Joey has a new rider, the kind-hearted but heavy-handed, Trooper Warren. Joey and Topthorn ride into battle a second time and are stranded behind enemy lines with their riders.
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Synopsis
The horses survive the winter through the kindness shown to them by their owners. Trooper Warren receives letters from home and reads them aloud to the horses.
The horses are led once again into battle and this time find themselves in no-man鈥檚-land and the horrors of the War are revealed through the descriptions of battle. The men and horses find themselves among the German troops and are taken as prisoners of war.
The horses are separated from their riders and put to work pulling carts filled with German wounded.
Teacher Notes
Programmes target the key learning objectives of the curriculum and all resources for English also have this purpose in common: to exploit the magic of audio and stimulate the imagination of the listener.
Curriculum Notes
These clips will be relevant for teaching English at KS2 in England and Wales, KS2 in Northern Ireland and 2nd Level in Scotland.
Notes and follow-up activities for each episode (3.5MB pdf)
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Episode 3: The Western Front. audio
Joey trains as a cavalry mount and makes friends with Topthorn, a black stallion. Then the two horses find themselves on a troop ship, bound for the battlefields of France.
Episode 5: A brief respite. audio
Joey and Topthorn are in the hands of the German army and put to work hauling an ambulance cart between the front line and a field hospital. Their one consolation is that they are stabled at a local farm and cared for by Emilie - a frail, young French girl - and her elderly grandfather.
Episode 6: Working for the Germans. audio
Joey and Topthorn endure a tough life hauling a gun carriage around the Front. The conditions take their toll on Topthorn, but he is cared for by an old soldier called Friedrich.
