
Aldersley High Space Podcast [13:43m]:
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This podcast was created by Y8 students from Aldersley High School. The students worked in groups to research a topic connected to Space, and to record sections of the podcast. We then linked the sections together, and added an introduction. The topics covered in the podcast are:
- The use of animals in space exploration.
- The Moon Landing “Hoax” conspiracy
- Could there be life on other planets?
- UFOs - alien or otherwise
- The Mercury Seven (the USA’s first astronauts)
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filed under Podcast May 17th, 2007 Richard Anderson Email

Parkfield High Tempest Revision podcast [14:59m]:
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This is a Year 9 English Shakespeare SATs revision podcast, focusing on Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. The podcast gives an outline and details of the plot, characters and themes of the play and a detailed analysis of Act 1, Scene 2, lines 189 - 321.
The podcast was created by a group of fourteen year 9 pupils at Parkfield High School working at the City Learning Centre. The objective was to teach and help support the learning and revision of this new play for the 2007 SATs examination.
We really hope that you enjoy listening to the podcast and that it helps you to understand the main points of the play in preparation for your SATs examinations. Please submit your comments by clicking on the podcast title above (’KS3 English SAT 2007 . . . ‘) and filling in the comment form.
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filed under Podcast February 1st, 2007 Richard Anderson Email

Parkfield High Poetry Podcast [8:32m]:
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This podcast was put together by a group of Year 11 students from Parkfield High School. It discusses the main themes and revision points from three poems in the AQA English Language syllabus:
- The Island Man
- Night of the Scorpion
- Two Scavengers in a Truck and Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes
The students planned and recorded this podcast in a one-day session at the City Learning Centre. We hope that you enjoy listening; add your comments by clicking on the title above (Parkfield High Year 11 Podcast - ‘Poems from other Cultures’) and completing the comment form.
filed under Podcast January 18th, 2007 Richard Anderson Email

Gifted and Talented Science podcast [7:14m]:
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Year 8 and Year 9 students from Heath Park, Wednesfield High, Moseley Park and St. Edmunds have spent today creating a podcast to help their classmates revise for their Key Stage 3 Science SATs exams next year. The topics covered by the podcast include:
- Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
- The Energy Transfer to a bulb in a circuit
- Elements, Compounds and Mixtures
- The Structure of the Cell
The students had to research, plan, record and edit the podcast during a 5 hour session at the City Learning Centre. We hope you agree that they made a really good job of it! Podcasts can be used as a way for learners to explore and express their understanding of almost any curriculum area.
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filed under Podcast December 19th, 2006 Richard Anderson Email

Standard Podcast [1:27m]:
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A simple reflection on some of the learning outcomes from a visit to Leicester Space Centre by Y5 students from St. Anthony’s RC Primary School. The track was put together in GarageBand as a whole-class exercise at the start of a session of space-related activities at the CLC
filed under Podcast July 14th, 2006 Richard Anderson Email