What? Where? When? Why? Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Autumn Changes Harvesting
• Autumn Changes : Harvesting

  Gathering fruit and vegetables. (Age 6-7)

• Autumn Changes : Harvesting

  The Happy Gang learn about collecting fruit and vegetables to store for the winter. (Age 6-7)

• Autumn Changes : Hibernating

  The gang learn how animals hibernate and birds migrate. (Age 6-7)

• Blooming Weather

  Nicky, Mr P and Heather the Weather help an excited Spatz make a TV programme. (ages 5-7)

• Body Bits

  Spatz learns about how the human body works. (ages 5-7)

• Bright Ideas

  Spatz learns how technology has helped injured people get around and Mr P looks at technology for children

• Caring and Sharing : Around Us

  The Happy Gang go for a walk and learn about the country code. (Age 6-7)

• Caring and Sharing : At Home

  The Happy Gang recall a time they nearly became the Miserable Gang. (Age 6-7)

• Caring and Sharing : Who Needs It?

  The gang try living without water : until they discover its importance. (Age 6-7)

• Caring and Sharing : With Others

  The Happy Gang discover different ways of being a caring person. (Age 6-7)

• Creatures of the Night

  The gang learn about nocturnal animals. (Age 6-7)

• Dark is Friendly

  The Happy Gang learn they don't always have to be scared of the dark. (Age 6-7)

• Deciduous Forest

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• Early People - Clothes

  Exploring the types of clothing people wore 2,000 years ago, from the materials they used to their methods of making jewellery. (Age 6-7)

• Early People : Food

  Exploring the types of food consumed by people 2,000 years ago. (Age 6-7)

• Early People : Shelter

  Exploring the living conditions and types of shelter people used 2,000 years ago. (Age 6-7)

• Financial Capability: The Nature of Money

  Learning about financial matters

• Fire and Science : Burning

  The gang discover the science of fire and receive safety tips. (Age 6-7)

• A Friend in Need

  Spatz and Nikki go on a first aid course so they can treat Mr P's asthma. (Age 5-7)

• Gangway

  The Happy Gang design and build a go-kart. (Age 6-7)

• Going Places : Weather Permitting

  Spatz finds out how weather affects travel, including what bad weather means for the ferry, and Heather talks about fog. (Age 5-7)

• Growing Our Food: Bread

  The gang win a competition for making sandwiches. (Age 6-7)

• Growing Our Food : Butter

  Nicky makes butter using a special recipe. (Age 6-7)

• Growing Our Food : Eggs and Edam

  The Happy Gang visit the Netherlands and learn how cheese is made. (Age 6-7)

• Happy Gang Game

  The Happy Gang have fun making and playing their own game. (Age 6-7)

• Health and Safety

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• Health: Fit for Fun

  The gang discover that playing together is fun. (Age 6-7)

• Health: Happy Hygiene

  Learning about germs and the importance of washing hands. (Age 6-7)

• Health: Play Safe

  The Happy Gang learn how to identify a stranger. (Age 6-7)

• Health - Safety Education: A Friend in Need

  Spatz and Nikki take a first-aid course after they start to worry about Mr P's asthma. (ages 5-7)

• Health - Safety Education: Scared of the Dark

  Learning about the dark. (ages 5-7)

• Hearing

  An alien asks the gang to explain about hearing. (Age 6-7)

• Hibernating

  The Happy Gang learn about hibernation. (Age 6-7)

• Hold and Cold

  How water freezes and evaporates. (Age 6-7)

• Homes : Building a Home

  Finding or building an ideal home. (Age 6-7)

• Homes : Building a Home

  The Happy Gang search for a home. (Age 6-7)

• Homes : Living in a Home

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• Homes : Living in a Home

  The Happy Gang move into a new house and learn how to share rooms. (Age 6-7)

• Hoops A Daisy

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• In the Dark : Creatures of the Night

  The Happy Gang learn about animals that come out at night. (Age 6-7)

• In the Dark : Dark is Friendly

  The gang discover good things about the dark. (Age 6-7)

• In the Dark : People of the Night

  The Happy Gang discover that some people work at night. (Age 6-7)

• In the Past : In the Kitchen

  How food was prepared 90 years ago. (Age 6-7)

• In the Past : Keeping Clean

  Mr P dreams he is an odd-job man in Edwardian England and learns all about hygiene. (Age 6-7)

• In the Past : Toys and Games

  Contrasting the toys and games of rich and poor children in Edwardian England . (Age 6-7)

• Living at Home

  The gang move into their new home, but there aren't enough bedrooms. (Age 6-7)

• Look Around

  Learning about Scottish settlements and the identification of familiar buildings within a city, a town and a village. (Age 6-7)

• The Nature of Money: A Lot of Lolly

  Spatz shows Nikki and Mr P how to create a budget. (ages 5-7)

• The Nature of Money: Old Junk, New Junk

  Spatz and Nikki advise Mr P to hold a car-boot sale. (ages 5-7)

• The Nature of Money: The Big Money Programme

  Spatz explains the value of money to Mr P. (ages 5-7)

• Out of School

  People who help outside school. (Age 6-7)

• People and What They Wore

  The Happy Gang give Uncle Stewart a surprise party with a 'good old days' theme. They discover a chest of antiques at Granny Tait's and listen to stories of a time when there were no mobile phones or portable music players. (ages 5-7)

• People in the Past : 100: In the Kitchen 90 Years ago

  Rich and poor kitchens of the past, and how people managed without electrical gadgets. (Age 6-7)

