Making animations to develop creative language skills

Russell Williams teaches a composite P6/P7 class at Sheuchan Primary School. As a way of developing his pupils’ creative use of language, he has devised an animation project. The pupils write their own scripts, make models out of clay and produce a short stop-frame animation using a webcam and Pinnacle Studio editing software.

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Mr Williams has been teaching for ten years. Before becoming a teacher he worked as an ICT staff tutor in several schools. He has attended several ICT courses, including a two-day Masterclass in Stirling on digital video and animation.

Mr Williams is the ICT coordinator at Sheuchan Primary. He uses ICT on a daily basis in his teaching, where and when it is appropriate. He uses the digital camera regularly to enhance lessons and pupils’ work.

Sheuchan Primary School is located in the centre of the coastal town of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway. There are 289 pupils in the primary school and 25 pupils have free school lunches.

The school has two computers in each classroom and a dedicated ICT suite. ICT training is available for teachers - the most recent courses run in the school have been on Microsoft PowerPoint, Textease and the interactive whiteboard.

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