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considered elitist, and to understand the
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breadth of jobs available within the industry.
Professional development for teachers is
a core part of the mix. To equip themselves
to run Into Film programmes, teachers can
choose from almost 50 face-to-face sessions
acros s the year covering animation,
filmmaking in the classroom and increasing
l i te ra c y t h ro u g h f i l m . Co u r s e s a n d
other resources are also increasingly
available online.
Training is produced with the curriculum
firmly in mind “so that the teacher is not doing
something ‘gimmicky’ or ‘additional’ but
rather teaching their existing curriculum in a
new and even more engaging and creative
manner”, Fletcher makes clear.
Boosting literacy
Get your students involved
in the Into Film Festival
We remove
barriers to
accessing
the powerful
impact and
medium of
film
The 2019 Into Film Festival runs from 6-22
November, bringing three weeks of engaging
film screenings, workshops and special
events across the UK — all free to UK schools.
The festival offers easy-to-organise school
trips to the cinema, with a specially curated
programme supporting a multitude of
curriculum subjects, inspiring and ensuring
continued learning back in the classroom.
Teachers actively and directly feed into
the development of the festival programme,
and 94% of teachers surveyed felt the
activities were valuable to the broader
education of young people; 83% said the
festival is useful in helping to deliver the
curriculum.
Into Film is keen to demonstrate the practical
benefits of teaching with film.
Tickets go live 5 September 2019 and will be
“Film has sometimes been seen as the
free to book for teachers, giving access to:
‘poor relation’ in comparison to other art
forms, or as a purely ‘fun’ activity,” says
• 120 films — covering themes including
Fletcher. “We are changing hearts and minds
anti-bullying, the environment and community
rapidly as we train teachers and they
showing at 600 venues across the UK
understand the benefits of teaching with film
and how to do it.”
• free learning resources
Educators have reported improved literacy
among students who have participated in
• talks, workshops and careers advice
film projects, strong engagement and
enthusiasm for learning. Backing this,
• audio-described, subtitled and
research by The Leeds Partnership
autism-friendly screenings
Project: Improving Literacy Through
Creativity can:
Film found that pupils who regularly
To register interest
• Aid problem solving and help
engaged in making and watching films
or gain updates visit:
people deal with uncertainty
showed a 96% improvement in average
intofilm.org/festival
• Fuel innovation
points’ progress in reading, a 60%
and entrepreneurship
improvement in average points’
• Boost social and emotional skills
p ro g re s s i n w r i t i n g a nd a 75 %
• Celebrate uniqueness
improvement in their attitude to learning.
and diversity
F i l m’ s a b i l i t y to f u e l p e r s o n a l
development is a key advantage, Fletcher
believes: “We see first-hand the positive effect
on young people’s confidence, self-esteem
and abili t y to expres s themselves ,”
says Fletcher.
“Creating stories is innate to human beings
and developing this through film, we believe,
is equi pp i ng our young p eople for
their futures.”
The value
of creativity
RESOURCES:
Read about Preston Lodge High School’s
experience of the benefits of filmmaking:
bit.ly/PrestonLodgeHighSchool
Find Into Film’s full range of resources at:
intofilm.org/resources
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