• People in the Past : 1900

  The Happy Gang learn how people kept themselves and their clothes clean in the past. (Age 6-7)

• People in the Past : 1900: Toys and Games 90 Years Ago

  The toys and games children played with in the past (Age 6-7)

• People Who Help

  The Happy gang find out about people who help in schools

• People Who Help Us - In School

  The Happy Gang learn about people who help in schools. (ages 6-7)

• People Who Help Us - In the Past

  People who helped in schools many years ago. (ages 6-7)

• People Who Help Us : Out of School

  The Happy Gang do a spot of babysitting : but the three children have other places to go. (ages 6-7)

• Pets and Animals : Animals Which Help Us

  Animals that help people. (ages 6-7)

• Pets and Animals: Caring for a Pet

  Caring for a pet. (ages 6-7)

• Pets and Animals - Minibeasts

  The Happy Gang learn about insects and help Mr P get over his fear of spiders. (ages 6-7)

• Physical Health - Looking After Ourselves: Body Wrapper

  The function and importance of skin, including information on eczema. (ages 5-7)

• Scared of the Dark

  Spatz and Nikki wonder why a tired Mr P has trouble sleeping in his new bedroom. (Age 5-7)

• School and Games

  Granny Tait shares her memories of Fifties food, and Mr P, Spatz and Nicky visit a school to explore the games children played in the past. (ages 5-7)

• Science : Dress for the Weather

  Appropriate clothes for different kinds of weather. (Age 6-7)

• Science : Hot and Cold

  How water freezes and evaporates. (Age 9-11)

• Scotland's Schools: City School

  The Happy Gang learn about life in a city school. (Age 5-7)

• Scotland's Schools: Rural School

  The friends compare the differences between city and rural schools. (ages 5-7)

• Scottish Settlements - Familiar Buildings

  The Happy Gang try to help the aliens of Planet Zarg recognise the different buildings on Earth by making their own video. (Age 6-7)

• Scottish Settlements Look Around

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• Scottish Settlements - Our Place and Space

  The gang learn about types of space as they plan their own town. (Age 6-7)

• The Senses : Hearing

  The senses, focusing on hearing. (Age 6-7)

• The Senses : Hearing

  The Happy Gang discover how people use their ears. (Age 6-7)

• The Senses : Seeing

  The Happy Gang learn about vision and how eyes work. (Age 6-7)

• Sporting Forecast

  The Happy Gang are delighted by the success of their programme about weather and find out how leisure and sport are affected by different climatic conditions. Heather explains what snow is and why lightning is seen before thunder. (ages 5-7)

• Sticking Together

  The Happy Gang go camping in the forest, where Nicky tries to fix things together

• Talking Rubbish: Bad Rubbish

  The Happy Gang learn about pollution. (ages 6-7)

• Talking Rubbish : Good Rubbish

  Mr P visits a paper factory while the Happy Gang learn about recycling. (Age 6-7)

• Talking Rubbish : Good Rubbish

  Educational endeavours. (ages 6-7)

• Talking Rubbish: What Is Rubbish?

  The Happy Gang visit Edinburgh Zoo and find out where rubbish comes from. (ages 6-7)

• Technology : Bright Ideas
• Technology : Bright Ideas

  Mr P examines how technology has adapted to children's needs. (ages 6-7)

• Technology in a Flap
• Technology : In a Flap!

  Mr P discovers the uses of levers. (Age 6-7)

• Technology : Sticking Together

  The Happy Gang go camping in the frost, where Nicky tries to stick things together. (ages 6-7)

• Technology: The Things We Wear

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• Technology: Things We Wear - Suitable Suits

  Choosing clothes to suit the weather. (ages 6-7)

• Technology : Things We Wear: Suitable Suits

  Choosing clothes to suit the weather. (Age 6-7)

• Toys : Gangway

  The Happy Gang design and build their own go-kart. (Age 6-7)

• Toys : Gangway

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• Toys : Hoops a Daisy

  The history behind modern toys. (Age 6-7)

• Toys : The Happy Gang Game

  The Happy Gang have fun playing a game. (Age 6-7)

• Transport : Ferries

  People working aboard the Arran ferry talk about their jobs. (Age 6-7)

• Transport : Planes

  The Happy Gang find out about a range of jobs at Glasgow Airport. (Age 6-7)

• Transport : Trains

  The workers and trains at Glasgow's Central Station. (Age 6-7)

• Trees - Life in the Forest

  The Happy Gang learn about forestry and the animals that live in the woods. (ages 6-7)

• Trees - The Dead Tree

  Explaining to children how life can exist within a 'dead' tree. (ages 6-7)

• Trees - The Oak

  The Happy Gang explore the risk to oak trees from development. (ages 6-7)

• Water : Creatures of the Sea

  The Happy Gang search for sea creatures. (Age 6-7)

• Water : Sound and Movement

  The gang use sound and movement to stop the world's water freezing. (Age 6-7)

• Water : Wet and Dry

  The gang learn how evaporated milk is made and why bodies need water. (Age 6-7)

• Water : Who Needs It?

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• Woodlands in Scotland : Commercial Forest

  Commercial forests in Scotland. (Age 6-7)

• Woodlands in Scotland : Deciduous Forest

  Educational endeavours. (Age 6-7)

• Woodlands in Scotland : The Native Scotland

  Educational endeavours. (Age 5-7)