Planet School

Season 1

Step into unique classrooms all around the world. Experience the lessons and teaching concepts, as well as the feelings and thoughts of the pupils. What do the children love about their schools? What do they dislike? How do they spend recess and how do they make friends? How do they handle challenges? With all of these points of view, we can better understand the best way to educate the world.

20203 episodes16+

Documentary

Free trial of XiveTV Documentaries

Prime membership required

Terms apply

S1 E1 - Bangladesh - Denmark
December 2, 2020
48min
TV-14
Since Bangladesh is often flooded during the rainy season, Kawser's school has been built on a boat. Funded by donations from around the world, it doesn't put any financial strain on the children's families. Stella attends a role-playing school in Denmark. Their motto changes every week - and the teachers will align all parts of the lessons with it. This week, the motto is "Titanic".
Free trial of XiveTV Documentaries
S1 E2 - India - USA
December 2, 2020
48min
TV-14
Soumya attends the largest school in the world in India. Her grade alone has nine parallel classes with more than 50 pupils each, but Soumya is ambitious and wants to become a software engineer one day. She works hard to excel past her numerous classmates. Keanen goes to school in the USA with a smile every day. The most important rule at his school: learning must be fun!
Free trial of XiveTV Documentaries
S1 E3 - Argentina - New Zealand
December 2, 2020
48min
TV-14
Mía lives in Paraguay, but she goes to school in Argentina every day. As it is, Mía needs to row in a boat for an hour and then walk for another one. Miro lives in Auckland, New Zealand. Four days a week she attends a normal public school. Every fifth day, however, her class sets out into the rainforest of New Zealand to go to forest school!
Free trial of XiveTV Documentaries