Reel Access Creative PPA (Primary) Brochure 2013

CREATIVE PPA (PRIMARY)

WHO WE ARE: Reel Access was established in 2006 and our vision is to raise aspirations through sound and vision. We deliver film and visual media workshops and projects with a range of age groups as well as delivering training, creative evaluation and socially responsible documentary making. Our work has been credited with increasing confidence, selfesteem and learning and we have grown year on year working with a huge range of diverse organisations across Birmingham, the West Midlands and nationally including; Acorns Children’s Hospice / Birmingham Hippodrome / The Birmingham Rep / Birmingham City Council / BMAG History Gallery / The Barber Institute / East Education Action Zone / Geese Theatre Company / Heritage Lottery Fund / mac Birmingham / Malvern Theatre / RSC / SIFA Fireside / Springfield Children’s Centre / The Public / Welsh National Opera as well as schools and youth centres.

The Reel Access team collectively has over 20 years of community & participatory arts experience focusing on filmmaking and drama activities within a range of formal and informal education and other diverse community settings. We have worked with all ages from under 5s through to adults.

All our workshops focus on facilitating participants experience so that their creative ideas are genuinely expressed. Reel Access believes passionately in enabling people to tell their stories, voice their opinions and get a message across.

CREATIVE PPA Reel Access has several years of experience of working in Primary schools through the Creative Partnerships Programme, Education Action Zones and on an ad-hoc basis. We are now offering a new and exciting creative PPA cover option for Primary schools. We create fantastic film and animation projects that support and underpin the school curriculum as film is a useful tool to motivate and engage children in the classroom and contextualize difficult topics and curriculum areas. For example; Reel Access practitioners worked on a Year 3 science project at Four Dwellings Primary School; exploring Light and Dark. We produced a shadow puppet film in which the children wrote the story, made the puppets and shot and edited the film.

We also delivered a Horrible Histories style project at the Oval Primary School with Year 6 pupils entitled Tudenders! Exploring some of the key facts that make up that period of history.

We are adaptable to the needs of each school and our professional and supportive staff can add the extra something that will bring a project or a scheme of work to life.

Our competitive PPA cover is delivered by skilled and experienced DBS checked film & media practitioners. The highly engaging activities give children the freedom to express themselves creatively whilst developing core • Increased attainment in ICT skills. skills and meeting curriculum targets. Reel Access is committed to collaborative working, • Increased film and media literacy our creative PPA provides an excellent attainment. opportunity to address topics being covered in class through the use of ICT. • Increased communication skills within year groups.

Reel Access Creative PPA Outcomes:

• Promotes confidence and wellbeing.

• CPD for Teachers & Teaching Assistants.

• Raises the schools creative profile locally and nationally.

PACKAGES

We offer a number of different options: Package A: Our visual media artist will act as PPA cover for staff across Foundation, Key Stage 1 and 2. Acting as cover can be offered as either a half day or full day basis.

Package B: A group of visual media artists will offer creative PPA across the school which could be on the same day or for a whole week.

Package C: If you have a special project or theme our bespoke package is for you. If you want to develop something unique for you school that uses visual media please contact us and we will be able to discuss your needs.

PRICES

Our Prices: For this exciting service our prices range from and includes equipment: £150.00 (half school day) £250.00 (full school day) For a longer creative experience: £1,500.00 per half term.

TESTIMONIALS “The children who took part in The View from My Window project thoroughly enjoyed their experience with the Reel Access team. The project gave them an insight into the world of creativity and animation which many of them had not experienced before. The children were enthusiastic and motivated to learn and extremely proud of their finished work.”

- Jenny Matthews, Year 6 Teacher

“I love Reel Access; they’re so open, generous and and easy to work with” - Maris Lyons, Project Manager, Welsh National Opera.

“The film workshops provided siblings from Acorns with a unique, creative experience, which was thoroughly enjoyed and enabled the young people to take a lead in producing their own films under the gentle, professional guidance of Reel Access” - Sarah Jasper, Acorns Children’s Hospice.

OTHER THINGS REEL ACCESS CAN OFFER: • Reel Access can advise on film programming to increase children’s critical awareness of film • Reel Access can support your school in establishing a film club or after school filmmaking club • We can offer an audit of any equipment you have and run twilight sessions on the best way to use it • Filmmaking residencies; we have established a successful residency programme with the Pilot Partnership (formerly East EAZ) and scriptwriter Rubina Din with the EAZ network in East Birmingham and this can be rolled out to other schools

CONTACT US: George Fleming - Artistic Director Laura Breakwell - Creative Producer Reel Access The Pump 286 Kitts Green Road Birmingham B33 9SB Tel: 0121 675 8391 E: info@reelaccess.org.uk W: www.reelaccess.org.uk Please note: All practitioners who work for Reel Access are DBS checked and the company has a robust child protection policy. We also have Public Liability insurance.

Registered Company No. 5935237