25 Sep 2007 - THE 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
1st prize - Flax Bourton Primary School with “Don’t Throw Litter”
2nd prize - Locking Primary School with “The Sad, Sad Tale of a Tin Can”
3rd prize - Hannah More Infant School with “How to Help Our World”
Key Stage 2
1st prize - Becket Primary School with “The Eco Slave”
2nd prize - Flax Bourton Primary School with “Global Warming Will Kill Us”
3rd prize - Grove Junior School with “Grove Children Save the Day”
Special Category
1st 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:
“All of us at Dreamworks Animation salute the efforts of the North Somerset Council to support arts education for young people. Animation is a rich medium for creative expression and we congratulate the young animators whose films are being shown and honoured at this exciting event.”
Two prize draws were held for pupils and schools with prizes donated by Odeon Cinema, AT Computers, Interactive Education, Yeovil Town Football Club, STAR radio, Espresso/Netmedia and RM.
The ICT Strategy Team would like to thank all participating schools, judges and sponsors for their hard work, effort and commitment. Well done to all of you who took part!
We will be running “The NOSCARS 2008” next year and will launch this at the Primary ICT Networking Conference on Thursday 22 November.
Angie Bray, ICT Strategy & Support Officer
Children and Young Peoples Services North Somerset Council