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In 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 growing from children to adulthood – and on this same day, Yami's life is about to change forever...

Based on a global folk tale and adapted by Chip Colquhoun. Read by Erika Sanderson (erikasanderson.com).

Illustration by Heather Zeta Rose.

For easy and fun ways to link this story to a wide variety of learning outcomes including numeracy and PE, make sure you also listen to our Epic Learning podcast.

This recording copyright © Epic Tales 2021. Story copyright © Chip Colquhoun 2021. Illustration copyright © Heather Zeta Rose 2021.

In 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 growing from children to adulthood – and on this same day, Yami's life is about to change forever...

Based on a global folk tale and adapted by Chip Colquhoun. Read by Erika Sanderson (erikasanderson.com).

Illustration by Heather Zeta Rose.

For easy and fun ways to link this story to a wide variety of learning outcomes including numeracy and PE, make sure you also listen to our Epic Learning podcast.

This recording copyright © Epic Tales 2021. Story copyright © Chip Colquhoun 2021. Illustration copyright © Heather Zeta Rose 2021.

Epic Learning has had one mahoosive facelift! Search your podcast player for "Happily Ever Teaching", where you can now hear subject-specific off-the-shelf lesson plans 4 days a week every week! Get there before the Epic Learning Podcast disappears... Search for "Happily Ever Teaching" or visit epictales.co.uk/teachhappily

Join 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 themes of loss with your young learners. There is no better way in than the gorgeous Hindu tale of "Yami and Yama" – which will also help them master concepts such as volume, -er and -est suffixes, and more.

To discuss this week's tale, Epic storyteller Chip is joined by Helen, an EYFS-KS1 teacher from Buckinghamshire; Bex, a Deputy Head from Cambridgeshire; and Laura, a headteacher for an International School in Lanzarote.

We'd love to hear how you get on with these ideas! Please leave us a review with your favourite podcast app, find us on social media @EpicTalesST, or email [email protected]

Have a learning outcome you'd like us to cover in a future episode? Email [email protected]

Stained glass illustration: Dave Hingley.

This recording copyright © Epic Tales 2021. Story copyright © Chip Colquhoun 2021. Illustration copyright © Dave Hingley 2021.

Epic Learning has had one mahoosive facelift! Search your podcast player for "Happily Ever Teaching", where you can now hear subject-specific off-the-shelf lesson plans 4 days a week every week! Get there before the Epic Learning Podcast disappears... Search for "Happily Ever Teaching" or visit epictales.co.uk/teachhappily

Olaf'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).

Illustration by Erica Terry-Rose.

*EPIC NOTICE*
We're proud to have produced these podcasts completely free for the benefit of schools and homelearning families since the start of the first UK lockdown. However, like many businesses, Epic is now struggling to survive this pandemic.

Can you help by sending us just £20? We only need to raise £200 to continue these podcasts in the New Year. If you find them of value, please consider donating via pod.fan/epictales

If you can't help financially, we'll still be enormously grateful if you could support us with a review on your favourite podcast app – or on your favourite social media site, tagging us in with @EpicTalesST

Thank you!

For easy and fun ways to link this story to a wide variety of learning outcomes including numeracy and PE, make sure you also listen to our Epic Learning podcast.

This audio is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 Licence.

Olaf'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).

Illustration by Erica Terry-Rose.

For easy and fun ways to link this story to a wide variety of learning outcomes including numeracy and PE, make sure you also listen to our Epic Learning podcast.

This recording copyright © Epic Tales 2021. Story copyright © Chip Colquhoun 2021. Illustration copyright © Erica Terry-Rose 2021.

Epic Learning has had one mahoosive facelift! Search your podcast player for "Happily Ever Teaching", where you can now hear subject-specific off-the-shelf lesson plans 4 days a week every week! Get there before the Epic Learning Podcast disappears... Search for "Happily Ever Teaching" or visit epictales.co.uk/teachhappily

Join 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 help your young learners master parts of a plant, adjectives, area and perimeter, and more!

To discuss this week's tale, Epic storyteller Chip is joined by Helen, an EYFS-KS1 teacher from Buckinghamshire; Bex, a Deputy Head from Cambridgeshire; and Rob, a KS2 teacher also from Buckinghamshire.

TIMECODES
Intros | 0:00

Learning Outcomes
For more detailed learning outcomes, check out the Chapter Headings at epictales.buzzsprout.com

