Words and Pictures: Phonics Year 2

📺BBC Schools TV

companyBBC

started10th Sep 2001

ended3rd Dec 2001

last rpt22nd Nov 2006(on CBBC)

6 school years

episodes10

duration15 mins

subject 📚English

age rangeAge 6-7Age 5-7

languageenIn English

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Phonics Year 2 is a unit of the BBC Schools TV series Words and Pictures from the 2000s, covering English for Primary pupils.

A unit of Words and Pictures supporting spelling in the second year of primary school (or Primary 2/3 in Scotland), specfically the different ways of spelling the same sound.

Sophie Aldred is living in a special lighthouse which keeps words safe, using its light to highlight the rules needed to spell them correctly and relevant words out on the waves. She sings songs, looks through her telescope to see what is happening and plays with children around the seaside. A different celebrity reads each week's story.

Sophie

Each episode also introduces a sound shell to hear how words sound, which Sophie collects together, plus animated characters Sid the Seagull who tries to spell words while flying through the clouds, Salty Sam's Squeeze Box, a sailor with an accordion on which he can piece together the letters and sounds of words then sing a song with the words, and Colin the Clam who presents a quiz on forming words in his Wonderful Underwater World of Words.

Magic pencil appears, writing out complete words, and presented as a 3D animation with the pencil itself shaped like a lighthouse.

Magic Pencil drawing words

The series is set at La Corbière Lighthouse on Jersey.

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Titles & Theme Music

BBC Motion Graphics Archive

Theme Song

Hello there my name's Sophie, I live in a lighthouse by the sea.
At night it keeps ships safe and sound, by day I like to roam around.

Episode List

#	Title	Broadcast
1.	Ow/ou	#2001-09-10-00-00-0010 Sep 2001
2.	Oy/oi	#2001-09-17-00-00-0017 Sep 2001
3.	Ar/a	#2001-09-24-00-00-0024 Sep 2001
4.	Oo/u	#2001-10-08-00-00-008 Oct 2001
5.	Air/are/ear	#2001-10-15-00-00-0015 Oct 2001
6.	Or	#2001-11-05-00-00-005 Nov 2001
7.	Aw/au/augh	#2001-11-12-00-00-0012 Nov 2001
8.	Er/ir/ur	#2001-11-19-00-00-0019 Nov 2001
9.	Ear/eer/ere	#2001-11-26-00-00-0026 Nov 2001
10.	Schwa	#2001-12-03-00-00-003 Dec 2001

Episode Guide

A quick guide to the stories included.

1. Ow/ou

• Story: Way Out West With a Baby! by Michael Brownlee, read by Lou Hirsch

First broadcast: Monday 10th September 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 8th November 2006, 11:00am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA426E

2. Oy/oi

• Story: Bang on the Door: The Story of Dog by Jackie Robb & Berny Stringle, read by Mina Anwar

First broadcast: Monday 17th September 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 8th November 2006, 11:15am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA427Y

3. Ar/a

• Story: Marty Monster by Malorie Blackman, read by Dave Benson Phillips

First broadcast: Monday 24th September 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 8th November 2006, 11:30am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA428S

4. Oo/u

• Story: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, read by Dave Benson Phillips

First broadcast: Monday 8th October 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 8th November 2006, 11:40am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA429L

5. Air/are/ear

• Story: Dear Bear by Joanna Harrison, read by Mina Anwar

First broadcast: Monday 15th October 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 15th November 2006, 10:55am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA430F

6. Or

• Story: The Gorys by Colin & Jacqui Hawkins, read by Una Stubbs

First broadcast: Monday 5th November 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 15th November 2006, 11:10am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA431A

7. Aw/au/augh

• Story: Little Rabbit and the Sea by Gavin Bishop, read by Patrick Robinson

First broadcast: Monday 12th November 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 15th November 2006, 11:25am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA432T

