Our work with Primary Schools
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A legacy of Shropshire’s Specialist Schools Media Arts Programme, MediaActive is the local arts organisation, specialising in creative and digital media projects, productions, training and CPD. We have extensive expertise and experience of working with children and young people, in and out of school settings, and we work with a wide range of partners and creative practitioners to deliver new and exciting opportunities for children and young people to participate in the arts. We also offer a range of accreditation opportunities, including Arts Award.
Projects Include:
Filmmaking in (and out of) the Classroom – working with Into Film and a number of local and
national partners we deliver bespoke film literacy and cross curricular filmmaking, as well as film,
animation and digital media CPD programmes for teachers. This follows on from the schools based work previously delivered by the team since 2003 as part of Thomas Adams Media Arts Specialist Schools programme.
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Mediamakers – children and young people explored the heritage of their local area, looking at landscape and culture. Using animation, film, audio, print and App design they re-interpreted their discoveries, making creative digital artworks that were shared with the wider public, through exhibitions and social media, serving to inspire and educate others.
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Eyewitness – part of Arts Council funded Shropshire Remembers. Looking at first-hand accounts of WW1 including the work of war artists, poets and journalists, along with archive material, photographs, film, diaries, and letters from the frontline and home, children and young people have use digital storytelling, self publishing and social media, to reveal and re-tell some of the hidden
stories of WW1. An exhibition of the work created was held at Theatre Severn in early 2016, to
coincide with the launch of the Eyewitness website www.eyewitnessww1.co.uk
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Teacher Training – we regularly devise and deliver
bespoke training in creative and digital media for teachers, youth workers, artists and organisations. Recent sessions have included: film and animation in the classroom; creative use of IPads; artists moving image; introduction to British and World Cinema. |
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Adventures in Alternative Cinema – MediaActive has been commissioned to support Young Programmer and Youth Audience Development initiatives across the FilmHubNWC area (Shropshire & Telford, Staffordshire, Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Lancashire and Derbyshire). In Shropshire, Adventures works with young people and local venues, exploring cinema “beyond the multiplex”, programming screenings of culturally diverse films, including Introduction to World Cinema interactive events designed for children, schools and families. |
If you would like to know more about our programme, or have an idea that you would like to discuss, please contact [email protected]
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MediaActive Projects C.I.C.
Wem Town Hall High Street, Wem Shropshire, SY4 5DG |
email: [email protected]
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