"Olaf's Goat" excerpt | 2:57

• All-age Literacy & PSHCE: unlikely heroes; story conventions; “The Enormous Turnip”; comparing stories (7:26) | size doesn’t matter; “small heroes”; story conventions (11:44)
• 7–11yrs Science: invasive species (9:55)
• 4–7yrs Science & DT: plant identification; flowers; naming the senses; sensory exploration (15:07) | environmentalism; beekeeping (16:33)
• 4–7yrs Art & PSHCE: colour; Yvonne Coomber; knowing yourself; people are different; expressing your likes and dislikes (16:49)
• 4–7yrs Literacy and Core: problem-solving; critical thinking; persuasive writing; writing instructions (19:50) | verbs; adding -ed (20:24)
• 4–5yrs Numeracy: adding one (22:08)
• 7–9yrs Literacy: fact files; comparing stories; “The Enormous Turnip” (25:02) | “a day in the life”; perspective; rewriting stories; Valerie Thomas’ “Winnie and Wilbur: The Dinosaur Day” (36:52) |  Bible stories; David and Goliath (36:02)
• 7–9yrs Numeracy, Science & DT: area and perimeter; units of measurement; shapes (26:45) | statistics; flower identification; features of wildlife; charts (27:46)
• All-age Science & PSHCE: life cycles; ecosystems; our impact on the planet; citizenship (34:22)
• 7–9yrs History: unlikely heroes from history; Greek, Roman, and Norse myths; Hercules; “Arthur and the Golden Rope” (34:44)
• 9–11yrs Numeracy: area and perimeter; composite shapes (39:28)
• 9–11yrs Art: using natural materials; natural dyes (40:03)
• All-age MFL: animal names; animal sounds; including EAL children (40:27)
• All-age Numeracy: “How many legs?” (42:08)
• All-age Music and PE: different instruments; musical representation of nature; “Peter and the Wolf”; dance and movement (43:06)
• 7–11yrs Literacy: perspective; diary writing; verbs; tenses (44:31) | changing settings (45:49)

We'd love to hear how you get on with these ideas! Please leave us a review with your favourite podcast app, find us on social media @EpicTalesST, or email [email protected]

Have a learning outcome you'd like us to cover in a future episode? Email [email protected]

Stained glass illustration: Dave Hingley.

This recording copyright © Epic Tales 2021. Story copyright © Chip Colquhoun 2021. Illustration copyright © Dave Hingley 2021.

Epic Learning has had one mahoosive facelift! Search your podcast player for "Happily Ever Teaching", where you can now hear subject-specific off-the-shelf lesson plans 4 days a week every week! Get there before the Epic Learning Podcast disappears... Search for "Happily Ever Teaching" or visit epictales.co.uk/teachhappily

Join 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 help your young learners master parts of a plant, adjectives, area and perimeter, and more!

To discuss this week's tale, Epic storyteller Chip is joined by Helen, an EYFS-KS1 teacher from Buckinghamshire; Bex, a Deputy Head from Cambridgeshire; and Rob, a KS2 teacher also from Buckinghamshire.

*EPIC NOTICE*
We're proud to have produced these podcasts completely free for the benefit of schools and homelearning families since the start of the first UK lockdown. However, like many businesses, Epic is now struggling to survive this pandemic.

Can you help by sending us just £20? We only need to raise £200 to continue these podcasts in the New Year. If you find them of value, please consider donating via pod.fan/epictales

If you can't help financially, we'll still be enormously grateful if you could support us with a review on your favourite podcast app – or on your favourite social media site, tagging us in with @EpicTalesST

Thank you!

TIMECODES
Intros | 0:00

Learning Outcomes
For more detailed learning outcomes, check out the Chapter Headings at epictales.buzzsprout.com

"Olaf's Goat" excerpt | 2:57

• All-age Literacy & PSHCE: unlikely heroes; story conventions; “The Enormous Turnip”; comparing stories (7:26) | size doesn’t matter; “small heroes”; story conventions (11:44)
• 7–11yrs Science: invasive species (9:55)
• 4–7yrs Science & DT: plant identification; flowers; naming the senses; sensory exploration (15:07) | environmentalism; beekeeping (16:33)
• 4–7yrs Art & PSHCE: colour; Yvonne Coomber; knowing yourself; people are different; expressing your likes and dislikes (16:49)
• 4–7yrs Literacy and Core: problem-solving; critical thinking; persuasive writing; writing instructions (19:50) | verbs; adding -ed (20:24)
• 4–5yrs Numeracy: adding one (22:08)
• 7–9yrs Literacy: fact files; comparing stories; “The Enormous Turnip” (25:02) | “a day in the life”; perspective; rewriting stories; Valerie Thomas’ “Winnie and Wilbur: The Dinosaur Day” (36:52) |  Bible stories; David and Goliath (36:02)
• 7–9yrs Numeracy, Science & DT: area and perimeter; units of measurement; shapes (26:45) | statistics; flower identification; features of wildlife; charts (27:46)
• All-age Science & PSHCE: life cycles; ecosystems; our impact on the planet; citizenship (34:22)
• 7–9yrs History: unlikely heroes from history; Greek, Roman, and Norse myths; Hercules; “Arthur and the Golden Rope” (34:44)
• 9–11yrs Numeracy: area and perimeter; composite shapes (39:28)
• 9–11yrs Art: using natural materials; natural dyes (40:03)
• All-age MFL: animal names; animal sounds; including EAL children (40:27)
• All-age Numeracy: “How many legs?” (42:08)
• All-age Music and PE: different instruments; musical representation of nature; “Peter and the Wolf”; dance and movement (43:06)
• 7–11yrs Literacy: perspective; diary writing; verbs; tenses (44:31) | changing settings (45:49)

We'd love to hear how you get on with these ideas! Please leave us a review with your favourite podcast app, find us on social media @EpicTalesST, or email [email protected]

Have a learning outcome you'd like us to cover in a future episode? Email [email protected]

In 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...

