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The School of the Air will be live for a total of 43 weeks and will have a similar programme each week. We explain that day‐by‐day below.

Monday

We already have a section on our site about each county and some metropolitan boroughs in England. At present that contains some facts and five sections about something connected to that county. Knowing more about your own country is, we believe, an important part of learning and so, on Mondays, our video will tell you a bit more about one county each week. We have decided to look at a mainly historical fact, with a section called It Happened Here and a more fun, unusual fact which we have called Weird and Amazing.

Tuesday

This day is very specifically for our Early Years audience. Molly, accompanied by Colin and Owlbut, will read a short story from their special den and then link that story to some experience children can find out in nature.

Wednesday

The videos we put up this week will alternate between a history week, of which there will be 22, and a more geography week, of which there will be 21. In the history week we will take a journey through history, in line with the time periods in our Times Past section. We will look a little deeper at each period in general and then provide an activity for children to try connected to that period.

For our geography weeks we have decided to go back to something we did during the COVID lockdowns. For those of you who don't know, during this time, Richard tried, and in most cases succeeded, in cooking a particular dish associated with a county. These are all still on the individual pages in our English counties section which we referred to on Monday's info. The recipes were easy for children to follow and, apart from providing food to try, covered a lot of other important skills. We have decided that during the 21 weeks of geography topics, Richard and Molly will attempt to produce a dish for which a country in the Europe part of our The World section is famous. Again the dishes will be simple and easy to follow. During the video we will also tell you a little bit more about the country.

Thursday

Not quite so specifically for Early Years but certainly appealing to them, today Molly will have an activity or two for children to watch and then try for themselves. The activity may be linked to the story she told on Tuesday, to a particular time of year or a particular season. Their aim is not only to entertain but also to inspire these children with ideas of things they could do outside.

Friday

This is our definite "get outside and see it" day. It's called walking with Molly and that is exactly what will happen to Richard, a camera and you. We will follow Molly as she takes us outside on the beach, in the woods, through a meadow, in autumn, winter, spring or summer and finds out all the things you might be able to see somewhere near you.

For those of you like Molly who prefer to see a visual picture of our plans we set that out below.

Over the year there may be a few bonus videos, who can say. Also don't forget you have complete access to the rest of Owlbut's website.