A winning group of year 5 pupils in Hampshire made a movie about taking over their school, with a scary new headteacher …
Peter Castle had no idea what he was letting himself in for when he started a film club at Liphook junior school in Hampshire. Having heard about Film My School, a new category in the Teaching Awards, he thought his year 5 class might fancy having a go. But what started as an hour-long after-school club every Friday turned into an obsession for the pupils involved, who ended up giving up most of their break and lunchtimes, and even Saturdays, to create the four-minute film "Our Independent School" that has scooped the award.
The brief for pupils and teachers was to create a short video highlighting what they thought was good about their school. While Castle was keen for the whole class to be involved, he asked pupils to write...
Peter Castle had no idea what he was letting himself in for when he started a film club at Liphook junior school in Hampshire. Having heard about Film My School, a new category in the Teaching Awards, he thought his year 5 class might fancy having a go. But what started as an hour-long after-school club every Friday turned into an obsession for the pupils involved, who ended up giving up most of their break and lunchtimes, and even Saturdays, to create the four-minute film "Our Independent School" that has scooped the award.
The brief for pupils and teachers was to create a short video highlighting what they thought was good about their school. While Castle was keen for the whole class to be involved, he asked pupils to write...
- 11/2/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
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