Making a tailor-made film to suit the needs of the school

A popular example
School induction about how the school works and the operation of the school day for parents and new arrivals to the school.

Examples:

• below: St Peter's Induction Project Planning
• http://www.eastendtalking.org.uk/schools/Chisenhale

Benefits:

• speaking and listening
• reading & writing
• ICT – working with digital video
• potential for 'whole school' involvement.

Staff names have been removed.

Week 1
9th November

• Introduction to East End Talking website. (Need access to Interactive white board to demonstrate site and ICT suite, for children to look around site)
• Drama session with all children involved in project to develop confidence and language. (Hall space needed this week only)
• Intro to induction work
  • why do we need to create induction programme to share information about our school?
  • Who do we want to look at it?
  • What do we want it to say about our school community?
  • What is important for new members of our school community to know?

Week 2
16th November

• Intro to digital video kit; taking photos, videoing.
• Core group to capture areas of school, listed in their important things to have doc on class computer, using camera, camcorder and editing software.
• Interview techniques, asking questions, who and what to ask.

Week 3
30th November

• Drama warm up session with selected children involved this week to develop confidence and language needed.
• Nursery and reception classrooms – starting point for the majority of our children.
  • Interviewing children about what they do in a typical day?
  • What’s their favourite thing about coming to school is?
  • (We need to capture the classroom environment in action and a quiet space to film the children talking.)
• N. needs to prepare with us after school for her session next week.

Week 4
7th December

• Family learning room – meeting N. (PSP) about what she does?
  • What our plans are for this room
  • how new families are supported/inducted when they enter the school at mid-points.
• Learning Mentor needs to prepare with us after school for his session next week.

Week 5
4th January

• Drama warm up session with children involved this week to develop confidence and language needed, reminder of games played.
• Playgrounds
  • what do children remember about starting school?
  • Who helped them settle into St Peter’s and how.
  • Include brief interview with Learning Mentor about how he also helps children settle in.

Week 6
11th January

• Drama warm up session with children involved this week to develop confidence and language needed.
• Year 5 classroom
  • how our learning environments are set up to support children with their learning.
  • Interviewing children about our systems and procedures.
• (We need to capture the classroom environment in action and a quiet space to film the children talking.)
• Office staff need to prepare with us after school for his session next week.
• How do we get images/video of breakfast/afterschool clubs.

Week 7
18th January

• Office area – interviewing the office staff about breakfast and after-school clubs.
• N. needs to prepare with us after school for her session next week.
• How do we capture community cohesion/parental engagement images/video
• Setting up Week 10 parents for interviewing – what will we ask etc

Week 8
25th January

• Family learning room – interviewing N .(PSP) about what our parental engagement and community cohesion work
• Meet with L. and possibly J. to talk about how we will film next week

Week 9
1st February

• Headteacher’s office – interviewing the head (and possibly Chair of Governors) about:
  • how they are developing the school;
  • what it means to be part of a Church school;
  • what it is important for potentially new members of our school community to know?

Week 10
8th February

• Family learning room – interviewing parents about:
  • what they think is good about St Peter’s school community;
  • what is in place to support families with settling into the school?