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Designer Babies: The Jain – When Nishad and his wife were expecting their first child, they were told that the baby had Down’s Syndrome, and given the option to terminate the pregnancy. Nishad is a Jain, and believes that he should not have the power to choose whether or not a soul continues its life.

Courtesy of 4thought.tv

Designer Babies: The Jain

Video length - 01.46
Published date - Mar 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Designer Babies: The Doctor – Shane is a doctor in genetic medicine and argues that his work is a “tremendous blessing” and helps families live as normally as possible.

Courtesy of 4thought.tv

Designer Babies: The Doctor

Video length - 01.45
Published date - Mar 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Designer Babies: The Pro-Life Campaigner – James likens the creation of designer babies to the Nazi dream of breeding a super-race, and is mainly concerned about all the embryos that are discarded in the process.

Courtesy of 4thought.tv

Designer Babies: The Pro-Life Campaigner

Video length - 01.49
Published date - Mar 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Designer Babies: The Saviour Sibling – Joe’s daughter was Britain’s first “designer baby” and without her, his son would not have been cured of a rare bone marrow condition.

Courtesy of 4thought.tv

Designer Babies: The Saviour Sibling

Video length - 01.39
Published date - Mar 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Designer Babies: The Vicar – Joanna is a Vicar, and she is pregnant. She was born with a defect of the jaw and her brother has Down’s Syndrome, so she challenges the right of people to abort babies with congenital problems.

Courtesy of 4thought.tv

Designer Babies: The Vicar

Video length - 01.57
Published date - Mar 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Psychosis – “I’ve stopped seeing friends, I can’t trust people, I don’t know what’s real…” How does psychosis make you feel? This animation helps you to recognise the signs so you can get the help you need.

Courtesy of Biomation.

Psychosis

Video length - 01.35
Published date - Feb 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4
Downloadable resources

Gains and Losses – What does it feel like to suffer from anorexia? Written and narrated by young people who have suffered with the eating disorder, this animation describes how it takes hold, how it feels, and how to fight back.

Courtesy of Biomation.

Gains and Losses

Video length - 06.57
Published date - Feb 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4
Downloadable resources

Sport Relief – Raymond’s Story – In Africa, 1 in 4 children have to work for a living, often in dangerous conditions. Greg James introduces this film about Raymond, a 14 year-old boy who lives in Ghana. Raymond has to work long days in a mine to support his family, but Sport Relief money is providing him with an education to help him escape poverty and achieve his ambitions.

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Sport Relief – Raymond’s Story

Video length - 04.03
Published date - Feb 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4

Haringey People: Elaine’s father came to Britain from Jamaica in the mid 1930s to play trumpet in a jazz band, and Elaine was born here in 1939 at the beginning of World War II. She talks fondly of her father’s achievements as a musician and describes how she followed in his footsteps to become an award-winning jazz singer.

This film was made by young offenders taking part in a film training course run by VividEcho and funded by The Big Lottery: Awards for All and Haringey Council.

Haringey People: Elaine

Video length - 03.16
Published date - Feb 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4
Downloadable resources

Haringey People: Huseyin came to Britain as a refugee from Kurdistan in 1985 and found work as a teacher in a Kurdish folk dance school. He talks about the importance of keeping Kurdish traditions alive, both to preserve his culture and to educate the wider community.

This film was made by young offenders taking part in a film training course run by VividEcho and funded by The Big Lottery: Awards for All and Haringey Council.

Haringey People: Huseyin

Video length - 02.59
Published date - Feb 2014
Keystage(s) - 3 and 4
Downloadable resources