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| Staff Aid: Year 11 HurtsSat, 20 Dec 2008 04:53:00 -0800 by saamvisualIt's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraidAt Christmas time, we write reports and we hand out grades.But in our forms of twenty, or maybe twenty fiveit's hard clearing lockers at Christmas time.But save a prayer, to pray for year eleven ones.After Christmas time it's hard coming back to mock exams.Cos there's a world of stressy teachersand it's a world of dread and fearWhere the only chance of restingis when your books are round your earsAnd the Christmas break you wanted is as fun as the evening newsWell year 9 thank God it's them instead of you.And we hope you won't be sleep-walking this Christmas time.The greatest gift you'll get this year is your bedWhere homework never growsand Mrs Starkey never knowsWill you get some Christmas time at all?Here's to you have you checked your timetable?Here's to themwith so many mock examsDo they know it's Christmas time at all?Year 11 hurtsLet them know it's Christmas time. Related: jason ramasami saamvisual.com whatisyourworldview.com julie house sion school mock exams gcse |
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| An Open Mind: IDETSat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:20 -0800 by saamvisualThis was requested by a few people so here it is in full. For those who don't know what this is: sometime around 1999/2000 I was working at Epsom and Ewell High School as a Media Studies teacher. I had a very happy time and was inspired to have a go at making the equivalent of a school theatre production...only in film. I had this idea about someone having their brain removed and the rest followed pretty easily. The head and staff were very supportive of the venture and so a project grew and developed until the showing at Epsom Odeon Cinema some 9 months later. Significant collaboration came from the A level and GCSE media students, many of whom gave a lot time to work on the crew and production team. It was also the making of a great friendship with Dean Puckett, an ex-student from Glyn School, who has since become a mature filmmaker in his own right (he now teaches me, which is a great thing).I have various mixed feelings about the time of IDET. At the time I was growing a little stale as a teacher and wondered whether I should be doing something else. This project certainly fed some of those feelings and I subsequently left full time teaching for a year out trying to become an illustrator (or something in the media). About two years later I returned to teaching full time as an RE teacher with a new passion for using filmmaking and illustration in a parallel capacity. I have never looked back and now love doing what I do.The biggest gain of this experience wasn't the end product - as you (if you) watch it you may feel a slight clunkiness to the story! The biggest thing was the experience of making it with a load of great people - teachers and students. It became a weird sort of family where we all helped each other in a marvelous way. I think it helped everyone learn something which isn't necessarily seen in the film itself. Lastly I would like to say three things:a. Jimmy Hill/Mark Reid were a blast because they gave it that star quality (thanks!)b. my favourite bits are the educational video/music 'warrior' sequencec. Fiona was my greatest support. Enjoy and rate it! Related: an open mind jimmy hill mark reid a1 epsom and ewell high school jason ramasami dean puckett jussi syria saamvisual.com |
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