Super Learning Day 16th February 2011

Year 7's spent the day off timetable exploring the theme of "relationships in the classroom" using multi media techniques. 60 pupils worked in groups to produce stop animations using modelling clay. A further 90 pupils rotated between 3 workshops: workshop 1: "Comic Life"; workshop 2 "audio stories" using garage band and workshop 3: "filming/photography".

It was a wonderful opportunity for pupils to develop their personal, learning and thinking skills, focusing on creativity. Staff also had the opportunity to work "out of their comfort zones" and develop new skills.

my experience:)

i think this experience has been interesteing, and has opened a wider variety  to what i choose to pick for my year 9 options.
using animations give a bounce to lessons and makes you want to learn more. I have enjoyed today and would like to learn alot more!:)

issy

subjects more interesting. i also like using the cameras and macs and sounds effects :) should do this moree i think today has been good, i like doing animation when you can decide on your own theme. I think we should do this in other lessons to make :)

tommy, jack and timmy

we thought it was very fun and enjoyable and we learnt how to make a movie out of single shots. we used plasticine to make the mdels and made our own backgrounds. chris and miss dickinso were really helpful and made it more enjoyable. :D

Filming and animation day

We have had a ace day!!! We filmed a cooking show and now are animating the title sequence and the adverts. The computers are brill and you can work them really easily. Me and my group have had a amazing day and would like to do these days more often!

Animation day, 27th January 2011

33 pupils from years 8,9 and 10 took part in a full days animation workshop today.

Hello

Hello, for those who haven't met me yet my name is Paul Hartley (this is me with my dog Montee) and I am your school creative agent for Curious Minds and the creative partnerships programme. I have had the pleasure of working with the school last year on the enquiry project and worked with Mrs Dickinson and a group of year 8's to plan the first project. I must say this has been one of my successful schools with a will to take risks and explore ideas of pupil voice and creativity in the curriculum. I am looking forward to working with the school for the next year and seeing what comes of the residency with Chris Millard from Create Multimedia and other project ideas developed through the new creative network. Please have a go at using the blog it can be a good reflective tool. below are some links to other blogs to as examples:

Our house

I dared Pendle

Happy blogging

Welcome

Hello and welcome to out new blog. If you would like to join please can you speak to Mrs Dickinson in the arts department and let us know your e-mail address to make you an author so you can start posting. If you are not sure what to do we can organise a little training session. To get you thinking we wanted to pose the following questions about how to get this network going! Please let us know your thoughts:

Q1 What do you want to achieve from having a creative network?
Q2 How can the network function, communication etc?
Q3 What will the challenges be in creating and maintaining a network and how can we over come them?

We would also like you to think about where you feel creative, can you capture a moment in your day where your creativity is on show? Please take a picture and up load it on the blog with your thoughts.

Look forward to hearing from you