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Archives for October 2008

Autumnwatch

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Monday, 27 October 2008

Autumnwatch returns tonight on Â鶹Éç TWO at 8pm.

Bill Oddie, Katie Humble, Simon King

The Autumnwatch website gives you a taster of what's coming up this year and allows you to get behind the scenes, with live webcams and galleries, diaries and video features. You'll be able to watch tonight's episode online from tonight.

For a closer look at Scotland's nature visit the Wildlife section of the Scotland Outdoors site.

And younger children can join in with games, songs and quizzes in CBeebies Autumnwatch.

Sex education links

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Friday, 24 October 2008

With the news reports about , questions are being raised about the issue in Scotland.

Alex Salmond spoke about it on last night's Question Time and Graham Stewart took calls on this topic on this morning's Morning Extra programme.

Have a look through the range of dealing with all aspects of sex education.

Hopscotch

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Thursday, 23 October 2008

There's the new series of Hopscotch now on the School Radio site - along with the second parts of Ghost Granny and Pirates, this week taking a look at Modern day pirates.

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Listen online to Hopscotch: Look it up
Programme Notes - 732kB

Listen online to Pirates: Modern day pirates
Programme Notes - 882kB

More programmes coming up..

Ninety Years of Remembrance

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Wednesday, 22 October 2008

1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance is a Â鶹Éç campaign to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Armistice, running in the days leading up to 11th November.

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Marking the 90th anniversary of the end of the World War One, this is a series of specially commissioned television and radio programmes, free local events, mobile and online content.

Read the full press release or visit the Remembrance site directly.

Hopscotch

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Tuesday, 21 October 2008

There's a new series of Hopscotch on the Pirates, this week taking a look at Modern day pirates.

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Listen online to Hopscotch: Look it up
Programme Notes - 732kB

Listen online to Pirates: Modern day pirates
Programme Notes - 882kB

More programmes coming up..

Teaching Awards 2008

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Monday, 20 October 2008

Watch last night's Teaching Awards 2008, an award ceremony honouring the skills and dedication of Britain's best teachers.

Jeremy Vine

Jeremy Vine and Myleene Klass present from the London Palladium for a celebration of exceptional and inspirational teachers from all over the UK. The shining stars of education gather to see who will be presented with the prestigious gold Platos by a host of celebrities. The awards range from the Outstanding New Teacher to the Lifetime Achievement.

Nominations can now be submitted for Teaching Awards 2009 - read more on the . The site details the , including the winners from Scotland.

Crash Course Comic

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Friday, 17 October 2008

Crash Course Comic is an interactive story in comic book style.

characters from comic strip

Eight students embark on a school trip where they end up learning more than they expected. Some find love, some find courage and others find goats. Join them on their journey and choose where the story takes you.

Lions and pirates and ghosts

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Thursday, 16 October 2008

Lions and pirates and ghosts feature in this week's radio programmes for primary schools.

Skull and crossbones pirate flag

Listen online to Hop, Skip and Jump: Little copy cub
Programme Notes - 231kB

Listen online to Pirates: A short history
Programme Notes - 882kB

Listen online to China Stories: Ghost Granny - part 1
Programme Notes - 534kB

More programmes coming up..

Ask the First Minister

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Wednesday, 15 October 2008

First Minister will be answering your questions live online at the SNP conference on Saturday.

Brian Taylor, Â鶹Éç Scotland's political editor, will be interviewing the First Minister on your behalf so and on Saturday morning.

Scotland's History

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 11:00 UK time, Tuesday, 14 October 2008

Coming up in November is a new season all about Scotland's History.

Scotland's History logo

Neil Oliver will present A History of Scotland, a landmark new series starting on Sunday 9th November. To coincide with the series there will be a programme of events and concerts to celebrate Scottish history, websites and new features from interactive timelines and maps to audio walking guides and an online game.