8. Er/ir/ur

• Story: Mrs Armitage and the Big Wave by Quentin Blake, read by Una Stubbs

First broadcast: Monday 19th November 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 15th November 2006, 11:40am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA433N

9. Ear/eer/ere

• Story: The Smallest Whale by Elisabeth Beresford, read by Brian Blessed

First broadcast: Monday 26th November 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 22nd November 2006, 11:00am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA434H

10. Schwa

• Story: Yohance and the Dinosaurs by Alexis Obi, read by Patrick Robinson

First broadcast: Monday 3rd December 2001, 11:20am on BBC2 Last broadcast: Wednesday 22nd November 2006, 11:10am on CBBC BBC programme number: ESCA435B

Broadcasts

Year	Term	Day	Time	Channel	Details
2001-02	Autumn 2001	Mon	11:20	BBC2
	Summer 2002	Mon & Fri	11:20	BBC2
2002-03	Autumn 2002	Mon	11:20	BBC2
2003-04	Autumn 2003	Mon	13:15	BBC2
2004-05	Autumn 2004	Mon	13:15	BBC2
2005-06	Autumn 2005	Mon	11:15 & 11:30	BBC2

The unit was also broadcast on the CBBC Channel 'Class TV' service of schools programmes:

• Spring & Summer 2003
• Autumn 2003 & Spring 2004
• Autumn 2004 & Spring 2005
• Autumn 2005 & Spring 2006
• Autumn 2006

Credits

Presenter	Sophie Aldred
With	Ashley Artus as Sid and Colin Michael Henry as Salty Sam
Music	Michael Henry Stephen Chadwick
Animation	Ealing Animation Alan Rogers & Peter Lang Darren Bykerk Adams Trainor
Design	Petra Cox
Sid and Colin writer	Philip Hawthorn
Director	Sarah A. Miller Lubna Malik Diana Hinshelwood
Executive producer	Sue Nott
Producer	Sarah A. Miller

Resources

Video and DVD

The unit was released on video to schools, and later re-released as a Video Plus Pack and a DVD Plus Pack, bundled with the activity pack book.

Video

Software

A CD-ROM called My Spelling Friend, released in 2002, features Salty Sam helping pupils with their spellings.

A Phonics Clip Art CD-ROM was released in 2003.

Links

• BBC - Words and Pictures - Phonics (archived 2003)Seaside-themed games linked to this unit were added to the Words and Pictures website in 2001.

Words and Pictures

Series overview • Episode list

1970s
Up in the Attic (1970) • Sam on Boffs' Island (1972-3)
With Henry Woolf: Series 3 (1975-6) • Series 4 (1977-8)

1980s
With Vicky Ireland: Series 5 (1982-3) • Series 6 (1984) • Series 7 (1984) • Series 8 (1987) • Series 9 (1989)

1990s
With Stuart Bradley: Series 10 (1990) • Series 11 (1990)
Series 12 (1992-3) with Sophie Aldred • Series 13 (1993-4) with Michael Hobbs • Series 14 (1996-7) • Magic Pencil with Sophie again

2000s
Phonics Special (1999) • Phonics Year 2 (2001) • Fun with Phonics (2006-7)

See also: Words and Pictures Plus • Rat-a-Tat-Tat • Hands Up!: Signed Words and Pictures

Topics

School topics covered in this programme. Click to find other programmes covering the same topics, but bear in mind topics are a new addition to the site in 2023 and not many are set up yet.

Phonics

Reading

Writing

Spelling

Keyword tags

Some features of this programme. Click to find other programmes with the same features, but bear in mind tags are also a new addition to the site in 2023 and not many are set up yet.

Presenter

Presenter is animation

Talking animals

Birds

Seaside

Set at a lighthouse

Made in Crown Dependencies

Animation

2D computer animation

3D computer animation

Made in widescreen

Book reading

Educational songs

Reading from the screen

Released on DVD

Released on VHS video

BBC Video Plus Packs

Software for Apple computers

Software for PC

Support website

CBBC Class TV

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