Wigan - on a donkey farm

video This video shows Wigan Athletic star Kevin Kilbane helping out at a donkey sanctuary in the heart of Manchester, as part of the Premier League's Creating Chances' campaign.

Here, children with a range of disabilities enjoy the benefits of donkey riding to help with their development.

 

 

Learners

 

This exercise gives you help with the language on the video, allows you to listen with the transcript and provides some exercises after you watch.

 

     Download the transcript

Find out more

Find out more about the Elisabeth Svendsen Trust at the their website here:

http://www.elisabethsvendsentrust.org.uk

Teaching Ideas

Teachers

 Download a lesson plan for this video

 Ideas for using video in the classroom

The video provides an interesting insight into how children with disabilities can benefit from visits to a farm and contact with animals. In addition to comprehension work, the lesson plan explores this theme further.

 

Watch in full screen

If you are going to show the video to a class, use this version to show it in full screen.

 

 

 

 

Your turn