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Notes for teachers or adults
A Radio Show
Who Can Do It

We suggest this project is done by students between the age of 8 and 13. This is an individual project or for a small group of students in a classroom situation.

What You'll Need

You will need access to a word processing package and, possibly, a scanner.

How To Do It

The instruction in PDF format and only intended for teachers can be found here

The list of possible tracks is here

The info for the adverts is here.
When You've Finished

We are asking schools to set up a special part of their school website called Owlbut's World of Learning and all work done by pupils should be uploaded there. Each project, if you decide to do more than one, should have a separate section. Send the link to groupprojects@owlbut.co.uk.

We will start uploading links from schools in September 2025. The links will be accessed from this page.

Examples

We asked Richard to show you an example, after all he has been on radio quite a few times. We gave him the list and he didn't know a single song. He then spotted that we have said this project is for people aged between 8-13 and said he should do it for the years when he was about 13. We checked and people did make records in those days, so here it is; best No 1s from 1964/65. He has not written out his adverts as you will have to do because he didn't want to give you any ideas; old and mean. A PDF version of this example which teachers can print out and give to each pupil is here

The plan for your show should look roughly like this, with the actual text of your adverts written in the event column:-

TIME
½ minute
2¼ minutes
¼ minute
3¾ minutes
½ minute
3 minutes
½ minute
¼ minute
2¼, minutes
¼ minute
2½ minutes
¼ minute
3¼ minutes
½ minute
2½ minutes
½ minute
¼ minute
2¾ minutes
½ minute
3 minutes
½ minute
EVENT
General introduction and intro to first track
Help by The Beatles
Intro to second track
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin by The Righteous Brothers
Intro to third track
Have I The Right by The Honeycombs
First Advert
Intro to fourth track
Needles And Pins by The Searchers
Intro to fifth track
Baby Love by The Supremes
Intro to sixth track
Make It Easy On Yourself by The Walker Brothers
Intro to seventh track
Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds
Second Advert
Intro to eighth track
It's Over by Roy Orbison
Intro to final track
The Carnival Is Over by The Seekers
Closing chat
RUNNING TIME
½ minute
2¾ minutes
3 minutes
6¾ minutes
7¼ minutes
10¼ minutes
10¾ minutes
11 minutes
13¼ minutes
13½ minutes
16 minutes
16¼ minutes
19½ minutes
20 minutes
22½ minutes
23 minutes
23¼ minutes
26 minutes
26½ minutes
29½ minutes
30 minutes

Break