Teachers

Teachers will need to consider whether the Screen Culture competition will run within school lessons, as an after-school club, or a combination of both.

This will depend on the time and resources that you and your pupils have available. Are you able to allocate a regular in-school period during which to run the competition?

And if not, would running the competition out of hours be a suitable alternative for your pupils?

Dividing it up

A Screen Culture submission will draw on a range of skills that include: design, illustration, painting, computer or physical modeling, photography, sound design, research, planning technical and creative writing.

Pupils will have differing skills for each aspects of the project, and hence the various sections of your Screen Culture entry could be worked on by different classes. It is important to allow everyone to contribute – this is not only about designing.

Because a competition like Screen Culture requires a structured design process, it is ideally suited to this group work approach - which excites pupils, encourages the development of great ideas and promotes team-working and social skills.

Screen Culture will: