It also won the Royal Television Society Scotland Children's Award at the inaugural RTS Scotland awards ceremony in 2014. [24] The judges said, “This programme is innovative and daring in its adaptation of an iconic property. At the heart of it is an exceptional performance from the lead character.” [25]

The book also contains positive themes relating to diversity and getting along with people from different walks of life...and of course a happy ending! If you do manage to find some of the locations we filmed in, please be aware of your safety and also that there are people who live and work very close by , who were very kind and patient with us, and we don't want their lives to be disrupted in any way so please be sensitive. Also parking is not easy, as we found when we were planning how our cast and crew would arrive on set!Katie Morag to film on location on the Isle of Lewis". Highlands and Islands Enterprise. 14 February 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March 2017 . Retrieved 14 July 2014. Those early inspirational islanders are long dead. Not many on Coll today would know who they were. Yet their familiar Hebridean identity as individuals still lives on, albeit with new accents and new ways, because, then and now, we are all islanded, bound by the sea. And CalMac. Some things never change. You can also encourage learners to act out the events of the Katie Morag books using these lovely role-play masks. Perfect for supporting reading comprehension skills in a fun group activity! What is the Isle of Struay? I'm asked quite often which Grannie Katie Morag prefers but she likes them both the same. Katie Morag sees Grannie Island more often because she lives nearer but it is great when Granma Mainland to visit. She usually comes on the ferry. I’ve got a Grannie Island and Granma Mainland in real life too! In November 2012 it was announced at last that the BBC CBeebies channel had commissioned twenty-six 14-minute live-action dramas, from Coutts’s Cromarty-based production company Move On Up.

Some episodes were repeated on BBC One Scotland in a Sunday afternoon slot between April and May 2014. [1] [2] [3] [4] Series two [ edit ] FREESAT FREE TV AWARDS WINNERS 2014". Archived from the original on 2 July 2014 . Retrieved 13 July 2014.The series has been dubbed into Scottish Gaelic, for broadcast on BBC Alba. Known as Ceitidh Mòrag, the series began on 7 January 2014. [15] Cast and characters [ edit ] Main cast [ edit ]

The series won Best Children's Programme or Series at the 2014 Freesat Free TV Awards. [22] The judges said, "Beautifully and authentically shot, it was a key move by its host channel into scripted drama, delivering self contained stories that felt sweet and, more importantly, real to their young audience." [23] Scottish BAFTAs: James McAvoy, Lorraine Kelly and David Tennant all celebrated at star-studded awards". The Daily Record. Archived from the original on 19 November 2014 . Retrieved 24 November 2014. For many years there was talk of adapting the tales for television – the character was first optioned by Scots filmmaker Don Coutts in 1997 – and, by 2005, there was the first talk of filming such a series on Lewis. You can use this PowerPoint to introduce your learners to the topic of the Scottish Islands and to lead on to learning about the history, landscape, and culture of each of the different islands or island groups.In The Times, Helen Rumbelow suggested viewers, "Draw the curtains, pour a whisky and enjoy one of the most realistic child performances of the decade, the butchest grandma on screen, and the best Hebridean landscape in the world. It's as close as you can get to not watching TV without having to give up TV." [17] Awards [ edit ] Family: Katie Morag lives with her parents Isobel and Peter, her little brother Liam and her baby sister Flora Ann. Mr McColl is the shopkeeper in the village shop and Mrs McColl is the postmistress. I have seen this book used with a key stage 2 class over a variety of subjects. The class were weeks away from a summer fair, and taking the character Mrs Bayview and her garden as a starting point they planned a flower sale. This book is about a little girl called Katie Morag who lives on the Isle of Struay with her mum who’s the postmistress and her dad who owns the general store. This is one of many adventures of Katie Morag’s. This particular story is about Grannie Mainland coming to the island to visit Katie Morag. Grannie Island and Grannie Mainland have a lot of differences and therefore Katie tries to bring them together. Grannie Mainland is from the city and always looks good because she likes to dress up whereas Grannie Island works on the farm and dresses in her overall and wellies. There is an annual Show Day happening on the island and Grannie Island’s sheep Alecina always wins the Best Ewe and Fleece Trophy. When Katie Morag went to Grannie Island’s Alecina was all muddy and dirty. There wasn’t a lot of time before the Show. Katie Morag has an idea, she suggested that they use Grannie Mainland’s beauty aids to clean up Alecina and get her ready for the Show. Alecina won the prize again thanks to Grannie Mainland’s beauty aids. There was a lovely celebration but only Grannie Island and Katie Morag knew the true secret. Grannie Island never was horrible to Grannie Mainland for her fancy ways again. Another brilliant way of teaching younger learners about Scottish Islands, such as the Shetland or Orkney Islands, is through the stories of Katie Morag. Although the island of Struay, on which the stories are set, is fictional, there are many parts of the stories that ring very true to island life. A great resource to explore is the Island and Mainland Snapshots to Support Teaching on Katie Morag. This comparison worksheet lets your little learners find the similarities and differences between mainland and island life!

In England a short National Curriculum Key Stage 1 Geography unit for six- and seven-year-olds, called "An island home", has been linked to the series and in particular the book Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers. [10] The book Katie Morag and the New Pier has also been used as a peg to discuss how communities can gain and lose from change. [11] The most recent book in the series, Katie Morag and the Dancing Class, was a nominee for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2008, [12] which is awarded for an outstanding work of illustration in children's literature. Katie Morag to return in new series on CBeebies and CBBC". BBC News. 18 June 2014 . Retrieved 13 July 2014.A great resource to follow on from this one is the Let's Learn About Scottish Islands Differentiated Reading Comprehension worksheet collection. These simple, brightly designed worksheets feature selections of vocabulary and empty boxes for your learners to fill in. They also feature some text and follow up questions, and space for a drawing!As they are differentiated, these worksheets are accessible to the varying ability levels of your class! Study the map of the Isle of Struay (The Big Katie Morag Storybook) and you will find that the indent of Village Bay is the only geographic similarity to Coll. Scattered about are a few local place names but further study will show that the majority are stolen from neighbouring islands and mainland locations personal to me. There are several references to Powell and Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going, filmed on Mull in ’45. The mountain range called the Five Sisters of Struay have their mainland counterpart in Kintail. In fact their illustration is inspired by Rum. The Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, the Inner Hebrides, and the Outer Hebrides are all part of what we refer to as Scottish islands. This PowerPoint presentation explores the different ways that things like school, working, and getting around work on an island, compared to the mainland.