This fun and festive resource comprises of arts, crafts and filmmaking activities based on popular seasonal films. The activities include a selection of warm-up games with a Christmas theme, creating a soundtrack for the archive film Santa Claus, designing new present delivery system to help Arthur Christmas and staging your own snowman dance party inspire by Raymond briggs' The Snowman. Download the Teachers' notes PDF and PowerPoint with embedded clips from the films and set up a club in order to obtain the DVDs for free from www.intofilm.org/clubs.

Getting young people to make that leap from simply watching to actively discussing and writing about films is no small feat. This film topic has been put together with this progression in mind. The films have been selected based on feedback from hundreds of Into Film club leaders focused on getting their members to write. The films, accompanying information and discussion points in this resource have been chosen to excite and inspire members to write. To find out more about Into Film and discover more of our resources please go to; https://www.intofilm.org/resources

A film guide that looks at 2040 (2019), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion.

Welcome to this fun and engaging sequence of learning activities where learners will take on the role of Croods, a prehistoric family searching for a place to settle in a Stone Age land. This practical and thrilling sequence of lessons celebrates the upcoming release of The Croods 2: A New Age, whisking pupils into an adventure-filled journey through prehistoric times where they will develop geography, maths, PSHE education, and design and technology skills. Along the way, your class will learn essential survival skills such as map-reading and shelter-building as well as considering the types of environments and geographical settings that humans can thrive in.

Maths Made Real: Problem Solve an Assistant Director’s Scheduling Crisis Give your students an exciting film industry experience by working as a Second Assistant Director. This maths activity will creatively draw upon students’ numeracy skills, placing their work in a real-world context. They will problem solve their way through a catastrophic scheduling scenario to ensure everyone arrives on time for the shoot. This resource is aimed for use with pupils aged 7-14 and designed for flexible delivery in a variety of contexts: in subject-specific lessons, specific careers lessons, or during an Into Film Club. **Download this resource to inspire your pupils and help broaden their understanding of future job roles available to them. ** The short films included in the resource have been licenced by Into Film for educational use only. Please do not share any links, clips, or passwords externally. For more resources on using film and filmmaking in educational settings and to set up an Into Film Club, please visit the Into Film website: www.intofilm.org/clubs

Art Direction: Cultivating Creative Vision Through Art and Design Are you an Art or English teacher? Frame your next creative lesson through the role of an Art Director, as pupils design a room for their favourite film or book character. Introduce this task by bringing out the hidden detective in your pupils, by challenging them to examine a film still of your choice. As well as developing learners’ powers of deduction, we focus their attention on the importance of visual design in films and in meaning-making. This resource is aimed for use with pupils aged 7-14 and designed for flexible delivery in a variety of contexts: in subject-specific lessons, specific careers lessons, or during an Into Film Club. **Download the free resource to inspire your pupils and help broaden their understanding of future job roles available to them. ** The short films included in the resource have been licenced by Into Film for educational use only. Please do not share any links, clips, or passwords externally. For more resources on using film and filmmaking in educational settings and to set up an Into Film Club, please visit the Into Film website: www.intofilm.org/clubs

Hearing is Seeing: Improving Descriptive Writing Through Film Develop your pupils’ descriptive writing skills through this engaging audio description learning sequence. As well as introducing learners to this interesting industry role, pupils will develop their literacy skills and build confidence in reading aloud. These creative activities also help develop empathy, as we invite pupils to consider the experience of a visually impaired cinema audience. This resource is aimed for use with pupils aged 7-14 and designed for flexible delivery in a variety of contexts: in subject-specific lessons, specific careers lessons, or during an Into Film Club. **Download this resource to inspire your pupils and help broaden their understanding of future job roles available to them. ** The short films included in the resource have been licenced by Into Film for educational use only. Please do not share any links, clips, or passwords externally. For more resources on using film and filmmaking in educational settings and to set up an Into Film Club, please visit the Into Film website: www.intofilm.org/clubs

Our Story Builder resource is aimed at pupils aged 7-11, and enables learners to develop their understanding of the basic building blocks of film - the 3Cs and 3Ss of film, colour, character, camera, story, sound and setting - to create imaginative narratives of their own. They will be able to use our interactive workbook to plan their own films stage by stage. Each engaging and accessible element of the resource can be used as a stand-alone activity, or combined, so that learners can plan or make a film composed entirely of their own ideas. The resource allows pupils to work alone or collaboratively to develop characters, build their story arc, decide on settings and even design their very own film posters. Story Builder engages with the curriculum seamlessly, harnessing the unlimited creative talent of young people. There are countless stories in the world, all waiting to be told - help your pupils to tell theirs. “As a teacher it is heartening to see children so engaged with their imaginations when completing the Story Builder tasks and creating their own unique story” - Bernadette Boyle, Primary School Teacher

Brought to you by Into Film and The Walt Disney Company, this cross-curricular and adaptable resource is suitable for use with children aged 5–8. During the course of this learning sequence, learners will embark on a quest for kindness as they delve into the world of Disney to identify how a range of characters from the Disney Princess films show kindness, bravery and ultimately friendship during the course of their adventures. Using our Online Character Story Spinner (characterstoryspinner.co.uk) children will watch the film content to spark their creativity to carry out a range of range of challenges which incorporate PSHE Education (for the new curriculum), Citizenship, Art and Design and English/Literacy designed to deepen their understanding of what it means to be kind, brave and helpful to others.

This exciting resource brought to you by Into Film and The Boss Baby 2: Family Business, designed for 6–11-year-olds, combines core subject learning in maths, English and science alongside a wealth of opportunities for group work and rich, open-ended problem-solving. Inspired by the upcoming film, learners will be encouraged to plan, set goals, problem-solve and reflect on their learning as they take part in a series of collaborative and creative enterprise-focused activities.

