Time for Maths | |
| ITV Schools, Channel 4 Schools | |
| Company: | Granada |
| First run: | 14th September
1992 24th June
1993 Repeated until 16th June
1995 (3 school years) [more][less] |
| Episodes: | 28 episodes |
| Duration: | 10 minutes |
| Subject: | Mathematics: Mathematics |
| Audience: | Age 3-5, Age 5-7 |
| Language: | In English |
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Contents |
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Each episode includes a story set on Honeypot Farm, where Farmer and Mrs Dobbs live alongside George the cat, several scarecrows, and a variety of animals. The computer animation allows the stories to venture into unusual areas and types of experiences - such as the adventures of two young rabbits inside their warren, and a dream sequence in which a giant metallic hen tests Farmer Dobbs' additiona and subtraction skills using huge eggs balanced on the farmhouse roof!
The autumn term episodes introduce the numbers 1 to 10, while the spring term adds concepts of size, shape, time and money, and the summer term stretches to comparing, balancing and fractions.
Episodes
| # | Title | Broadcast |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The Farmer's Chair | 14 Sep 1992 |
| 2. | The Scarecrows | 21 Sep 1992 |
| 3. | Down the Mousehole | 28 Sep 1992 |
| 4. | Milking Time | 5 Oct 1992 |
| 5. | The Lost Lamb | 12 Oct 1992 |
| 6. | The Juggler | 19 Oct 1992 |
| 7. | In the Pond | 2 Nov 1992 |
| 8. | The New Chicks | 9 Nov 1992 |
| 9. | The Wild Ducks | 16 Nov 1992 |
| 10. | Ten in Trouble | 23 Nov 1992 |
| 11. | The Grandfather Clock | 11 Jan 1993 |
| 12. | The Midnight Calf | 18 Jan 1993 |
| 13. | The Surprise Present | 25 Jan 1993 |
| 14. | Winter Rescue | 1 Feb 1993 |
| 15. | The Photograph | 8 Feb 1993 |
| 16. | The Special Treat | 15 Feb 1993 |
| 17. | The Water Shortage | 1 Mar 1993 |
| 18. | The Boat | 8 Mar 1993 |
| 19. | The Rabbit Warren | 15 Mar 1993 |
| 20. | Counting the Eggs | 22 Mar 1993 |
| 21. | The Vanishing Apple | 26 Apr 1993 |
| 22. | The Competition | 6 May 1993 |
| 23. | The Balloon | 13 May 1993 |
| 24. | The Locked Safe | 20 May 1993 |
| 25. | Cutting the Hay | 27 May 1993 |
| 26. | The Balancing Act | 10 Jun 1993 |
| 27. | George's House | 17 Jun 1993 |
| 28. | The Farmer's Year | 24 Jun 1993 |
Credits
| Presenter | Nimmy March |
| Writer | Brian Walsh |
| Singer | Liz Watts |
| Composer | Jonathan Cohen |
| Illustrator | Keith Aldred |
| Education adviser | Des Wilson |
| Animator | Matt Howarth |
| Series editor | Brian Nixon |
| Producer & director | John Chesworth-Wigger |
Broadcasts
- 1992-93: Mondays 10:21am, repeated Thursdays 9:52am (not in the HTV Wales area on Thursdays)
- 1993-94: Mondays 11:07am, repeated Wednesdays 11:07am
- 1994-95: Fridays 11:11am
Resources
Each of the Honeypot Farm stories was available as a reading book, with pictures and captions for children to read on the right-hand pages and the full text of the story on the left.
There were also two audio cassettes containing all 28 stories from the series told by Nimmy March, and a third cassette containing all of the songs.
Teacher's notes were published for each separate term, and there was a wall frieze, a music and activity pack, computer software and a concept keyboard pack. Apart from the teacher's notes all of the resources were produced and distributed by Mercury Educational Products.
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