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Epic Learning Podcast - December 06, 2022 09:00 - 4 minutesIt's nearly Christmas! And whether you celebrate this festival or not, we have an EPIC gift for you. :-) But it comes with some sad news... So take a listen to this special announcement, then get downloading the FULL back catalogue of past episodes, and search your podcast player for Happily E...
The REAL King of the Jungle
Epic Learning Podcast - May 28, 2021 09:00 - 22 minutesWhoever called the lion "the king of the jungle" clearly hadn't met Tenduay the leopard. Tenduay has ten times the appetite of lion, and hunting skills to match. In fact, the devastation he's causing to the jungle is so great that the other animals are forced to agree to an uncomfortable arrange...
Underdogs, animal diets, probability, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - May 28, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to teach with this week's Epic Tale for fun and effective learning. This week's tale is an Indian folk tale set in the heart of the jungle. To discuss the many Learning Outcomes in the story – from biomes to potato printing – Epic...
Urashima and the Underwater Kingdom
Epic Learning Podcast - May 13, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutesKind-hearted Urashima is exactly the kind of person you'd like to have around. He cares for his family, and indeed everyone on his street in Japan, and even rescues a turtle from the absent-minded actions of some children on the beach. But even Urashima is surprised when the ocean chooses to rew...
Underwater life, 3D shapes, pentatonic scales, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - May 13, 2021 09:00 - 1 hourJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out Learning Outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. We're kicking off Season 3 with style! Korky Paul has joined the Epic Illustrating team, and has launched our first Epic Tale of 2021 with ...
Bonus Episode: Why Season 3 Will be Magically Epic...!
Epic Learning Podcast - May 07, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutesThe Epic Learning Podcast is back for a third season... and with a very special and magical addition to the team! In this bonus episode, Epic Storyteller Chip Colquhoun lets you know what's in store – and how you can access a very special free gift* just for listening to this podcast... For fu...
Epic Storytime: The Forbidden Christmas
Epic Learning Podcast - December 14, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutesLike many Mexicans, Lola's village celebrates the Posada – a traditional Christmas parade full of song. Lola is especially excited about this year, as she will play Mary and ride atop her pet donkey Don Pedro! But her joy rapidly disappears when she learns that Don Pedro won't be allowed in the...
Epic Learning Christmas Special: handling emotions, measuring, Spanish, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - December 11, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers for a Christmas party unlike any other! Why? Because as they share festive cheer and a Christmas story, they also discuss how to draw out Learning Outcomes with fun and engaging activities. Gathering to explore our Mexican Yuletide Epic are Epic sto...
Epic Storytime: Yami and Yama
Epic Learning Podcast - November 30, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutesIn the UK, the first week of December is National Grief Awareness Week – and no story is better for approaching this sensitive subject with your class than this beautiful Hindu creation myth. In the beginning, there was no night – only one long day. Yami and her brother Yama have spent this day...
Epic Learning: National Grief Awareness Week, time, camouflage, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - November 27, 2020 09:00 - 51 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out Learning Outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. In the UK, the first week of December is National Grief Awareness Week, and in the year of 2020 it's perhaps even more important to discuss...
Epic Storytime: Olaf's Goat
Epic Learning Podcast - November 23, 2020 16:00 - 9 minutesOlaf's simple life is turned upside-down when the goat he cares for is distracted by a field of sweet-tasting flowers. But help arrives for Olaf – from a very unexpected source... Based on a global folk tale and adapted by Chip Colquhoun. Read by Erika Sanderson (erikasanderson.com). Illustrat...
Epic Learning: the five senses, verbs, scaling, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - November 20, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. Poor Olaf and his new animal friends can't seem to cajole his goat away from a meadow of sweet-smelling flowers – but their despair could h...
Epic Storytime: Brer Bunny and the Tar Bunny
Epic Learning Podcast - November 16, 2020 16:00 - 15 minutesIn the UK, a week in November is given to discuss bullying. Stories provide a safe space to explore this sensitive topic, and none moreso than the "origin" story of southern US folklore's undisputed hero! But at the start of this story, Brer Bunny (aka Brer Rabbit) doesn't seem all that heroic....
Epic Learning: Anti-Bullying Week, measurement, classification, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - November 13, 2020 09:00 - 55 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. Brer Bunny, the trickster hero of southern USA, joins us this week to help you explore the sensitive issues of Anti-Bullying Week in a safe...
Epic Storytime: Herbert's Foot
Epic Learning Podcast - November 09, 2020 16:00 - 13 minutesWe mark Armistice Day with the tale of a WWI British Corporal who injures his foot in No Man's Land and has no way of escaping by himself. He can hear soldiers getting closer – but are they friends coming to his rescue, or enemies coming to end his story? This heartwarming story bears remarkabl...
Epic Learning: Armistice Day, "Why we learn [subject]", the Good Samaritan, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - November 06, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. This week's Epic is a true tale of bravery from World War One, shared with us by actor and teacher trainer Jane Bower. Her grandfather's st...
Epic Storytime: To Heaven and Back
Epic Learning Podcast - November 02, 2020 16:00 - 16 minutesKing George III loves bonfires! And he's sure to love this one especially, since it will send George the builder to build a house for his father in heaven. But George the butler is happy too, as this means Mrs George will need a new husband... You'll need ears as sharp as a sparkler in this hil...
Epic Learning: fire, handwriting, citizenship, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - October 30, 2020 09:00 - 1 hourJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. This week's Epic marks Bonfire Night with a Tibetan folk tale relocated to Georgian England – and we mean really George-ian! Discover how t...
Epic Storytime: Hilda & Caedmon
Epic Learning Podcast - October 19, 2020 15:00 - 15 minutesTo mark All Saints Day on 1st November, we have a true story written by a saint about two saints! At the start of this story, Caedmon is forbidden to sing the songs of the monks and nuns in case he lose his job – or worse, his head. But then songs start appearing in his head, and he can't help s...
Epic Learning: prediction, Kodály method, subtraction and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - October 16, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. Though one of the lesser-known Christian festivals, All Saints Day is a great opportunity to help your children consider their own amazing ...
Epic Storytime: The Spooky Strummer of Hamelin
Epic Learning Podcast - October 12, 2020 15:00 - 6 minutes17th October is World Singing Day, so we're inviting the spirit(s) of Halloween early to celebrate with this musical adaptation of a classic fairy tale – one of the few still told in schools that doesn't have a happy ending... Get ready to Rock'n'Roll'n'RAAA!!! Based on a German folk tale and ...
Epic Learning: music, Halloween, algorithms and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - October 09, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. We combine our celebrations of World Singing Day and Halloween with a Rock'n'Roll take on a class fairy tale. Discover how the tribulations...
Epic Storytime: Fit for the Moon
Epic Learning Podcast - October 05, 2020 15:00 - 13 minutes5th October begins World Space Week! Long before humans stepped on the Moon, though, the Ancient Mexicans knew that the Sun had asked her to marry him. But she didn't give him either of the answers he was expecting... Based on a Mexican folk tale and adapted by Chip Colquhoun; read by David Aul...
Epic Learning: space, sex and relationships, counting in steps, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - October 02, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. To mark World Space Week we share a Mexican love story between the Sun and Moon – though it doesn't quite go how the Sun expects... Discove...
Epic Storytime: Through the Forest
Epic Learning Podcast - September 28, 2020 15:00 - 5 minutes1st Oct 2020 is National Poetry Day! To celebrate, the Oxford Owl's "Traditional Tales" storytellers have co-written a truly Epic poem – starring several fairy tale favourites. How many can you spot and/or recognise? Written by Amy Robinson and Chip Colquhoun; read by David Ault (davidault.co.u...
Epic Learning: Poetry Day, measuring, modern languages, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - September 25, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with fun and engaging activities. A wide range of common fairy tale favourites including "Goldilocks" and "Beauty and the Beast" are collected in verse to mark National Poet...
Epic Storytime: The Woodcutters Golden Wand
Epic Learning Podcast - September 21, 2020 15:00 - 13 minutesManmade lobal warming is an urgent issue today – but did you know the ancients were telling folk tales about it centuries ago? In this week's Epic Storytime, a woodcutter begins by trying to be kind to his environment. But when he's offered a reward for his actions, will he make the right choic...
Epic Learning: environmental impact, counting, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - September 18, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with easy, fun, and engaging activities. This week, Epic storyteller Chip is joined by Helen, an EYFS–KS1 teacher from Buckinghamshire; Bex, a Deputy Head from Cambridgeshir...
Epic Storytime: The Shapeshifter
Epic Learning Podcast - September 14, 2020 15:00 - 15 minutesEpic Storytime listeners are always the first to hear the full stories begun each week at epictales.co.uk – read by fabulous voice actors from across the Interweb. Have you ever felt like the whole world is out to get you – but everything would change if they all knew exactly what you have to o...
Epic Learning: emotional literacy, statistics, and more!
Epic Learning Podcast - September 11, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutesJoin Epic storytellers and creative teachers as they discuss how to draw out learning outcomes from this week's Epic Tale with easy, fun, and engaging activities. This week, Epic storyteller Chip is joined by Bex, a Deputy Head from Cambridgeshire; Laura, a headteacher for an international scho...