The Learning Curve

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Monday, 13 October 2008

Libby Purves presents The Learning Curve, Radio 4's definitive guide to learning, with practical advice, features and listeners' views.

Libby Purves

You can catch The Learning Curve tonight at 20:30 on Radio 4. Don't worry if you miss it, you'll be able to listen again online, along with all previous editions of the programme going back to 2005.

History and Heritage

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 00:00 UK time, Friday, 10 October 2008

Watch or download History and Heritage, the last part of the Scottish Wars of Independence series.

Gavin Mitchell

Scotland's history and architecture attracts a lot of visitors and makes a lot of money for the Scottish economy. But whose job is it to check if the history is true? Gavin Mitchell investigates.

Watch History and Heritage
Programme Notes - 386kB
Scottish Wars of Independence website
Wallace and Bruce website

More programmes coming up..

This week's radio

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Thursday, 9 October 2008

Listen online to our radio programmes from this week..

Hand Tuning Wireless Set

Listen online to Hop, Skip and Jump: Oliver's wood
Programme Notes - 231kB

Listen online to Passion for Fashion: What you wear and what it says about your beliefs
Programme Notes - 278kB

Listen online to China Stories First/Second Level: The cooking competition - Part 2
Programme Notes - 404kB

More programmes coming up...

National Poetry Day

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 09:00 UK time, Thursday, 9 October 2008

Today is , with the theme of WORK.

Read more about and this year's poet in residence , and find out what's happening .

Get your hands on from the , and get involved in Off By Heart, the Â鶹Éç competition for primary schools.

Â鶹Éç News publishes readers' and asks ""

The Story of Maths

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Wednesday, 8 October 2008

The Story of Maths is a new four-part series about the history of mathematics, presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy.

Marcus du Sautoy

In this first programme, The Language of the Universe, du Sautoy shows how fundamental maths is to our lives, before exploring the mathematics of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece.

In Egypt, he uncovers use of a decimal system based on ten fingers of the hand, while in former Mesopotamia he discovers that the way we tell the time today is based on the Babylonian Base 60 number system.

In Greece, he looks at the contributions of some of the giants of mathematics including Plato, Euclid, Archimedes and Pythagoras, who is credited with beginning the transformation of mathematics from a tool for counting into the analytical subject we know today.

SoundTown launch at Alva Academy

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Tuesday, 7 October 2008

Radio Scotland's SoundTown school for 2008/09 is in Clackmannanshire.

Alva Academy badge

During the SoundTown project, Â鶹Éç Scotland installs a radio studio in the secondary school for a year, broadcasting a number of Radio Scotland shows from there. Staff and pupils will have the opportunity to participate and make their own programmes, learning media skills with support from Â鶹Éç staff.

was in the news recently with their pilot scheme where , an internet video initiative using teachers' vodcasts to support homework and out-of-school-hours learning. Find out more about the initiative on the , as well as more about .

It's the sixth year of SoundTown, previously at , , , and .

The Bruce

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Friday, 3 October 2008

Catch the second of three programmes about the Scottish Wars of Independence with a look at The Bruce.

statue of Robert the Bruce and saltire

Gavin Mitchell attempts to track down the truth behind the heroism of Robert Bruce.

Watch The Bruce
Programme Notes - 386kB
Scottish Wars of Independence website
Wallace and Bruce website

More programmes coming up..

Going places - weather permitting

Alistair Mooney Alistair Mooney | 10:00 UK time, Thursday, 2 October 2008

The Happy Gang take a final look at Scottish weather in Going places - weather permitting.

Mr P acting as weather presenter

Spatz decides to find out how weather affects how we go about the place, and what bad weather means for the ferry. Heather explains about fog.

Watch Going places - weather permitting
Programme Notes - 794kB

And 10-12 year olds are challenged to think about the role that food plays in different cultures in a new China Stories programme for Scottish Resources Second/Third Level:

Listen to China Stories: Food - the cooking competition
Programme Notes - 404kB

More programmes coming up..

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