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Arthur and the Invisibles

A boy looks down a telescope
  • Relevance: KS1, KS2
  • Subjects: Art & Design, Literacy, PSHE & Citizenship
  • Certificate: U
  • Synopsis: Ten-year-old Arthur goes looking for some hidden treasure in the land of the Invisibles in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished.

Cave of the Yellow Dog, The

A girl stands in a field with a dog surrounded by mountains
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Geography, Literacy, PSHE & Citizenship, Religious Education
  • Certificate: U
  • Synopsis: Docudrama in which a Mongolian nomad family find themselves in disagreement when the oldest daughter, Nansal, finds a small dog and brings it home.

Earth (2007)

Underwater image of a blue whale
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Geography, Literacy, PSHE & Citizenship, Science
  • Certificate: PG
  • Synopsis: In different parts of the globe, families of polar bears, elephants and humpback whales set out on separate, difficult journey

Fox and the Child, The

Still profile of a fox lying on the grass looking at a girl
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Geography, Literacy, PSHE & Citizenship, Science
  • Certificate: U
  • Synopsis: A young girl befriends a fox and they are exposed to each other's worlds

Hotel for Dogs

A girl and a boy walk lots of dogs in the street
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Art & Design, Citizenship, Design & Technology, Literacy
  • Certificate: U
  • Synopsis: Siblings Andi and Bruce turn a derelict hotel into a home for stray dogs, inventing ingenious ways of taking care of them

How to Train Your Dragon

The top of a Viking's head with a flame coming out of their helmet, beneath the film's title logo.
  • Relevance: KS1, KS2
  • Subjects: History, Literacy
  • Certificate: PG
  • Synopsis:

Igor

An animated image of a suprised looking boy next to a rabbit and a robot
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Literacy, Science
  • Certificate: PG
  • Synopsis: Igor, a talented hunchback, secretly plans to create the greatest invention the world has ever seen and win first prize at the annual Evil Science Fair.

Nanny McPhee & The Big Bang

Three children
  • Relevance: KS1, KS2
  • Subjects: Citizenship, Literacy, PHSE
  • Certificate: PG
  • Synopsis:

Princes' Quest, The

Animated image of a young white boy talking to a young black boy surrounded by leaves
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Art & Design, Geography, Literacy, PSHE & Citizenship
  • Certificate: U
  • Synopsis: Azur, a blond, blue-eyed son of a nobleman and Asmar, the dark skinned child of a nurse are raised together then cruelly separated. Years later they reunite and compete to rescue a Djinn fairy.

Princess and the Frog, The

Poster image for animaed Disney film The Princess and the Frog
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Art & Design, ICT, Literacy, Music
  • Certificate: U
  • Synopsis:

Secret of Moonacre, The

A girl, two men and a woman stand looking puzzled
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Literacy, PSHE & Citizenship
  • Certificate: U
  • Synopsis: Maria Merryweather is sent away to live with her uncle in the mysterious Moonacre Manor. It is there Maria uncovers the dark truth of an ancient curse and she has only until the next full moon to save Moonacre from destruction. Based on the The Little Whi

Story of the Weeping Camel, The

Two boys on camels ride through a desert
  • Relevance: KS2
  • Subjects: Geography, Music, PSHE & Citizenship, Science
  • Certificate: U
  • Synopsis: Documentary following the adventures of a family of herders in Mongolia's Gobi desert. They face a crisis when a mother camel rejects her newborn calf after a difficult birth.

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