Digital Video in the Primary Classroom

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Authors Gillian Graham, St Cadoc’s Primary, East Renfrewshire

Learn more about nutrition and physical health.Use DVT to create a video promoting the Health activities.

Objectives

Digital Video Camera

Pinnacle Studio Editing Software

Software

Description The children will create a video showing the types of activities they participate in during a health topic. They will explore issues about nutrition, food groups, healthy eating and exercise.

Learning Areas Health Education

Levels Primary 6

Digital VideoKeywords

Project Overview

Pictures and other sources, form

Digital Video in the Primary ClassroomTeacher Planning and Management

Background and Planning

Background & Planning:

This project was a development of a language programme, Moving Images, which uses movies to stimulate writing.

The mains aims of this project were to encourage the children to work collaboratively, take on leadership roles, make decisions and manage time effectively to complete set tasks towards a whole class outcome.

The children also broadened their knowledge and understanding of nutrition and physical health and developed their ICT skills

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Digital Video in the Primary ClassroomTeaching ResourcesAs an introduction to creating the Health promoting video, the children participated in a Moving Images Language Programme, using video to stimulate writing.

The children were then encouraged to reflect on the Health related activities they have participated in and select appropriate activities to include in a DVD, in order to raise awareness of Healthy Living.

The areas they chose to focus on were

Health Activities in Class

Health Projects and Topics

St Cadoc’s Health Week

Healthy Eating Options in St Cadoc’s

Sports and Activities

The children then divided into groups to plan the different sections of the DVD. They took responsibility for generating and creating ideas, constructing storyboards, organising shots and filming and directing their group section of the movie.

Click on the documents below to see the resources used for this language project and the story boards used for planning the filming of the Health DVD.

DocumentsPupil Workbook Teacher Notes Story Board

Digital Video in the Primary ClassroomAssessment and Standards

Mapping the Standards:

A convenient mapping of the project’s learning objectives against curriculum standards is found within the attached pdf document “Being well .. Doing well”.

Published by the Scottish Executive (2004) it sets out the framework for schools activity in respect of healthy living.

Click on the link below to access the pdf document

DocumentBeing Well - Doing

Well

Digital Video in the Primary Classroom

St Cadoc’s Primary School

Newton Mearns

East Renfrewshire

Scotland

http://www.ea.e-renfrew.sch.uk/st-cadocs/