This is a resource I made for a summer project for a year 9 class that I have as a ‘transition’ class - they don’t yet do the KS4 qualification but are developing media skills ready to start the course next year. For the final half a term (just over) they are creating a music video for a fun end-of-year topic.

Small wall display for main Adobe (photoshop) keyboard shortcuts (windows). Really helpful reference point for pupils in the media classroom.

Used as a fun end of year media project with Y9, though could be adapted for other ages/levels too as a post-SATS, activity week activity or similar. Pupils create their own muti-media advertising campaign for a set of trainers in three stages: planning, producing and evaluating.

Mock NEA based on a magazine cover. I used this with year 10.

A term’s SoW based on Propp and Todorov’s theories. Then moving on to learning about storyboarding and creating a story to storyboard that fits with the two theories. As an extension task pupils can then use a digital storyboarding software to create the storyboard digitally.

Intro to media SoW for year 9 GCSE class (based on 3-year GCSE), covering key concepts such as representations, connotations/denotations, critical opinions and a practical assessment task.

Half a term’s series of lessons (all on PPT) including a practical task (similar to mock coursework, responding to a brief) and a written assessment in response to an unseen video clip.

Weekly photography (10 weeks) challenge designed to be done either in school or as home learning as preparation for creative iMedia R090. Most weeks simply have a theme, some introduce composition rules or technical camera work, but the aim is primarily to get students used to taking photos.

R082 - creating digital graphics wall display. In PPT format ready to be downloaded and cut out.

Wall Display for R081 - PPT format ready to be cut out and displayed.