“Thank you for a really enjoyable and valuable experience yesterday….we had a fabulous day! ”
“Thank you for an excellent day at the Watershed”
These quotes are from teachers who brought their students to this year’s Media Literacy workshops at Watershed. The theme was ‘Why study the Olympics?” (see below for more information) and Opening Ceremonies through 20th Century Olympic Games provided the focus for the morning screening session, which included clips of Leni Riefenstahl’s innovative 1936 Berlin Olympics film, Los Angeles 1984, and the astonishing 2008 Games in Beijing.
Photos from the workshops can be seen in the gallery.
We’re just finalising details for this year’s Media Literacy workshops for secondary schools (follow Media Literacy tag on the right to see information on previous years’ workshops) and thought we’d tell you a little bit about our plans and the theme “Why study the Olympics?”!! Here’s an introduction to the topic for teachers by the workshop leader David Goldblatt:
“The Summer Olympics are an extraordinary event. What began as an obscure, eccentric Hellenic revival and sporting gymkhana has become one of the world’s most important and most watched public spectacles. Now over a century old, they have survived every twist and turn of global history and grown ever larger. Up to six years in the making, the scale of a modern Olympic games is immense: 20,000, athletes, from over 200 countries, compete in 23 sports over three weeks, and most of the planet will be watching some of it. (more…)
RELAYS colleague Arilda Tymko based at Bath Spa University has been working with staff and students over several months to createIlluminate Bath – a new arts festival that is transforming the city’s streets over two weeks inNovember. More than 50 artists and performers will be showcasing their work in locations around Bath, both indoors and outside from November 1st to November 13th.
Africa United
Screening from Friday 22 October for at least 2 weeks.
Africa United (cert 12A) is a road trip through the heart of Africa following two soccer-mad Rwandan children: privileged football prodigy Fabrice (Roger Nsengiyumva) and street hustler Dudu (Eriya Ndayambaje) on their journey to the South African World Cup.
Here’s a chance to view what over a hundred Bristol school pupils experienced when they came to Watershed in May for the Media Literacy Workshops. With teachers in mind we recorded one of the morning sessions led by David Goldblatt so schools who haven’t attended before but are interested in coming to future workshops, can get an insight into the process.
If you’re interested in finding out more about the Media Literacy Workshops please contact liz.milner@watershed.co.uk
Building on the established and successful format of previous Media Literacy Workshops, writer, broadcaster and teacher David Goldblatt, led the workshops with a World Cup theme to explore the use of language, cliche and meaning in sports’ media.
Five Bristol schools each came to Watershed for a day bringing 134 year 9 and 10 students from Bridge Learning Campus, Brislington Enterprise College, Bedminster Down, Fairfield and St Mary Redcliffe schools. To see more photographs and storyboards go to the Gallery, and for a full video recording of David’s presentation visit this page.
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Audio excerpt from Media Literacy Workshops 2010 – David Goldblatt on Story making
On 1st April 2001 a group of students from two sports colleges came to Watershed for a special RELAYS screening of Invictus.
19 boys and 6 girls – in ‘troisieme’, equivalent to Year 10, came from Collège Victor Louis in Talence just outside Bordeaux with 3 of their teachers.
The French students were accompanied by a mixed group of Year 10s from their partner school in Bristol, Ashton Park.
The visit was arranged by Debbie Richards, Director of the Académie Aquitaine www.academieaquitaine.co.uk as part of an exchange programme to reinforce links between the two colleges.
