Trains and Trucks

Communication (9x8)

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Welcome Stafford Spencer is happy because he is asked to show the new shunting engine Stafford around the island. Stafford is an electric engine and runs on batteries. Victor tries to tell Spencer that batteries run out But Spencer thinks he knows all about batteries. He wants to show Stafford off to the Island and feel grand. Stafford tries to tell Spencer when his batteries are running out, but Spencer doesn’t listen. Spencer steams up to the Rescue Team, Bash, Dash and Ferdinand, and then the Duke and Duchess of Boxford. Each time, he finds that Stafford is not behind him anymore. Stafford’s battery has run out! He should have listened to Stafford. Later, when Spencer runs out of coal, it is Stafford who shunts Spencer all the way to Knapford Station! Learning Goals: Helping others Don’t Bother Victor Mr. Percival leaves Peter Sam in charge to go to a meeting with Sir Topham Hatt. Mr. Percival tells Peter Sam not to bother Victor with little things. Sir Handel starts creaking and croaking, Skarloey’s funnel fumes and Duncan’s rods rattle…Peter Sam tries to fix them all himself instead of bothering Victor. Then Peter Sam runs out of coal and he hasn’t fixed the engines. He realizes that broken engines are not ‘little things’ and that he needs to tell Victor. Victor is happy to help. Everyone is fixed before Mr. Percival arrives! Learning Goals: Helping others