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47 Calgon

48 Shake and Vac

49 Cillit Bang


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50 Compare the Market
51 Go Compare
52 Money Supermarket

53 Twix advert 2012
Video added 16/12/12: 46 John Lewis Christmas Advert 2011

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45 Benjamin Zephaniah Faceless Poem

1 Alien Museum
by M Cepero

Key Stage Two
The story of an alien invasion with a lovely twist at the end

2 Beautiful Eyes
By Will Kim

Key Stage Two
Abstract and dark animation of Hoffman’s novel. This would be very good for speaking and listening activities.

3 Bernard the Ice Bear – Wrong landing by Dony Permedi

Key Stage One
Why you shouldn’t parachute in an areas with cactus plants in it.

4 Big Buck Bunny

Key Stage One
A beautiful tale of a Bunny who takes on the bullies in his area

5 Camionleon

Key Stage One / key stage Two

6 The Switch (The Cube)

Key Stage Two
Amusing animation which could be used to teach cause and effect in story writing.

7 Delivery

Year 5 / 6
A space age fantasy story which could be linked to the book and film, Varmints. This could help tie a literacy sequence to cross curricular work on habitats or the environment.

8 Egg Hunt

Key Stage One.
A wonderful animation which could be linked to the Mini Grey book, Egg Drop.

9 For the Birds

Key Stage One / Two
An amusing cartoon which could be also used to support PSHE work.

10 Kiwi

Key Stage One / Lower Key Stage Two
A tale of perseverance and achieving dreams – no matter what the consequences are.

11 Octopus in love

Key Stage Two
A story of true love with a twist at the end

12 Rocketman

Key Stage Two
A beautiful story which combines animation with action.

13 Strawberry Pie

Key Stage One
Good for speaking and listening activities

14 Street Musician

Upper Key Stage Two
A story with a clear dilemma (should the musician take the risk and give into temptation?) and a clear moral at the end of the story.

15a The Pedlar of Swaffham

15b The Pedlar of Swaffham animation

Donald Smith of the Scottish storytelling centre tells the story

A beautiful animation of the story.

16 The Quarelling neighbours

Key Stage One / Key Stage Two
Donald Smith of the Scottish centre tells a story about two neighbours.
A brilliant prompt for storytelling work.

17 Twit Twit

Key Stage Two
The story of Charly a banjo player who faces a really strange obstacle: a toll right in the middle of nowhere in the desert managed by an old robot.

18 Float

Key Stage Two
A surreal film which could be used as a stimulus for poetry work

19 The Piano

A beautifully evocative film which contains an old man playing the piano while remembering moments and people from his life. Planning exemplification for Year 5

Planning

20 The Shirt Machine

Non fiction film to be used to support explanations in Year 4

Planning

21 WWF New tiger discovery

Provocative advert about Tigers

22 Newsround

A really nice example of modern news presentation

23 Coasteering

This could be used for persuasive writing. (Explaining why people should take up coasteering and do it in Wales)

 

 

Cracking contraptions

Wonderful series of contraptions designed by Wallace and Gromit. Excellent for instructions, recount or explanations.

24 The Soccamatic

25 The Tellyscope

26 The Christmas Cardomatic

27 The Autochef

28 The Snowmanotron

29 The Snoozatron

Arkive
Wildlife video clips – to be watched online
http://www.arkive.org/
Need to go directly to this site for these videos

 

This web site has links to very high quality films of wildlife. The site is introduced by David Attenborough.

Poems

 

30 Cinders Roger McGough

Key Stage Two

31 My first day at school Roger McGough

Key Stage Two

32 We’re going on a Bear Hunt – Michael Rosen

Key Stage One

33 Ning Nang Nong Spike Milligan

Lower Key Stage Two

34 Headmaster’s Hymn Allan Ahlberg

Lower Key Stage Two


45 Benjamin Zephaniah Faceless Poem

 

Adverts

 


46 John Lewis Christmas Advert 2011

 

44 John Lewis Christmas Advert 2012

 

35 Royal Caribbean

 

36 Honda – The Cogs

 

37 Honda – Impossible Dream

 

38 Citroen Transformer

 

39 Citroen Dancing Robot

 

43 WWF Save the Planet

 


47 Calgon

Memorable catch phrase / song

48 Shake and Vac

Memorable catch phrase / song

49 Cillit Bang

Memorable catch phrase / song

50 Compare the Market


51 Go Compare

52 Money Supermarket

Compare 3 adverts for similar products (original adverts)

53 Twix advert 2012


 

54 John Lewis Christmas Advert 2013

 

Tourist boards

 

40 Wales

 

41 Jamaica

Featuring Usain Bolt

42 Paris

24 hours in Paris – more than 6 minutes long.


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