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Education charity Into Film to celebrate emerging young filmmakers, reviewers and teachers using film at star-studded awards ceremony
young people from all over the UK to submit their films. The Awards are a great opportunity to showcase the incredible talent that young filmmakers and reviewers possess, and to give recognition to their creativity, passion and hard work. To be able to share that with the wider film community and education sector is really very special. We look forward to
Calling all budding filmmakers, reviewers and teachers using film in class, Into Film, a leading education charity dedicated to putting film at the heart of learning, will host its 2nd Into Film Awards in March 2016 in London. The charity, which is supported by the BFI through Lottery funding, will pay tribute to outstanding 5-19 year olds that have demonstrated exceptional achievements in filmmaking or film reviewing. In addition, the ‘Into Film Teacher of The Year’ category champions educators who have demonstrated inspirational use of film in class.
Designed to recognise, showcase and celebrate young people’s involvement in film and education and encourage the filmmakers of the future, the Into Film Awards ceremony will bring together film industry professionals and young people to shine a spotlight on the filmmaking achievements of 5-19 year olds from across the UK, as well as recognising teachers’ use of film to support learning, exceptional film clubs in Primary and Secondary schools, and outstanding young film reviewers. Nominees will have their films screened to a 600-strong audience, with the winners in each category and age-group being awarded a coveted gong at a star-studded ceremony in central London. Schools, organisations and individuals can submit their entries at
http://www.intofilm.org/awards Teacher Claire Dunsire, who won last year’s ‘Into Film Teacher of the Year’ award, says: “Using film is the most innovative thing I have ever done as a teacher. All my teaching now uses film and the results are outstanding.” Paul Reeve, CEO of Into Film comments: “Following the success of the inaugural Into Film Awards we are excited to once again invite children and
viewing this year’s entries and gaining a glimpse into the future of UK film!” Newly announced Into Film Ambassador Naomie Harris - whose credits include Spectre, Skyfall, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Southpaw, 28 Days Later and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise - was moved to become an Ambassador for the charity after attending the Into Film Awards earlier this year. The short films showcased explored a range of issues including bullying, growing up, grief, the highs and lows of settling into new places, making new friends, and being noticed by the opposite sex. Commenting on the wealth of talent she said: "I’m so blown away by the amazing talent I have seen. Watching these films I was actually moved to tears, they are really, really extraordinary." She added: “I'm thrilled to be an Ambassador for Into Film. I find it incredibly rewarding to be part of an organisation that uses film to inspire, educate and motivate young people. Into Film has the ability to help set those involved on a journey of discovery, edification, creativity, storytelling and more, which I hold dear to my heart.”
Naomie Harris
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Monitoring extracurricular activities is now child’s play with the new SIMS Activities module
Capita SIMS will be launching its new web-based SIMS Activities module at Bett 2016 which allows schools to efficiently and effectively manage all extracurricular activities and school trips.
With some schools running as many as 50 extracurricular activities throughout the year, from music lessons to sports clubs to trips away, the administration can be extremely time consuming. SIMS Activities can save hours of daily administration time, gathering disparate bits of information from those running extracurricular activities.
Staff can automate many tasks, such as quickly assigning students to each activity and electronically distributing consent forms. As the system is online, students are able to sign up to a club from any device with internet access and parents can log on from home to give their consent for a student to take part. Staff are also able to take the register for a club or event on the move via their PC, tablet or smartphone.
In addition, live attendance data allows headteachers to demonstrate to inspectors that safeguarding policies are in place as they know exactly where pupils are at any given time.
Paula Whiteley, SIMS manager at Cantell School, says: “We used to rely heavily on paper attendance registers which are inefficient and often inaccurate. There were safeguarding issues too as we were not able to
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pinpoint the exact location of every student throughout the day. Since introducing SIMS Activities, we have reliable information at our fingertips and know with absolute confidence which students are participating in clubs at any specific moment in time.
“It enables staff to accurately record attendance, achievement and analyse results. SIMS Activities also allows us to contact parents and students electronically about planned activities. We are now able to ask for confirmation of attendance in advance, rather than relying on telephone calls or letters.”
Real time attendance information held within SIMS Activities can be integrated into a student’s SIMS record to provide teachers with a complete picture of their progress.
Phil Neal, managing director of Capita SIMS, says: “Most schools currently manage extracurricular activities through a plethora of spreadsheets held in various different locations around the school.
“We have developed SIMS Activities to allow information to be retrieved from a single location using any internet-connected device, saving time and making the process much simpler for schools.”
www.capita-sims.co.uk/simsactivities-1 January 2016
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