



If you choose to focus on a topic based around the theme of explorers, then you might have time to learn about all five explorers, comparing the way they travelled and how methods of exploration have changed over the centuries. From Ibn Battuta in Africa, to Neil Armstrong in space.Įach explorer tells Fatima and Ollie about their amazing adventures and each film introduces us to different aspects of science, geography or history, relevant to their travels.įatima and Ollie are learning along with us, asking the kind of questions we might want to ask. They meet five very different explorers from different times, frontiers and continents. They also generate ideas for introducing maths into your topic as well.įilms are presented by two children: Fatima and Ollie, who are able to visit explorers from the past in their Holo-Lab. They are particularly useful for introducing elements of the curriculum for seven to eleven-year-olds in geography and science but can also be used as a stimulus for writing in several different fiction and non-fiction genre. Harriet: These films provide a brilliant introduction to the lives of five explorers, as well as introducing a number of cross-curricular learning opportunities.
