ricky boleto, bbc news. that was a nice step back memory lane. de—graft mensah. tell me, do you feel like more of a tv presenter or a teacher? i definitely feel more like a tv presenter, but doing live lessons is given even more respect about all the amazing teachers are there because the teacher live lesson in itself is incredibly hard, let alone a class filled with 30 kids. absolutely. bbc education has had a really important place, hasn't it, over the years, educating different generations and we saw in the piece particularly during the pandemic it absolutely came into its own when lots of us parents were stuck at home wondering how on earth were going to educate our children around and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period _ and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of— and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of time _ and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of time was - and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a period of time was a - and bbc really stepped up. you know what, in a peri

our reporter ricky boleto looks back. a house...with a door...windows, one...ool. it's even got the old clapperboard there at the front. oh, my goodness me. have a look at that. and this is floella. hello. one of play school's best—loved presenters, baroness floella benjamin, first appeared in 1976. don't you look smart, big ted? so do you, little ted. it was terribly important that education should be fun, education should be fulfilling, education should be exciting. and that's what we used to do for the children — make them feel excited about learning. but in the early days, it was quite different. certainly not as colourful. in 1957, bbc television for schools began. the first of this afternoon's programmes for schools and colleges follows in one minute. and remember this voice? hello, word watchers. ha—ha! - i'm wordy. a—ha! oo—hoo! a—ha! i who are you? where did you spring from? i'm mr watch word, the word watcher. i think after a very short space of time, we realised that wordy was extremely popular with the children because of the feedback from the teach

our reporter ricky boleto looks back in time. a house with a door. windows...there at the front. oh, my goodness me. have a look at that. and this is floella. hello. one of playschool�*s best loved presenters, baroness floella benjamin, first appeared in 1976. don't you look smart, big ted? education should be fun. education should be fulfilling. education should be exciting. and that's what we used to do for the children — make them feel excited about learning. but in the early days, it was quite different. in 1957, bbc television for schools began. the first of this afternoon's - programmes for schools and colleges follows in one minute. and remember this voice? hello, word watchers! ha—ha! i'm wordy. i'm mr watchword, the word watcher. i think after a very short space of time, we realised that wordy was extremely popular with the children because of the feedback from the teachers and all the schools. but not only were they being entertained, but they were learning. the way that young people and children get their educational content from the bbc has definite

ricky boleto, bbc news. it is time for me to go now, here's the weather. hello there.you can see the arctic air pretty much lingering across the uk over the next few days, pretty much until we reach the weekend, in fact, where things may turn a bit milder in the south. but we've had thick cloud across england and wales, courtesy of these weather fronts, which have brought outbreaks of light and patchy rain. and that patchy rain will continue across eastern england, spreading southwards into the midlands, southern southeast england through the night. further north and west, we'll have clearer skies here — so quite a chilly night to come, a touch of frost here and there. further south and east less cold because we'll have the cloud cover and outbreaks of rain. so for tuesday, we hold onto our high pressure system sitting out to the west of us — that's what's bringing us these northerly winds and that chilly air. we have that weather front still lingering across the south and east of england. so, rather cloudy start, further patches of rain here through the morning. it do

ricky boleto, bbc news.en in schools nationwide. we will be talking about that later in the programme. 51m]!!! we will be talking about that later in the programme.— in the programme. shall we go throuih in the programme. shall we go through the — in the programme. shall we go through the big _ in the programme. shall we go through the big square - in the programme. shall we go through the big square windowj in the programme. shall we go - through the big square window now? are you ready?— if you like to start your day with a cup of coffee, you could soon find it costing you a little bit more each day. nina is going to explain why. good mornini. nina is going to explain why. good morning- i — nina is going to explain why. good morning. i felt _ nina is going to explain why. good morning. i felt so _ nina is going to explain why. good morning. i felt so nostalgic- morning. ifelt so nostalgic listening to that report. where would we be without cbeebies and bite—size? unto coffee. put yours down. have a listen