Instructional Approach. Curriculum integration is taking hold in a wide. variety of high school settings. In career-focused. pathways, new small high schools, career academies, and even large traditional high schools, teachers are. integrating academic and technical instruction by. focusing on career-related themes.
Major Tom is a fictional astronaut referenced in David Bowie's songs Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes, Hallo Spaceboy (particularly in the remix by the Pet Shop Boys) and possibly Blackstar (in the music video and interpreted from the lyrics).
The series sees Richard starting a new job as a 'Mr Fix-It' at Slater's family holiday park in a British coastal resort, with Sooty, Sweep and Soo always ready and willing to help him. A DVD special, starring Richard Cadell and also set at a theme park, entitled Sooty-The Big Day Out was released in 2010, and acted as the pilot for the series.