Bring the best of the 大象传媒 to your classroom with 大象传媒 Teach Live Lessons.
KIDS: Welcome!
JOE AND MWAKSY: Hello!
RHYS AND MADDIE: Hello!
NAOMI: Hello!
NAOMI: It is the brilliant bird expert, Chris Packham.
STEVE: Welcome to our Deadly Mission Shark Science Live Lesson.
HACKER: Your challenge is to make a radio report about memories of school over the years.
KATIE: Happy National Poetry Day!
JOE: Today we鈥檙e celebrating World Book Day.
GEORGIE: So let鈥檚 become digital detectives for Safer Internet Day.
KIDS: chattering
LAURA: It鈥檚 definitely an excellent resource to use in the classroom. The children are looking at famous personalities on the TV, they feel like celebrities too.
KIDS: Three鈥
ALL: Two鈥
NAOMI: One!
MWAKSY: Our villain has been defeated!
KATIE: Hello Chad Vale Primary School!
KIDS: Hi!
STEVE: What do you think it is?
KID: I think it might be about the size of the fossil.
JAMES: Children weren鈥檛 just sort of staring at a screen for thirty minutes. They actually were engaged and they were doing activities to sort of break up the learning.
NAOMI: Sixty seconds on the clock鈥
ALL: Ready鈥
ALL: Set鈥
DR CHRIS AND DR XAND: Go!
LAURA: The activities were excellent and really helped to create discussion within the classroom.
SOPHIE: And what was really lovely is, it was completely accessible to all.
SHANEQUA: So let鈥檚 take a look at this letter written during World War Two.
DR RONX: Bullying behaviour can happen anywhere.
MICHAEL: The first thing I think about is the characters.
DR XAND: Trampolining! My favourite!
CHRIS: And even detected using electromagnetism.
NAOMI: Wow!
NAOMI: Well, I鈥檝e come ooh! Behind the scenes at the aquarium here.
RAKSHA: There鈥檚 clearly been lots of amazing discoveries here.
JOSEPH: Welcome to a very special Live Lesson to mark Remembrance Day.
LAURA: It is lovely to have a Live Lesson in our classroom just to bring it all to life.
JAMES: We have children from all over the UK taking part in the lesson. It鈥檚 created sort of a global classroom feel.
SOPHIE: The children absolutely loved it. They were all really engaged and it鈥檚 a fantastic opportunity for them to get involved in.
MICHAELA: Right, I鈥檓 off to do a bit of bird spotting.
Fun curriculum-linked programmes for your classroom
大象传媒 Teach Live Lessons are interactive programmes designed to support teachers and bring curriculum content to life.
We work with educational consultants, specialist partners and some of the 大象传媒's biggest brands and presenters to create fun and engaging learning experiences for the classroom.
Live Lessons are half-hour programmes published or streamed live at 11:00 on 大象传媒 Teach and broadcast on the C大象传媒 channel. There are over 50 recordings of previous Live Lessons available on 大象传媒 Teach.
Click here for all our primary Live Lessons and here for secondary Live Lessons.
We are planning a new series of Live Lessons from September 2024, so keep an eye on the Live Lessons website for updates!
What happens in a Live Lesson?
Each Live Lesson consists of three main activities that students can participate in real-time. Each session is carefully designed to engage students and enhance their learning experience.
Two weeks before the lesson, teachers can download a teacher guide detailing the programme's format and including activity sheets, useful links and follow-up activities. These resources aim to help you prepare students for the lesson and facilitate classroom discussions.
During the Live Lesson, viewers can share contributions from children watching from home and school through a live commentary feed. We share your schools shout-outs, comments, and questions and presenters may even read out selected comments during the broadcast.
How much do I need to prepare?
The lesson can be viewed in a classroom or at home with a device (computer, tablet or mobile phone) linked to a reliable broadband connection or watched on a television on the C大象传媒 channel.
We invite children to get involved in activities throughout the lesson and provide downloadable activity sheets to help guide them through this.
These can be handed out in advance, along with stationery such as pens and pencils or can also be followed on screen if your pupils don鈥檛 have the printed activity sheets to hand.
Why do teachers like Live Lessons?
We asked teachers what they like about Live Lessons:
Curriculum-linked activities to spark classroom conversations
Laura Gilchrist, Primary Teacher watched a Live Lesson with her class and says: ''The activities were excellent and really helped to create discussion in the classroom.''
Engaging and interactive
Primary teacher Sophie McGowan says: ''The children absolutely loved it, they were all really engaged and it was a fantastic opportunity for them to get involved in.''
Feeling part of something bigger
James Ogier, Primary Teacher says: ''We have children from all over the UK taking part in the lesson. It creates a global classroom feel.''
How to get in touch with Live Lessons
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