading children's writer Geraldine McCaughrean is interviewed by a group of school children about her work.

Today it's the turn of Geraldine McCaughrean to answer questions about her work and also reveal some of the techniques of being a writer.

Primary History KS2: Ancient Greece

Key Stage 2 History teaching resources offering Ancient Greek myths and legends.

Key Stage 2 History teaching resources with Ancient Greek myths and legends. Myths include King Midas, Perseus, Medusa, Persephone, the Minotaur, Theseus, Odysseus, Ariadne.

Key Stage 2 History teaching resources with Ancient Greek myths and legends. Myths include King Midas, Perseus, Medusa, Persephone, the Minotaur, Theseus, Odysseus, Ariadne, with Ancient Greek gods and goddesses.

Primary History KS2: Ancient Greece: 3. Theseus and the Minotaur

3. Theseus and the Minotaur

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Theseus travels to the court of King Minos to fight the half-man, half-bull, Minotaur.

Theseus travels to the court of King Minos to fight the Minotaur - the half-man, half-bull monster living under the palace.

Hermes tells how Crete was once all-powerful because of the instruments of war created by Deadalus for King Minos. But King Minos and his people had a problem - the Minotaur - a creature part-man, part-bull, which rampaged throughout the palace killing those it caught.

Deadalus creates a labyrinth - a maze - under the palace and the Minotaur is lured inside, where it can never find its way out again. The only problem is how to feed the creature. Minos determines to demand tribute from the peoples he has conquered in the form of humans - young men and women to be fed to the Minotaur.

The scene switches to Athens. Fourteen young Athenians are being selected for the journey to Crete...and Theseus - son of King Aegeus - is determined to be one of them. Theseus persuades his father to allow him to go to Crete, with the aim of killing the Minotaur. And if he kills the creature he will signal his success by flying a white sail on the return journey.

Theseus and the others arrive in Crete. That evening King Minos's daughter - Ariadne - comes to their cell to offer assistance. She gives Theseus a sword and a ball of thread. The thread will enable Theseus to find his way back through the labyrinth to the entrance again. Now all he must do is find the Minotaur and kill it...

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Together

Summer 2013

Life changing inventions - The Cotton Industry

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Time and Tune

Persephone

And they went down!

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Meet the Authors

Geraldine McCaughrean

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Primary History KS2: Ancient Greece

3. Theseus and the Minotaur

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