10 more fun and educational activities if you are looking for that extra bit of help when planning/refreshing your ‘stay at home timetable’ with the kids for after the bank holiday sunshine.

We’ve put all 3 issues together on this link so you can easily access them all.

We really hope you like them.

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Nick Cope’s Popcast’ produced by Terrific Television and Complete Control to hit screens on 25th April

Nick Cope’s Popcast is available as a BBC iPlayer boxset from Friday 24th April and will air on the CBeebies channel every Saturday morning at 9.20am from Saturday 25th April.

‘Nick Cope’s Popcast’, a mixed media kids’ entertainment show commissioned by BBC Children’s Head of Content, Cheryl Taylor, is to air on 25th April at 9.20am on CBeebies.

The new 5 minute music show is the first production from Terrific Television and Complete Control, who came together to pitch for and win the commission for the channel.

Fronted by accomplished singer/songwriter Nick Cope, each episode sees Nick, accompanied by his companion Norman the Whippet, looking for ideas for a new Popcast song as his quirky caravan is transported to a different location. Taking inspiration from his new surroundings, and with the help of “The Popcasters”, a team of young children who give Nick ideas and themes to sing about, Nick sits down to write an unforgettable song which is then broadcast to the nation.  Songs to feature on the show include ‘Baby’s Done a Poo’, ‘I’m a Little Lizard’ and ‘A Round of Applause for the Dinosaurs’.

Terrific Television, based at Maidstone Studios, co-devised the live action and scripted content working closely with Complete Control who created the distinctive visual and animated style from their picturesque studio in Bath.

Credits:

Executive Producer Terrific Television – Driana Jones

Executive Creative Director – Glynn Hayward

Series Producer – Richard Hunt

BBC Senior Commissioning Editor, Independents – Michael Towner

Terrific Television

Terrific Television is a UK production company specialising in content for children and young people. Formed in December 2016 by Nic Ayling and Driana Jones, the company has produced three series of My World Kitchen, for CBeebies and is currently working on commissions yet to be announced.

Futher information: terrifictv.co.uk

Complete Control

Complete Control is a leading children’s digital agency producing the most imaginative, innovative and playful experiences for the younger generation.  Our work across digital content includes apps, games, on-line experiences, digital strategy, animation and TV.  Founded in 2000 by Creative Director, Glynn Hayward, the company has won numerous awards including two BAFTAs.

Further information: completecontrol.co.uk

Complete Control would like to share with you ten fun activities if you are looking for that extra bit of help when planning/refreshing your ‘stay at home timetable’ with the kids.

We’ve put the list together based on a mixture of resources that we found imaginative, playful and fun and all hopefully helpful for you and your children. We will be regularly posting new Playground lists, so don’t forget to subscribe to get the latest updates.

We hope you and your kids enjoy the activities. If you need any help or new recommendations for children’s digital content, then do contact us at playground@completecontrol.co.uk or share your question on our Facebook page.

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Now in our 10th year, once again we are delighted to have collaborated with World Book Day on their website for 2020. Eight months of strategy, development and design concludes with over half a million unique visitors to the website on the day itself — we are proud to see the website grow year on year.

This is the third year of their ‘Share a Story’ campaign to encourage children to share stories with people in their lives for ten minutes every dayTo celebrate this, the nation is currently joining the Reading Revolution to help World Book Day ‘Share a Million Stories’ — which has featured on a number of publications including ‘The Beano’, and ‘The Week Junior’.

There have been lots of exciting additions to the site this year, including:

Celebrate stories. Love reading.

Blaze and the Monster MachinesShimmer and ShineTop Wing and Butterbean’s Café will all be part of the web-based offering, rolling out first in the UK.

Taking a page out of Disney’s book, Nick Jr. joined up several of its properties into a new game that launched on July 5. The kidcaster has combined its popular preschool properties Blaze and the Monster Machines, Shimmer and Shine, Top Wing and Butterbean’s Café into the web-based Nick Jr. World.

Through the Nick Jr. website, kids can create an avatar version of themselves (with 54 million possible combinations) that will then be immersed into the world of the characters. Each player world has four different missions to complete, all based on storylines and visuals from the shows. When kids finish each mission, they earn a custom photo of their avatar with the characters from the shows.

UK agency Complete Control built the platform, which launched in the UK last week and will roll out internationally over the next few months.

Nickelodeon has been turning its attention recently to a diverse gaming portfolio, including the launch of NickX eSports platform for African kids, building smart speaker games for kids on Amazon’s Alexa platform and acquiring childhood early learning platform Sparkler to fold into its interactive video and game app Noggin.

Disney has also been known to combine many of its properties into one gaming app, such as its successful Disney Emoji Blitz, which Jam City took over at the end of last year. The LA-based developer is also in the works on several more multi-property offerings for Disney under a mobile development agreement the two companies signed.

Credit – http://kidscreen.com/2019/07/08/nick-jr-launches-multi-property-game/