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To celebrate 100 years of ý Education, we invite primary schools ‘behind the scenes’ at MediaCityUK Salford (the home of ý Children’s & Education), for a special Live Lesson featuring a host of familiar faces and voices.
In April 1924, a radio programme called “Music and School Life” was transmitted to schools, paving the way for a century of ý Education broadcasts.
Take a look back at with some of the stars who helped to inform, educate and entertain school children for the past 100 years.
You can read more about the history of the first schools’ broadcast here.
To mark this milestone, we’re challenging children to write and produce their own radio report capturing people's memories of school days throughout the years.
How to get involved:
Download resources to accompany the Live Lesson here:
What happens in the Live Lesson?
With the help of Newsround’s De-Graft Mensah, Saturday Mash-Up's Shereen Cutkelvin and Cý superstar Hacker T Dog, we go behind the scenes at MediaCityUK, home to famous ý TV, radio and digital platforms including Blue Peter, Newsround, ý Radio 5 Live, ý Sport and ý Breakfast.
Pupils will learn curriculum-linked tips on interviewing, scripting and presenting as they compile their report. We hope to inspire schoolchildren to create their own audio projects after the lesson, by interviewing trusted adults.
The 30 minute Live Lesson is available to watch now on this page and on ý iPlayer.
Curriculum links: English/Oracy/Language and Literacy for 7-11 year-olds.
- Identify and ask appropriate questions to seek information, views and feelings.
- Devise scripts for a range of audiences; gain and monitor the interest of listeners, use appropriate language to engage audience.
- Retrieve, record and present information coherently.
- Participate in discussions and presentations; speak audibly and fluently with an increasing command of Standard English.
Where next?
ý Teach Live Lessons for 2024/2025. collection
Information about our 2024/2025 ý Teach Live Lessons for 7-11 year olds.
100 years of ý Education: A nostalgic trip through the decades. document
April 2024 marks 100 years of ý Education content, with the anniversary of the first schools radio broadcast.
‘I was more of a scribbler’ - School day memories of people born 100 years ago. document
Three centenarians remember their school days.
