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Primary school teachers trained to use film as teaching tool
Teachers from ten Bristol primary schools are being professionally trained to use film as a teaching tool in partnership with Bristol UNESCO City of Film.
Film for Learning is a four-year school development project devised by national film education charity Into Film and funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Delivered by boomsatsuma, it supports teachers and senior leaders to use film as a tool for learning, with the aim of improving young peoples’ engagement, participation and attainment in literacy.
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Bristol City of Film is one of just three cities in the UK selected to take part in the groundbreaking programme.
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Ten Bristol schools are participating, with one senior leader and two teachers from each school engaging with the bespoke programme of training.
The ten schools are:
- Chester Park Junior School, Fishponds
- Christ the King Primary School, Filwood Park
- Easton Academy, Easton
- Fishponds Church of England Academy, Fishponds
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Bedminster
- Knowle Park Primary School, Knowle
- Sea Mills Primary School, Sea Mills
- Shirehampton Primary School, Shirehampton
- Summer Hill Academy, St George
- Whitehall Primary, Whitehall
Bristol UNESCO City of Film coordinator Natalie Moore said: “Weaving film into the education experience from an early age has been proven to be fantastically beneficial for young people, so I’m very excited that Bristol schoolchildren will be receiving this experience.”
Lyndsay Davies, boomsatsuma creative projects manager, added: “One key aspect of the project’s development is that resources and learning will be disseminated to wider school communities.
“This will allow more Bristol schools to benefit from the project and make the outcomes even more meaningful.”
Main photo courtesy of boomsatsuma
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