Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 July 2015

What’s A Balamory?

I watched Balamory on CBeebies the other morning with my grandson.

Balamory is a live action Scottish children’s television series filmed mostly in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull.

It was created by Brian Jameson. The theme tune is catchy.

The children’s series is about a fictional island community called Balamory in Scotland, the setting and the different coloured houses are spectacular.

The series begins when Miss Hoolie the nursery teacher opens up the nursery and tells us the weather. The nursery soon fills up with school children where the school day begins.

The children’s series features songs, dances and the odd exercise routine provided by Josie Jump, the most energetic person in Balamory.

My favourite character is Edie McCredie the bus driver she is always happy and pleasant to everyone she meets.

It’s definitely worth watching, the children will love it. 

In my opinion it’s a great children’s series that encourages problem solving and friendship. It’s very educational.

My final thought; the shop and cafĂ© called ‘Pocket & Sweet’ run by Suzie Sweet and Penny Pocket is brilliant.

They stock everything and are very friendly to their customers; maybe the big chains could learn a thing or two!


Why not watch an episode now and tell me what you think?

Sunday, 22 February 2015

Where Is Struay?

I watched Katie Morag on CBeebies one afternoon.

The children’s series is a live show set in Scotland on a fictional Island called Struay.
                                                         
The stories are based upon the series of Katie Morag children's books; they were written and illustrated by Mairi Hedderwick.

Cherry Campbell plays Katie Morag, who is a delightful little girl that has many adventures with her friends and family on the island of Struay.

The scenery is beautiful although it looks quite cold and windy.

In my opinion it’s a great educational children’s series for older children.                     

My final thought: it’s unfortunate that Katie can only wear a skirt and wellies her knee’s look rather cold, if you look in the background at the start of each episode you’ll see everybody else is wrapped up warm. 

It looks like Katie drew the short straw!

What do you think?