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Episode 6 - Hooray! It’s world monkey day

The students share what they know about monkeys and write their information on paper monkeys which can be hung together to create a display.

Episode 5 - Numbers

In this number-themed lesson from the British Council Teaching English website, the students will listen to a story about record breakers and play a board game.

Episode 4 - Class Tree Display

In this tree-themed lesson from the British Council Teaching English website, the students will find out about each other’s likes and make a tree display for the classroom.

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Episode 3 - Food I Like/Don’t Like

This lesson plan from the British Council Teaching English website takes advantage of our collective love of food to motivate students to practice their English-speaking skills on a familiar topic.

Episode 2 - A Green Classroom

This lesson plan from the British Council Teaching English website empowers students to take ownership of their classrooms while they revise vocabulary and grammar and practice English speaking skills.

Episode 1 - The Grandfriend

This lesson plan from the British Council Teaching English website presents vocabulary and grammar in a context that children can relate to.

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Author Kamila Shamsie shares her top tips for becoming a writer

Kamila Shamsie shares her advice for aspiring writers everywhere in this inspiring interview.

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Ayesha Tariq on her journey to becoming a graphic novelist

I was always interested in arts and crafts and drawing. I would love drawing cartoonish profiles in my notebooks.

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Dream of becoming a photographer? Khaula Jamil shares her top tips

In the final video of our series with documentary photographer, Khaula Jamil, she tells us how she came to photography and how aspiring photographers out there can make their mark too.

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Famous literary characters you never knew were real people

Most of us have seen the Disney film, but did you know Pocahontas was a real person? This week marks the 400th anniversary of Pocahontas burial in the UK. Here, we take a look at some of the most famous literary characters based on real people.

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