The film can be paused at various points to discuss what is going on.  As there is no dialogue used teachers and pupils can refer to body language etc.  A way to introduce inference and deduction.

Teaching Ideas

• Fantasy stories - child lives on back of chosen animal;
• Create the bare bones of the story;
• rich description;
• dialogue between the characters;
• advert/brochure for holidays aboard whale or different animals;
• retell the story of the film as a narrative;
• write a script for the animation.