About the Creative Schools Programme
Our school was chosen as one of the 150 schools nationwide to participate in the Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools pilot programme, beginning in September 2018. As part of this pilot scheme our school will be provided with a package of support, which includes funding, and expertise from a Creative Associate to enable us to explore the potential impact of the arts and creativity in school life.
Arts Week 15th - 19th June 2019
As part of the Creative Schools Programme we celebrated Arts Week in our school at the end of June. Pupils in every class participated in a range of workshops and performances...
Kim McCafferty came to the school to give a workshop in circus skills to all classes. The children practiced a range of activities from acrobatic skills to plate spinning.
Clara McCabe from The Music Room worked pupils from 1st and 2nd class doing drama and improvisation based on the book 'James and the Giant Peach'. She also worked with 3rd and 4th class for singing and song writing based on the theme of 'Friendship'..
We had Rosie Cole creating a beautiful willow sculpture of a swan.
Mary Farrelly facilitated dance and movement workshops with a variety of classes.
Each class participated in Samba Drumming workshops with Peter Crann.
On Friday, we invited parents to join us as we presented a concert and exhibition of all our wonderful creations!
As part of the Creative Schools Programme we celebrated Arts Week in our school at the end of June. Pupils in every class participated in a range of workshops and performances...
Kim McCafferty came to the school to give a workshop in circus skills to all classes. The children practiced a range of activities from acrobatic skills to plate spinning.
Clara McCabe from The Music Room worked pupils from 1st and 2nd class doing drama and improvisation based on the book 'James and the Giant Peach'. She also worked with 3rd and 4th class for singing and song writing based on the theme of 'Friendship'..
We had Rosie Cole creating a beautiful willow sculpture of a swan.
Mary Farrelly facilitated dance and movement workshops with a variety of classes.
Each class participated in Samba Drumming workshops with Peter Crann.
On Friday, we invited parents to join us as we presented a concert and exhibition of all our wonderful creations!
Young Irish Film Makers
Lights, Camera, Action!!!
Our school was extremely lucky to be chosen by the Cavan / Monaghan ETB, to participate in a three day film making workshop facilitated by the Young Irish Film Makers. The Young Irish Film Makers is a national development and educational youth film making organisation dedicated to giving all young people, regardless of physical, social, educational, cultural disadvantage or background, an opportunity to access film training and digital technology skills to become skilled social and critical creators rather than passive consumers of the media. The following is an account of how one of our 5th class created the movie “Bart the Fart”.
Our school was extremely lucky to be chosen by the Cavan / Monaghan ETB, to participate in a three day film making workshop facilitated by the Young Irish Film Makers. The Young Irish Film Makers is a national development and educational youth film making organisation dedicated to giving all young people, regardless of physical, social, educational, cultural disadvantage or background, an opportunity to access film training and digital technology skills to become skilled social and critical creators rather than passive consumers of the media. The following is an account of how one of our 5th class created the movie “Bart the Fart”.
Our Week of Film Making
By
Kilian Reilly
This week Cian Hennigar and Niall Power from Young Irish Film Makers visited our school and taught us how to make our very own films. This is an account of our three days which was most enjoyable.
Tuesday:
We went to the hall and there we found Cian and Niall. We sat down and they showed us a slideshow of what film making is all about. We played a few warm up games to get our creativity going.
Cian showed us his camera and tripod and how to use them, while demonstrating what all the various buttons were used for. Then he showed us all the other film gear they use and told us about the different crew members. He showed us the clapper board and what needs to be written on it.
Roll; means how many times you move the camera.
Scene; means what part you are recording.
Take; refers to each filmed "version" of a particular shot or "setup".
Then we played an interview game to get used to all the roles you can play and we all got a go with the different equipment. After that Cian talked to us about what makes a good story.
It has a ‘start’, a ’middle’ and an ‘end’. He showed us a format that Pixar use to make their movies. He then put us in groups of three and we had to make a TV show where people ring in because they have a problem. I was put in a group with Julie and Eimear. We had a lot of fun. Then we planned out a film that we were going to make and voted for the two best.
Wednesday:
Wednesday was a busy day. We spent the day making our movie. I was a thief and Odhran was a super hero. His power was farting. It was a lot of fun filming. We had a few bloopers in the first few scenes but in the end we did a really good job shooting it. Odhran was very funny and Cian made a great teacher. It was very tiring having to repeat recording the same scenes over and over but definitely well worth it.
In making the film we used wide shots to show where we were. Then we would go to a ‘mid-shot’ for where people were having conversations or if they were looking for someone or something. When anything strange or sad was happening we would use a ‘close up’ to show how people reacted or felt. Then all shots were incorporated for editing.
Thursday:
Our last day with Cian and Niall! We were sad that it was all coming to an end but still there was a very important job to be done to finalise our three days of hard work - the editing.
They began the day with showing us how to edit on the MacBook-Pros which was a difficult process. Odhran and I did the editing on our film with the help of Cian and Niall from time to time which was great fun. Cian showed us how to use audio. For part of our scenes we used some Mission Impossible music. For more of our scenes we used fart noises. We were both proud of our film and of the group that starred in it with us.
Cian informed us that he would try to get our films entered in a Film Festival competition in Limerick.
This was exciting news for all of us as we said our goodbyes at 3 o’clock to Cian and Niall. What an amazing experience and will be one to remember.
By
Kilian Reilly
This week Cian Hennigar and Niall Power from Young Irish Film Makers visited our school and taught us how to make our very own films. This is an account of our three days which was most enjoyable.
Tuesday:
We went to the hall and there we found Cian and Niall. We sat down and they showed us a slideshow of what film making is all about. We played a few warm up games to get our creativity going.
