William Whiskerson, mouse explorerFinds adventure round every cornerWhere will he go, who will he meet?His amazing adventureswill make you squeakSqueak!
William WhiskersonMouse explorer!Here comes William Whiskersonin his amazing travelling globe.
Greetings, adventurers,I am William Whiskerson,the famous mouse explorer.
Where has our intrepidmouse explorer landed today?
William in on an island.An island is a piece of landsurrounded by water.
Cheese phone, reveal my location.
The cheese phone showsWilliam where he is in world.
'Hi, William, todayyou're on the Isles of Scilly -'right at the bottomof Great Britain,'off the South West tipof Cornwall.'
The Isles of Scilly?That's a funny name.
William takes a look around.
Three are 150 islandsin the Isles of Scilly,but only five are inhabitedand have people living on them.William came in his globe but mostpeople get to the islands by boat,plane and even by helicopter.
BEEPING
Look, I've got a messagecoming through on my cheese phone.
BOTH: Hello, William.I'm Zoe. And I'm Isaac.
BOTH: Welcome to our island.
Lock the location, cheese phone.
The map shows Williamwhere to meet Zoe and Isaac.William sets off to find them,exploring the island as he goes.He sees wild poniesgrazing on the grass鈥︹ little goose鈥
And what's he spotted now?
Say, cheese!
MOO!
There he is! Here they come.
Pleased to squeak you,Zoe and Isaac.
BOTH: Please to squeak you too,William.
Can you two show me your island?
BOTH: Yeah!
Explorers, away!
Is this where you live?
No, my mummyhas holiday cottages here.
Oh, so who stays here?Visitors, like you.
Zoe and Isaac's mum and dad runholiday cottages where touristscome and staywhen they visit the island.
What a lovely view!
Bryher's main village,which they call town,is very smalland only has a few houses.There are hardly any carsand it doesn't take longto travel from one sideof the island to the other.
Zoe and Isaac take Williamto see the village shop.
This is our island shop. Oh!
And post office.
William takes a look around.
Maps, very useful.
Cheese!
Squeak-a-licious!
The shop getssome of its supplies locally,but things thataren't produced on the islandhave to be deliveredby boat from the mainland.
This is the post office.
Isaac is helping Williamsend a post cardto his Auntie Cheddar in London.
Thank you. Thank you!
It's picked up by the post ladyand travels by boatand then helicopterbefore it reaches the mainland.
There are lots ofinteresting rocks on the island.The rocks are made of graniteand they were formedover 300 million years ago.
This is Droopy Nose Point!
That's a funny name.Why is it called that?
If you look carefully, you can seeit looks a bit like a droopy nose.
Oh! Hey, and that oneon top looks like a seal! Yeah.
I wonderif we'll see any real seals.
You might, they're quite common.
Further out in the bay, two sealsare bobbing about in the water.
Can you see them?
William, Zoe and Isaac enjoy playingon the beach in the sunshine.
It's October,but it's lovely and warm here.The Isles of Scilly feel warmerbecause they're surroundedby an ocean currentcalled the Gulf Stream.This flows froma very hot part of the worldand raises the island's temperature.Strong winds also blow intothe island from the Atlantic Oceanwhich is betweenGreat Britain and America.
Zoe and Isaac spend a lot of timeplaying on the beach.They like to lookfor crabs under rocks.
What is it? It's a crab.
Oh, keep it away from my nose!
We should put him backwhere we found him.
Lots of rubbishthat is bad for the environmentgets washed up on the beach,like plastic bottles, rubber glovesand old bits of fishing net.The namefor this is flotsam and jetsam.
Isaac and Zoe are buildinga den to play inso are collecting shells and wood.William thinks it's the perfecthideout for an adventurer.
It's so much fun hereon your island!
Do you want it come to school withme and Isaac tomorrow? Yes, please.
Explorers, away!
So where is your school?
Over there.
But how do you get there?
By a boat. By a boat?!
For the peopleliving on the five main islands,almost everything is done by boat.There's an ambulance boat,a post boat,a ferry boat,even a school boat.And here it comes,ready to pick them up.All the children from the islandmake their way to the quay.This is the placewhere the boat arrives.Zoe and Isaac travel to schoolby boat every morning.The school is on the island oppositecalled Tresco.The jet boat is very fast and itonly take five minutes to get there.On the way,they sometimes see dolphins.
Wow!
William's enjoying his journey.
Zoe, Isaac and William arriveon Tresco and walk to school.
William thinkstheir school looks brilliant.
Quick! The bell's ringing.
It's time to go into class.
Not many children liveon the nearby islands,so the school only has two classes,one for the infantsand one for the juniors.Zoe and Isaacare in the junior class.It only has 12 children in it.
William meets Zoe andIsaac's teacher, Mr Wilson.
Good morning, children.
We have a really special visitorin class with us today,and his name is William Whiskerson.
Please to squeak you, everybody.
ALL: Please to squeak you too.
William joins in class鈥︹akes a look around鈥︹nd goes out to play.
William has a really fun dayat school,but now it's time for him to go.
Zoe and Isaac have drawn a lovelypicture of him on their island.
Look, it's me on Bryher Island.
Thank you, it's mousey marvellous.
Squeak you later, Zoe and Isaac.
BOTH: Squeak you later, William.
Can you rememberwhere William went today?
William visited a group of islandscalled the Isles of Scilly.
He landed on Bryher, wherehe met his friends Zoe and Isaac.
Can you rememberall the places they visited?
They visited the island shop,the beach,and then they travelled to school.
How did they get there?
They got there by boat.Zoe and Isaacdrew William a beautiful pictureto remember his visit.
Time to fly, explorers!We're off on another adventure.See you soon, William!
Video summary
William Whiskerson travels to the Isles of Scilly, a group of islands lying off the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain.
He meets Zoe and Isaac, whose family run a holiday cottage business on the Island of Bryher.
They visit key local landmarks, discover Bryher's wildlife and see how goods and people are transported to and from the island.
William then visits the children's school, journeying by boat to the neighbouring island of Tresco.
He is surprised to discover that the school only has twelve pupils and two classes.
This clip is from the series William Whiskerson.
Teacher Notes
After viewing the clip, encourage pupils to spot as many islands as they can on a map of the British Isles.
Can the children find the Scilly Isles? Pupils could go on to draw and paint pictures of the Scilly Isles, using freeze-frames from the clip as a source.
They could include sketches of their favourite Scilly Isles animals, too.
Ask: "Why do you think only five of the 150 Isles of Scilly have people living on them?"
Collect pupils' suggestions and guide them to consider what you would need to live happily on an island - things such as a good water supply, farmland, shelter, and a suitable place to make a harbour, or land a plane or helicopter.
Challenge the children to draw maps of their own imaginary islands.
They should include on their maps everything they think people would need to live happily.
This clip will be relevant for teaching Geography.
This topic appears in KS1/KS2 in England and Northern Ireland, Knowledge and Understanding of the World Foundation Phase in Wales and Early/1st/2nd levels in Scotland.
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