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Film Literacy KS1

Many KS1 teachers have asked us about the use of film to raise attainment and engagement specifically in KS1. Although the techniques from our KS2 project can be transferred to younger children, we wanted to run a separate project for teachers of children in Year 1 and Year 2.

This provision will help teachers develop the skills of decoding, inference, grammar and text structure through the accessible medium of short film.

There will be 3 training days delivered by Tim Bleazard and Phillip Webb (independent Literacy consultant). Philip will focus on how to improve reading and writing by developing the ability to analyse film and Tim will focus on fi lm making and the Pupil Film Leader Training.

The Bradford Film Literacy KS1 programme will be delivered at the Innovation Centre on the following dates:

Training Session 1 20/10/2017 09:15 - 15:30

Pupil Film Leader Training TBC

Training Session 2 02/03/2018 09:15 - 15:30

The cost is £425 per school (£350 for subscribing schools).

For further information call 01274 434818 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Detail of the previous fi lm literacy projects can be found here www.primaryfilmliteracy.com

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The Film Literacy 2017 Project.

This project is for from across the Yorkshire and Humber region and is FREE to attend. The content has been honed over several years to provide maximum impact in the classroom allowing staff to utilise their new skills, knowledge and understanding effectively within their literacy lessons.

The project will be very rewarding to staff and pupils but requires a significant commitment from staff and SLT. Besides attending training and teaching Film Literacy lessons, staff will have to submit data and information to independent researchers.

The training consists of 3 full days of CPD plus a further half day session to evaluate the project and create personalised case studies.

There will be a consultant in-school visit ensuring planning and delivery for that term is progressing as planned. Training dates for the project:

CPD for staff & SLT 30/06/17

CPD for staff, SLT & pupils 24/11/17

CPD for staff 09/03/18

Evaluation & case study 29/06/18

If you are interested in participating in the project please register by clicking here

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Media Literacy Project

Below is a summary of the 3 year Media Literacy Project due for completion in June 2015.
 

2015 saw the 3 year ‘Media Literacy Project’ recognised nationally as Lead Teacher Claire Dunsire (Greengates Primary) won Into Film’s ‘Most Inspirational Use of Film’ award.

Claire is one of our many Lead Teachers having succesfully completed her training in Phase one.

She has since supported the project by working with other schools and speaking at regional and national events with regard to the impact of the project in her school.
 
It’s widely acknowledged that film and other media have the capacity to inspire children to become more active, engaged, and expert readers and writers. 
 
The Media Literacy project is a 3 phase (year) project currently managed by Bradford Metropolitan District Council’s Curriculum Innovation service in partnership with Bradford UNESCO City of Film (CoF), the British Film Institute (BFI) and CapeUK. The project follows a successful pilot project with a selection of Bradford schools in 2010 investigating the impact of the effective use of Media Literacy on Literacy attainment in KS2.
The programme aims to create ‘Media Literacy Leaders’ across all school partnerships in the district thereby developing capacity for future school to school support. The impact of this project is to be analysed and assessed in a study by a PhD student at the University of Bradford.
 
The aim of the project is to enable teachers to:
  • Understand how children can ‘read’ films using professional techniques.
  • Discover a range of resources to analyse film to raise standards in writing.
  • Learn to use Media Literacy to teach grammar and punctuation.
  • Gain hands on experience planning, filming, editing and uploading films.
Phase 1 of the project involved 9 schools, 11 classes and 57 targeted pupils. The aim was for the targeted group of children to make 4 APS progress in Literacy in the 9 month project. The group made an average of just over 4 APS in that time period. The 57 children were trained to be ‘Digital Media Literacy Leaders’ and the 9 staff involved became trained Media Literacy Leaders (MLLs).
 
Phase 2 involves a further 20 schools with 8 of the qualified MLLs from Phase 1 co-delivering the programme to the new schools and their classes this year. The target of 4 APS has remained and early data would suggest we are on track for this target. CapeUK have supported the project in Phase 2 by funding professional film makers to engage with the training and work directly with the schools as part of Phase 2.
 
Phase 3 of the project began in September 2014 and is due for completion in June 2015. Recent data from schools suggests that the impact of this phase of the project on reading and writing attainment will be inline with previous years. 
 
Due to the success of this project we have run similar exciting projects in Wales and Calderdale.
 
Please visit the Film Literacy Blog for case studies and further informaiton about this project
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Film Literacy Programme History

The Primary Film Literacy programme is based on the experiences and successes of the 3 year Media Literacy Project aimed at raising attainment and engagement in reading and writing at KS2. 

The Media Literacy Project was a three year project from 2012 - 2015 with data showing an average of 4+ APS each year of the project for targeted children in reading and writing as shown in the summary below.

Year One (October 2012 – June 2013)

10 schools and 13 classes took part with approximately 325 children involved.

Average attainment from 6 sample children from each class = 4.01 APS for writing between November and the end of the year.

Year Two (September 2013 – June 2014)

We retained most teachers from year one as leading teachers and tracked their data. They also mentored new teachers

24 schools and 26 classes took part with approximately 625 children involved.

Average attainment from 6 sample children from each class = 3.98 APS for writing between November and the end of the year and 4.15 for reading

Year 3 (September 2014 – June 2015)

Five leading teachers retained but data from their classes not tracked this year

13 schools and 13 classes took part with approximately 325 children involved.

The teachers and children achieved an average points score of 4.7 in writing and 4.28 for reading.

Year 4 (September 2015-June 2016)

The project ran for a fourth year with eleven teachers. The three year project tracked reading and writing data. We decided not to track data this year due to the changes in assessment and the scrapping of levels. 

We want Bradford to lead the world in film and film literacy and this ambition starts with you!

 
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WHAT WE DO

The Curriculum Innovation consultants are experts in their field with many years of primary school teaching experience. The team delivers high-quality training and support to schools and other partners in Bradford and the local region. We have a national reputation for leading innovation in the education sector. Besides having specialist knowledge of the Computing Curriculum we also have an impressive track record of raising attainment across the curriculum through the effective use of new and emerging technologies. All consultants are qualified Online Safety Mark Assessors, CEOP Ambassadors, and Into Film CPD Practitioners.

We work in close partnership with schools, communities and local businesses as well as a range of regional and national organisations. We are passionate about the safe, responsible, legal and effective use of connected technologies to encourage lifelong learning through developing successful pedagogies and practice in education and the local communities.