Cian showed us his camera and tripod and how to use them, while demonstrating what all the various buttons were used for. Then he showed us all the other film gear they use and told us about the different crew members. He showed us the clapper board and what needs to be written on it.
Roll; means how many times you move the camera.
Scene; means what part you are recording.
Take; refers to each filmed "version" of a particular shot or "setup".
Then we played an interview game to get used to all the roles you can play and we all got a go with the different equipment. After that Cian talked to us about what makes a good story.
It has a ‘start’, a ’middle’ and an ‘end’. He showed us a format that Pixar use to make their movies. He then put us in groups of three and we had to make a TV show where people ring in because they have a problem. I was put in a group with Julie and Eimear. We had a lot of fun. Then we planned out a film that we were going to make and voted for the two best.
Wednesday:
Wednesday was a busy day. We spent the day making our movie. I was a thief and Odhran was a super hero. His power was farting. It was a lot of fun filming. We had a few bloopers in the first few scenes but in the end we did a really good job shooting it. Odhran was very funny and Cian made a great teacher. It was very tiring having to repeat recording the same scenes over and over but definitely well worth it.
In making the film we used wide shots to show where we were. Then we would go to a ‘mid-shot’ for where people were having conversations or if they were looking for someone or something. When anything strange or sad was happening we would use a ‘close up’ to show how people reacted or felt. Then all shots were incorporated for editing.
Thursday:
Our last day with Cian and Niall! We were sad that it was all coming to an end but still there was a very important job to be done to finalise our three days of hard work - the editing.
They began the day with showing us how to edit on the MacBook-Pros which was a difficult process. Odhran and I did the editing on our film with the help of Cian and Niall from time to time which was great fun. Cian showed us how to use audio. For part of our scenes we used some Mission Impossible music. For more of our scenes we used fart noises. We were both proud of our film and of the group that starred in it with us.
Cian informed us that he would try to get our films entered in a Film Festival competition in Limerick.
This was exciting news for all of us as we said our goodbyes at 3 o’clock to Cian and Niall. What an amazing experience and will be one to remember.
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Our 6th class pupils also were given an opportunity to participate in Stop-Motion Animation and Film-Making, thanks to the expertise of Ms. Sinead O’Reilly and local film-maker Padraig Conaty.
A week of Film Making
By
All Pupils from 6th Class
On Tuesday 15th of January 6th class began 3 days of learning the techniques of film making under the direction of Ms O’Reilly.
Our first day began in the S.T.E.A.M. room where Ms O’Reilly taught us how to do ‘Stop Motion Animation’ , Green screen and Filming. We practised with making clay figurine characters for our short ‘Stop Motion Animation’ films.
Stop Motion Animation is where you move an object and take a picture each time you move the object. When you finish you combine the photos into a video and it makes it look like its moving.
We learned that before you begin film making you have to have a story board. Our story boards were made and four out of the seven storyboards were chosen to begin filming on.
On Wednesday Padraig Conaty, a local artist and film maker, came in to demonstrate to us how to shoot our film. He showed us different camera angles, lighting and camera stands. We did mini interviews and changed lighting around.
He also explained that a clapper board needs to be used in film making, how to be a director, camera person and sound engineer.
The first film to be made was one called ‘The Mystery’. Written by Lana, Orlaith, and Joe . We used a ‘Gimble’ for some shots.
A Gimble is a type of stand for a camera. It is a flexible stand and is used mainly for action shots.
Later that day we shot another film called ‘The Gowna UFO’ written by Charlie.
On Thursday we shot film number 3 entitled ‘Lily draws Revenge’ written by Maria and Kaylah followed by film number 4 called ‘Gladiators’ written by Callum.
During all film making we learned about shooting from all the different angles and the various types of shots - mid shot, long shot and the close up.
We were all very happy with the brilliant experience and the enjoyment we got from these valuable and interesting lessons.
By
All Pupils from 6th Class
On Tuesday 15th of January 6th class began 3 days of learning the techniques of film making under the direction of Ms O’Reilly.
Our first day began in the S.T.E.A.M. room where Ms O’Reilly taught us how to do ‘Stop Motion Animation’ , Green screen and Filming. We practised with making clay figurine characters for our short ‘Stop Motion Animation’ films.
Stop Motion Animation is where you move an object and take a picture each time you move the object. When you finish you combine the photos into a video and it makes it look like its moving.
We learned that before you begin film making you have to have a story board. Our story boards were made and four out of the seven storyboards were chosen to begin filming on.
On Wednesday Padraig Conaty, a local artist and film maker, came in to demonstrate to us how to shoot our film. He showed us different camera angles, lighting and camera stands. We did mini interviews and changed lighting around.
He also explained that a clapper board needs to be used in film making, how to be a director, camera person and sound engineer.
The first film to be made was one called ‘The Mystery’. Written by Lana, Orlaith, and Joe . We used a ‘Gimble’ for some shots.
A Gimble is a type of stand for a camera. It is a flexible stand and is used mainly for action shots.
Later that day we shot another film called ‘The Gowna UFO’ written by Charlie.
On Thursday we shot film number 3 entitled ‘Lily draws Revenge’ written by Maria and Kaylah followed by film number 4 called ‘Gladiators’ written by Callum.
During all film making we learned about shooting from all the different angles and the various types of shots - mid shot, long shot and the close up.
We were all very happy with the brilliant experience and the enjoyment we got from these valuable and interesting lessons.
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Launch of Creative Schools Programme
On Friday 7th December, our Creative Associate Mary Farrelly came to our school to launch the Creative Schools Programme. The pupils explored their imagination and creativity by participating in a range of drama activities and dances with Mary. Central to the Creative Schools Programme is 'Student Voice' and so the students all had an opportunity to suggest creative activities that they would like to participate in over the coming year.