Based on a folk tale from the Southern USA, adapted by Chip Colquhoun. Read by David Ault (davidault.co.uk).

Illustration by Heather Rose.

*EPIC NOTICE*
We're proud to have produced these podcasts completely free for the benefit of schools and homelearning families since the start of the first UK lockdown. However, like many businesses, Epic is now struggling to survive this pandemic.

Can you help by sending us just £20? We only need to raise £200 to continue these podcasts in the New Year. If you find them of value, please consider donating via pod.fan/epictales

If you can't help financially, we'll still be enormously grateful if you could support us with a review on your favourite podcast app – or on your favourite social media site, tagging us in with @EpicTalesST

Thank you!

For easy and fun ways to link this story to a wide variety of learning outcomes including RE and PE, make sure you also listen to our Epic Learning podcast. Find all our podcasts at epictales.co.uk – along with further storytelling and learning resources, including storytelling videos and creative challenges for your children.

This audio is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 Licence.

In 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...

Based on a folk tale from the Southern USA, adapted by Chip Colquhoun. Read by David Ault (davidault.co.uk).

Illustration by Heather Zeta Rose.

For easy and fun ways to link this story to a wide variety of learning outcomes including numeracy and PE, make sure you also listen to our Epic Learning podcast.

This recording copyright © Epic Tales 2021. Story copyright © Chip Colquhoun 2021. Illustration copyright © Heather Zeta Rose 2021.

Epic Learning has had one mahoosive facelift! Search your podcast player for "Happily Ever Teaching", where you can now hear subject-specific off-the-shelf lesson plans 4 days a week every week! Get there before the Epic Learning Podcast disappears... Search for "Happily Ever Teaching" or visit epictales.co.uk/teachhappily

Join 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 yet hilarious environment. And along the way, your young learners can master letter writing, science experiments, and more!

To discuss this week's tale, Epic storyteller Chip is joined by Helen, an EYFS-KS1 teacher from Buckinghamshire; Bex, a Deputy Head from Cambridgeshire; and Laura, headteacher of an International School in Lanzarote.

TIMECODES
Intros | 0:00

"Brer Bunny and the Tar Bunny" excerpt | 1:50

Learning Outcomes
For more detailed learning outcomes, check out the Chapter Headings at epictales.buzzsprout.com

• All-age PSHCE: kindness; friendship; people can change; making good choices (6:59) | reforming characters; bullying; consequences; nobody’s perfect; people can change; being thoughtful (8:39) | dealing with emotions; shame; guilt; shifting behaviours (9:55)
• All-Age Literacy: trickster tales (7:42) | Brer Rabbit; stories as culture; Disney’s “The Song of the South” (14:43) | letter writing; talking through disagreements (28:20) | continuing the story; posters of classroom agreements and rules (31:27)
• All-age Science, DT, and PSHCE: trusting your own decisions; self-confidence; conformity; Asch’s experiment; Derren Brown (10:38) | designing and building; evaluating; responding to feedback (39:11)
• 4–7yrs Literacy, Science, and PSHCE: listening; fact in fiction; animal noises; phonics; mindfulness (19:40)
• 4–7yrs Science, Geography, and PSHCE: classification; jobs that people do; maps (22:05)
• 4–7yrs Literacy and Drama: inferring from the text; dialogue and direct speech; acting out characters; role play (23:59)
• 4–7yrs Science: properties of materials; science investigations; designing experiments; sticky materials (29:58)
• 7–9yrs Literacy: formal and informal letter writing (33:39) | diary writing; newspaper reports; letter writing; tracking emotions (35:11) | predicting outcomes in a story; inferring from a text; conscience alleys (36:29)
• 7–9yrs Science and PSHCE: classification; jobs people do (35:00)
• 7–9yrs History: Greek gods and goddesses; Greek myths; Ancient Greece; mythical creatures; Aborigine Dreamtime (38:13)
• All-age Numeracy: weights; units of measurement; length (39:59)
• 7–11yrs ICT and PSHCE: video editing; spreading positivity (45:24)
• All-age PE: yoga; physical movement; “Bunny Breathing” (48:11) | gymnastics; bunny hopping (50:26)

We'd love to hear how you get on with these ideas! Please leave us a review with your favourite podcast app, find us on social media @EpicTalesST, or email [email protected]

Have a learning outcome you'd like us to cover in a future episode? Email [email protected]

Stained glass illustration: Dave Hingley.

This recording copyright © Epic Tales 2021. Story copyright © Chip Colquhoun 2021. Illustration copyright © Dave Hingley 2021.

Epic Learning has had one mahoosive facelift! Search your podcast player for "Happily Ever Teaching", where you can now hear subject-specific off-the-shelf lesson plans 4 days a week every week! Get there before the Epic Learning Podcast disappears... Search for "Happily Ever Teaching" or visit epictales.co.uk/teachhappily