A is for Avoiding Accidents

Accidents are awful

Please be very careful

Enjoy your life safely

Make each step watchfully

Playing safe is best for all. No accidents means you keep well and no-one is upset. More...

B is for Building Bridges

Bridges bring us nearer

Saves us walking longer.

When crossing the river

Remember the builder

Building bridges helps us to get there easier. Bridges can join people separated by rivers. New ways to build bridges keep engineers inventing better ideas. More...

C is for Car Care

Cars are great

Travel is comfy

If you're late

Drive safely

Checking our cars for safety means we can go many places and come back. Checked cars use less fuel and are not so polluting. Safe cars rarely have accidents. More...

D is for Damp Proof

Water keeps us healthy.

Too much can be deadly.

Everyday drink water

And always play safer.

Having enough water makes us strong and healthy. Too much water floods our towns and ruins our houses. Keeping dry in wet weather is good for all. More...

E is for Energy

Energy drives us,

Moves our car and bus

Please use it wisely

To keep you warmly

Energy is everywhere – heat, noise, petrol, electricity. Energy is expensive to carry, It makes sense to use it wisely and not waste any. In future we must have more renewable energy, to make less greenhouse gases. More...

F is for Food

Learn to cook food.

Eat well, grow strong.

A healthy life long

And active growed.

Food is a special kind of energy. It helps us grow and stay healthy. We need to eat good food regularly, so that we can have the energy to work and learn. We can grow some good foods, like vegetables, in our own gardens. More...

G is for Green Living

The birds and bees

Live in harmony with trees,

Follow their lead

And only use what you need

People, plants and animals share the world. We need each other to keep the water clean, the forests growing, and have good food for harvesting. So looking after nature is like looking after family and pets. More...

H is for Home Comforts

It's nice to watch TV

Sitting on a sofa.

After you have tea.

Be a good home helper

It's nice to be at home and use the TV or fridge. These help to make our lives comfortable. Telephones and computers help us to keep in touch – like one big family. More...

I is for Internet

The internet's there

For everyone to share

At the press of a key

A new world can you see?

Playing games on computers is one of the things that the internet makes possible. Finding out, swapping data, getting messages – these make learning fun. The internet lets us find new friends in far away places. More...

J is for Jams

Traffic jams slow us down

When we all go to town,

At the same time we race

To get to the same place

Traffic jams stop us getting places. Getting together is the way towns and cities have grown. When we all want to go somewhere at once, then there are traffic jams. We can ease traffic jams by changing the time or place we travel. More...

K is for Kittens and other little animals

Cudly Kittens purr

Have fluffy warm fur,

Take care of creatures

And take good pictures.

Everyone loves a pet. It may be a kitten or a puppy, a horse or a rabbit. Taking care of our pets helps us learn about growing up and taking care of each other. More...

L is for Light

Let there be sun light

But sometimes it's night

When the switch you turn

No candle need burn.

Life would be dull without light. Light allows us to see pictures, read books, watch films. Most light comes from the sun. In winter there is less daylight than in summer. Use your eyes wisely and see the sunlit world. More...

M is for Machines

Machines make life handy

They lift, and move and spin

Things that are too heavy

We get them easily in

Machines are made by people, to allow us towork better, learn more, and do things easier. We will never stop inventing new machines, that are better and smaller. Ask an adult about the machines they used when they were children. More...

N is for Natural World

Under your foot live a million things.

Can you imagine all those long strings

That link us all in one family

Of animals, plants and great oak tree

The world of nature is made up of many plants and animals. We all depend on them to keep the soil healthy for our food. Trees clean up the air we breathe. Microbes eat waste to make good soil. We need each other – even spiders. More...

O is for Organising Ourselves

Doing things together

Is always much more fun

Than all helter skelter,

When things must to be done.

Many people working together can do more than they can separately. Look at bees building hives to store honey, or ants making ant-hills. They are very organised. They even know when there is danger and can move home quickly. Learning to work togather in an organised way is how people have made civilisations. More...

P is for Plastics

Metals, plastics, wood,

Everything we use,

Plastics are so good

To make things we choose

Scientists have found ways to make new materials that we call plastics. Many are made from oil, some from wood, corn starch and even linseed. Plastics are very useful. They let us have many things which would be impossible to make from metal or wood. More...

Q is for Qualifications

Our doctor is clever

He makes us all better,

Many things he knows

His Certificate proves.

Qualifications are a way of proving we know how to do a special job. Some jobs are life and death. It is important for doctors to be able to make us better. This is why it takes seven years to become a doctor. Every job needs special skills and knowledge, so there are many different qualifications. More...

R is for Repairing Roads

Imagine all the potholes

If our roads were not mended.

Smooth roads, small bends, hills and dales

Engineers, the roads tended.

Keeping our roads repaired means they are safe to drive along and we can get where we are going safely. Engineers learn different ways to keep roads in good repair. If every road was full of pot holes, our cars could be damaged and we could only drive slowly. More...

S is for Science

Science helps us all learn

What makes the big world turn,

Scientists find a star,

And make a safer car

Scientists discover more about the world and the forces of nature every day. Experiments are used to prove theories which help explain how the moon goes round the earth, or how volcanoes erupt with lava. Without science we would still be living in caves? More...

T is for Transport

Transport gets us school,

And keeps full all the shops.

Travelling is really cool,

Making short trips or long hops.

Transport gets food into our shops. It gets us to school. We use transport to visit family and friends, and to go on holidays. Transport gets better every day. It also pollutes and uses energy, so use it wisely. More...

U is for Undersea World

Under the sea is another world,

Fish and plants untold,

Waves turn rocks into pebbles and sand,

And make us new land

Most of the earth is covered by seas and oceans, many deeper than the tallest mountain. New land is formed under the sea. The oceans are home to millions of fish, whales and other animals and plants. Rain comes from the sea, and it supplies our drinking water and keeps our farms watered. More...

V is for Veins and our bodies

Veins carry our blood.

It's the body's food

We can run, work and think

Thanks to those pipes which are pink

Everybody is like a little machine, created by nature. We eat food and drink water, and convert them to blood. Our hearts pump the blood to give energy to our muscles and help our brains work. Healthy hearts are vital for good school work. More...

W is for Woods and Wild Life

Woods are full of trees,

And many kinds of animals,

Wild birds, mice and bees

Some are big, most are small

Every tree makes new air to give us oxygen to breathe. In and around trees are many plants and animals which makes a mini-world. Fungus eats dead trees to make new soil. Animals eat the fungus, and over the years new trees to replace old trees. More...

X is for X Rays and Medicine

My Doctor uses X-Rays to check

That there's no bone broken in my neck,

And they use medicines or a pill

To make us better when we are ill

X-rays are special pictures that allow doctors to check that our bodies are well. Doctors know what medicine or treatment we need when we are ill or have an accident. Staying well is important for everyone. More...

Y is for Yesterday

Yesterday I was younger.

Many yesterdays make a year.

Years ago mum was a baby dear.

More than that we cannot remember.

Yesterday is part of our history. Our parents and grandparents have memories of things that happened years ago. Looking at newspapers and books we can find out what people knew. With films and videos we can even see what they saw. More...

Z is for Zero and Numbers

Zero is nothing at all.

We can count using numbers

All the bricks in the school wall

And measure the roof timbers.

Numbers help us keep track of things. We can use numbers to weigh and measure the food we eat or the materials we use. The most amazing number is zero. Without numbers,

industry and science would not be possible. Engineers use numbers to work out how strong to make a bridge. More...