A film guide that looks at Rafiki (2019), exploring its key topics and themes through informal discussion. Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education. We support educators to unlock the power of film to deliver transformative learning outcomes for children and young people aged 5-19 in class, extra-curricular settings and in cinemas. Designed in partnership with educators, our programme features the UK’s only school-specific film streaming service(Into Film+), online teaching resources and training, careers information, cinema screenings and a network of extra-curricular film clubs. The core Into Film programme is free for UK state schools thanks to funding from the National Lottery (through the BFI), Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen

We have produced this resource on the film The Iron Giant to complement the new Welsh National Literacy Framework for Primary schools, aimed a developing oracy, reading, and writing across the curriculum. Developed in conjunction with a leading literacy practitioner and the Welsh Government, these bilingual resources aim to empower teachers to increase literacy through film. This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/3001

The first of the Shaun the Sheep Green Light to Opening Night films is accompanied by this resource that helps young people to understand the importance of story telling in films. Use the Teachers’ Notes along side the short film where Young Reporter Jess visits Aardman Animations to find out about filmmaking and why Shaun is such a popular character. The film and accompanying Shaun the Sheep The Movie - Starting Your Story PowerPoint presentation to use in your classroom available on the Into Film website: https://www.intofilm.org/resources/11 This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18592

The last of the Shaun the Sheep The Movie Green Light to Opening Night films is accompanied by this resource that helps young people to understand how to create the soundtrack for their film. Use the Teachers’ Notes alongside the short film where Young Reporter Jess visits Aardman Animations Studio to find out the secret of sound. The film is available on the Into Film website at the following link: https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/behind-the-scenes-shaun-the-sheep-movie To access the accompanying powerpoint for this resource please click on the following link: https://www.intofilm.org/resources/13 For information on how to start a free Into Film club please visit https://www.intofilm.org/clubs Or go to https://www.intofilm.org/resources to view more of our curriculum focused resources. This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18592

The second of the Shaun the Sheep The Movie Green Light to Opening Night films is accompanied by this resource that helps young people to understand how to make their own stop-frame animation. Use the Teachers’ Notes alongside the short film where Young Reporter Jess visits Aardman Animations Studio to find out the secrets to making movies. The film is available on the Into Film website at the following link: https://www.intofilm.org/news-and-views/articles/behind-the-scenes-shaun-the-sheep-movie For information on how to start a free Into Film club please visit https://www.intofilm.org/clubs Or go to https://www.intofilm.org/resources to view more of our curriculum focused resources. This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18592

The fourth film of five in the Bill: Green Light to Opening Night covers crew. This film includes information on: - the camera trainee and focus puller who describe their roles, - the Director of Photography explains the camera and the lighting set up of the scene, - the Art Director and Sound Recordist do on set. A resource designed to accompany behind the scenes film has been designed to work across a range of curriculum areas and subjects for students aged 9-13. It comprises of a set of teachers’ notes with activity outlines and worksheets for classroom use and a PowerPoint presentation with embedded clips from the film and the Behind The Scenes film which can be downloaded at www.intofilm.org/bill This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18539

A series of five videos that go behind the scenes and explore the making of the film Bill, a fictional take on the young William Shakespeare’s search for fame and fortune. In part one of this five-part Green Light to Opening Night series, we learn about pre-production, including pitching, commissioning, screenwriting, the first script read through and the role of the director. We also meet some of the lead actors and one of the writers of the film. A resource designed to accompany behind the scenes film has been designed to work across a range of curriculum areas and subjects for students aged 9-13. It comprises of a set of teachers’ notes with activity outlines and worksheets for classroom use and a PowerPoint presentation with embedded clips from the film and the Behind The Scenes film which can be downloaded at www.intofilm.org/bill This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18539

The second film of five in the Bill: Green Light to Opening Night series, covers the production of the film. Into Film’s team of Young Reporters visit the unit base on location to meet the Co-Producer and the First and Second Assistant Directors. They also learn about: • scheduling and shooting films out of sequence, • the hair and makeup and costume production • trailers, the challenges of re-creating Tudor looks and clothing. A resource designed to accompany behind the scenes film has been designed to work across a range of curriculum areas and subjects for students aged 9-13. It comprises of a set of teachers’ notes with activity outlines and worksheets for classroom use and a PowerPoint presentation with embedded clips from the film and the Behind The Scenes film which can be downloaded at www.intofilm.org/bill This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18539

This resource supports work with British film Bill and five exclusive behind the scenes films. Bill tells the story of what ‘really’ happened during Shakespeare’s ‘Lost Years’ - hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his family and home in Stratford to follow his dream to become a playwrite in London. These teachers’ notes are designed to be used with the accompanying PowerPoint presentation and five films: Pitch, Unit Base, Cast, Crew and Edit available at www.intofilm.org/bill. This resource can be used to explore the topics of Shakespeare, Tudors and careers the film industry, investigating the roles of a film crew including director, stunt coordinator, camera operator, hair and make-up artist and of course the actors. Did you find this resource useful? If so, leaving a star rating can help other teachers to find it. This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18539

The fifth and final film in the Bill: Green Light to Opening Night covers post production and editing. In this video, the young people visit the edit suite in order to: - learn about the editing process, - select a take to use in the final film, - talk to the songwriter - watch the recording of the soundtrack with Tudor instruments. A resource designed to accompany behind the scenes film has been designed to work across a range of curriculum areas and subjects for students aged 9-13. It comprises of a set of teachers’ notes with activity outlines and worksheets for classroom use and a PowerPoint presentation with embedded clips from the film and the Behind The Scenes film which can be downloaded at www.intofilm.org/bill This film is now available to stream free at Into Film+ https://www.intofilm.org/films/18539