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Travelling with children? These activities are a lovely way to make a trip more meaningful — print them before you leave to build excitement, or take them along to keep your child engaged with what they're actually seeing. A little context turns a photo stop into something they'll remember.
What's inside
- 1Things to watch forA tick-list that keeps pupils focused while the film plays.
- 2Let's think about itThree short discussion questions to answer in a sentence or two.
- 3Quick quizThree multiple-choice questions to check understanding.
- 4Draw and writeA creative task — draw the bridge, then record one true fact.
- 5Word searchTen place-and-culture words to find. Just for fun.
- 6Think beyond ThailandA detective challenge: what's the untold story of a place near you?
How to use it — in class or at home
Teachers can build a full lesson around it; parents can dip in and out. You don't need to be an expert — the worksheet does the guiding. If you're living in or visiting Thailand, it's a lovely way to turn a place your child will actually see into something they understand.
Watch the film together on the film page (about 4½ minutes).
Hand out the printed worksheet, or work through it on the board — or side by side on a tablet at home.
Use activities 1–4 straight after watching; save the word search and "Think beyond" task for early finishers, quiet time, or a car journey.
Finish with a chat about the "Think beyond Thailand" challenge — this is where the learning transfers.
Curriculum alignment
The bigger point: Thailand is the subject, but the skill is learning to understand any place and culture — looking closely, asking questions, and noticing whose story gets told.
- Geography (KS2): understanding a place beyond first impressions; how places are represented.
- History (KS2): how we tell fact from story about the past, and how the same events can be remembered in very different ways. (The film also touches the Second World War, a common KS2 post-1066 topic.)
- Spoken language (Y1–6): articulating and justifying answers; considering different viewpoints.
- Reading comprehension (Y3–6): distinguishing statements of fact from opinion.
- PSHE / cultural understanding: respect for other cultures and for difficult histories.
