Primary Focus

Episodes - Primary Focus

• Art Studying art
• Art : Countryside Artist Marilyn Stanford helps a group of Co Down schoolchildren create a countryside mural. (Age 9-11)
• Art : Forest Youngsters explore a forest using art. (Age 9-11)
• Art : Linen Pauline McLoughlin reveals how linen is made
• Art : Lough Youngsters explore the shores of Strangford Lough. (Age 9-11)
• Building a Picture of Life in Victorian Times Life in Northern Ireland 100 years ago
• Canals An exploration of Northern Ireland's waterways. (Age 9-11)
• Check Up Christine Bleakley visits a healthy tuck shop in Belfast, run by children, and a school kitchen
• Creative IT Exploration and learning for children
• Eco Schools Children of two very different schools reveal what they are doing to help the environment. (Age 9-11)
• English : Bullying Christine Bleakley visits Childline, and speaks to children about the issue of bullying
• Enterprise Children from Dalriada Prep School, Ballymoney, learn about setting up a business. (Age 9-11)
• Exploring Nendrum Christine Bleakley tries to recreate the monastic site of Nendrum in Strangford Lough, where only ruins remain
• Forces and Energy Exploration and learning for children
• Get Creative with IT Children from Legamaddy Primary School make an animated film. (Age 9-11)
• Groups Christine Bleakley visits Tullymore to investigate how people behave in groups, with the help of schoolchildren
• Here and There Exploration and learning for children
• Heritage Dan Gordon teams up with Hardy Memorial Primary School in Richhill in a bid to save their 17th-century castle. The children conduct and interpret an opinion poll and enlist the help of an architect to work out the cost of repairs. The team also investigate the building's rich and colourful history
• History No synopsis available
• In a Minority Christine Bleakley finds out about minorities in Northern Ireland, with differences based on race, religion, beliefs or lifestyle
• IT - Changing Lives How digital technology is changing home, work and school life. (Age 9-11)
• KS2 - Enterprise The children from Dalriada Prep School learn about starting their own business. (Age 9-11)
• KS2 - Heritage Children from Hardy Memorial Primary School help restore a 17th-century castle. (Age 9-11)
• Light and Sound Investigating how light and sound are able to travel. (Age 9-11)
• Lough Neagh Donna Traynor learns about the variety of wildlife in and around Lough Neagh. (Age 9-11)
• Media - Special Olympics Behind the scenes with RTE Sport as they cover the 2003 Special Olympics, which took place in Dublin
• Media - Sports Behind the scenes with RTE Sport at the 2003 Special Olympics
• Media : The Big Show Behind the scenes of sitcom Give My Head Peace, with actor Dan Gordon. (Age 9-11)
• Media: The News Cameras follow a day in the life of BBC news journalists, and children from Portstewart Primary School create their own radio station. (Age 9-11)
• Mourne Mountains A look at how human activity interacts with the environment of the Mourne Mountains
• Needs and Wants Christine Bleakley and two children compare lifestyles in Britain and developing countries
• The News A day in the life of journalists from the BBC and a primary school radio station. (9-11)
• Science Learning for children
• Science Materials Properties and uses of different materials. (Age 9-11)
• Sports Behind the scenes with RTE Sport as they cover the Special Olympics. (Age 9-11)
• Starting Grid No synopsis available
• Strangford Lough Exploring Strangford Lough, which attracts wildlife from other parts of the world. (Age 9-11)
• Water Donna Traynor learns about the water industry
• Wind Farms The children of Portrush Primary School learn about offshore wind farms. (Age 9-11)
• The World Around Us A portrait of life in bygone days
• The World Around Us - Rolling Back the Years Children explore the history of their town. (Age 9-11)
• The World Around Us - Think Locally, Act Globally How the rise in car use affects the environment. (Age 9-11)