Ms del Pozo, the school’s fantastic ITC lead, spends much of her life pondering the power, potential, fun and dangers of communications technology. That’s how she came up with the idea of using animated film-making to engage children and families in creating a high-profile event for Internet Safety Week.
The result was an wonderful project involving all children from years 1-6 in making their own animated films with the support of professionals from Film & Video Workshop. Every movie could have won a prize, and our two judges from Pixar Animation Studios were hard pressed to allocate the awards for our Oscars-style ceremony on Friday 12th February – followed by a full screening after school that afternoon.
Again, many, many thanks to Michael Preston and Fiona Cushley for the photos.
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- Filming day: the children’s concentration and teamwork throughout the process were remarkable.
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- Thanks very, very much to the many parents who gave up their time to help make the project happen.
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- The man himself: Simon from Film & Video Workshop went the extra mile for Tufnell Park.
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- And thanks to our own Ms del Pozo, who instigated the whole thing.
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- We’ve rarely seen them so rapt.
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- Every second counts to be ready in time for…
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- …the special Oscars assembly on Friday 12th February.
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- Just look at those beauties…
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- But first, messages from every class about using the internet wisely.
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- Infants sang their message to the school.
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- We got some rapping, too – so many ways to get the word across.
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- And as the tension mounts…
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- Let the awards begin!
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- “Most innovative alien” – a special award from our judges (a tough category – there were a LOT of aliens to choose from!)
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- Heracles class winners.
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- Then, after school, the crowds gathered for the full film screening.
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- Plenty of popcorn for sale
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- And plenty of willing helpers to sell it.
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- Hang on, guys – aren’t you meant to be SELLING that? (Every bag was paid for – honest.)
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- Hollywood (or Oakland?) eat your heart out.
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- One last look before we go.
To read more about how this ICT Learning Treat unfolded (and see even more pictures), you can also check out the relevant blog posts:
How Cool Is School? (8th January 2016)
Animate Tufnell Park (14th January 2016)
What the HSA Committee Talked About… on Friday 15th January
Parents! Please Pop For Childnet (7th January 2016)
