Film Education -

Primary animation

Information and suggestions for teachers wishing to incorporate animation into their lessons

Storytelling on film

Resource exploring storytelling on film, suitable for teachers of primary-aged pupils and ideal for literacy activities

Animation

Relevance: KS2, KS1
Subjects: ICT, Art & Design, Art, Literacy
Synopsis: A beginner's guide to animation

Local History

Relevance: 7-11 years
Subjects: History, Geography, Design & Technology
Synopsis: This resource provides an overview of UK cinema history as a focus for local history study. It features activities related to oral history, model making and map work as well as a gallery of stills for enquiry.

Sound

Relevance: 7 - 11 years
Subjects: Music, Literacy
Synopsis: This resource contains a series of tasks and clips to help pupils understand the purpose of music and sound in film.

Coming Soon?

Relevance: 7-11 year olds
Subjects: Literacy, ICT, Citizenship
Synopsis: Taking film and cinema as its focus, Coming Soon? explores how intellectual property and copyright are needed to support creativity and innovation. This site provides a taste of the interactive educational DVD-ROM resource for primary schools along with an order form for your school's free copy.

Maths + Movies

Relevance: 7-11 year olds
Subjects: Mathematics
Synopsis: These online activities accompany the Maths+Movies interactive disc, to be published in Spring 2011. They aim to provide learners with a stimulating and creative approach to using and applying the mathematical concepts that are taught at upper Primary level.