FLAX BOURTON CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL

Noscars 2007

THE NOSCARS 2007

The first “NOSCARS” film festival awards was hosted by the ICT Strategy Team in the Children & Young People’s Services and held on Thursday 20 September 2007 at the Winter Gardens in Weston-super-Mare. There was an audience of 300 people including children, teachers, parents, Colin Diamond, Director of Children & Young People’s Services and Councillor Jeremy Blatchford, Executive Member for Children & Young People’s Services, who came to see young film makers from across North Somerset showcase their work.

The competition was open to primary and special schools with a theme of the environment, where schools were asked to submit a two minute film clip using still, moving or animated imagery supporting embedding ICT in the curriculum. All entries were produced by the children demonstrating effective use of technology. Film making promotes creativity, communication, teamwork, planning, problem solving and critical thinking.

The judging panel was made up of Councillor Carl Francis-Pester; Suzie Cowley, South West Grid for Learning; David Collins, Nailsea School and Liz Higgins from AT Computers Ltd.

There were 22 films shortlisted and prizes were presented by Ian Downs from STAR Radio for the following categories - Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Special, and the winners are listed below:

Key Stage 1

1^st prize - Flax Bourton Primary School with “Don’t Throw Litter”

2^nd prize - Locking Primary School with “The Sad, Sad Tale of a Tin Can”

3^rd prize - Hannah More Infant School with “How to Help Our World”

Key Stage 2

1^st prize - Becket Primary School with “The Eco Slave”

2^nd prize - Flax Bourton Primary School with “Global Warming Will Kill Us”

3^rd prize - Grove Junior School with “Grove Children Save the Day”

Special Category

1^st prize - Ravenswood School with “R News”

Prizes for the winners ranged from digital video camcorders to iPod nanos with microphones and were donated from Northgate, AT Computers Ltd and TAG Learning. We were also very fortunate to receive a testimonial and signed Shrek posters from Dreamworks. The testimonial read: