About our workshops

All of our programmes are designed to give students the most positive and engaging experience possible. Although many of the subjects our workshops deal with are serious and sensitive, we believe that enjoyment is key to effective learning. We use a diverse range of techniques, exercises and activities to ensure that we cater to all learning styles, and to build energy and momentum within the sessions we deliver. Our programmes can be delivered ‘off the shelf’ or tailored to meet your specific requirements - although we enjoy delivering these tried and tested programmes, we also enjoy new challenges! We are also often commissioned to design brand new workshops for Curriculum or PSHE days – tell us what you’re looking for, and we’ll do our best to design something to suit.

 

Anti-Bullying Workshops

Capacity: Up to 120 students per session

Key Stage(s): 2 and 3

Duration: 0.5 – 1 day

Originally created for Hertfordshire Constabulary, and successfully delivered to over 3000 students since 2006, these highly interactive workshops give students the opportunity to explore the issue of bullying through roleplay, games, discussion, performance and reflection. Ideal for Curriculum and PSHE days, the sessions cover all types of bullying, understanding the feelings of the bully/bullied, positive ways of dealing with bullying and how we treat those around us.

 

Healthy Eating, Healthy Living!

Capacity: Up to 60 students per session

Key Stage(s): 2

Duration: 0.5 day These fun and engaging workshops were designed in 2007 for East Herts Council, and have since been delivered in over 50 schools across Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire. Using an energetic mixture of games, movement, discussion and performance, students explore the importance of a balanced diet, exercise, food groups and what they do for us, and how much is too much. The workshops ends with the presentation of live ‘adverts’ created by the students, which can then be shown to other students in school (an optional, but popular extra!)

 

Moving Up – Transition Workshops

Capacity: Up to 120 students per session

Key Stage(s): 2 and 3

Duration: 1 day

Closely following SEAL guidelines, these workshops have been developed with Primary and Secondary schools in London and Hertfordshire to address the themes of managing change, self-awareness, identity, empathy and interacting with others. Students explore these issues through structured roleplay, trust exercises, discussion and group activities. Students also have a chance to reflect on recent or upcoming changes (usually transition) through a ‘Creativity Carousel’, in which they have opportunities to share there thoughts and feelings using a variety of media.

 

Specialised Media Training and Workshops

Over the last six years, we’ve worked with dozens of schools and colleges – directly or through local authorities or other agencies - to design and produce bespoke video projects and deliver training to staff and students. We’re able to offer a number of services specifically for the education sector - from off-the-shelf delivery of parts of the media curriculum you may not have the resources for in-house, to competitively-priced equipment and editing facilities hire.

 

Video training workshops

We can offer tried and tested workshops on a range of themes and techniques, including:

• Green Screen/Chroma keying

• Camera, lighting and sound operation

• Editing – on all major editing software from Windows Movie Maker on the PC, through to Adobe Premiere and Final Cut Pro and Express

• Documentary filmmaking – including interview techniques

• Horror filmmaking

• Animation

• Music Videos

 

From intensive half and full-day programmes to more-detailed 2 or 3 day courses, these workshops are available ‘off-the-shelf’ or can be tailored to meet your specific requirements. We’re also more than happy to run joint courses for several schools or colleges (depending on numbers).

 

Additional Services

Consultation

Whether you need help choosing equipment to hire or purchase, assistance in sourcing and applying for funding, or help at any other stage of production, we have the knowledge and experience to help you realise your project vision.

Equipment Hire

From cameras and camera equipment to green-screens, lighting, steadicams and audio recording kit, we can provide a range of equipment at highly competitive half-day and full-day rates.

Editing Suite Hire

We can offer a fully-equipped sound and video editing suite at our offices in Hitchin, Herts, using fast and powerful Mac hardware and software. Available for full and half-day sessions.

Editing Suite + Editor

For an additional, competitive fee, we can also provide a trained and experienced video and audio editor to assist or support you whilst using the editing suite.

 

We also offer workshops on Domestic Violence and Abuse, Self-confidence building, Healthy Relationships, Physical Theatre, Creative Writing, Animation, Verbatim Theatre and Filmmaking.