Who am I? Matt Sheriff Head of Media and Film Studies at Shenfield High School for 10 years AS OCR Media Team leader A2 OCR Media Examiner

Who am I? Matt Sheriff Head of Media and Film Studies at Shenfield High School for 10 years AS OCR Media Team leader A2 OCR Media Examiner

Initial worries about the new specification Set Texts (loss of freedom to choose/flexibility to update spec) Loss of coursework percentage Switch to individual coursework Student and Teacher knowledge of nine forms of the media Compulsory theorists Choosing a new specification ( Should I wait for AQA/OCR?) Loss of student creativity and enjoyment of the course (next slide)

Anoop Bains (Student Context) Media/film lessons are structured well, clear perspective and focus. Media/film provide us with information that we actually need to succeed Excellent teachers knowledge of subject Media/film tells every individual how to succeed Media/film students discuss things before we are asked to write an essay Media/film is honest with students work Media/film actually understand every student Media/film gives us examples and structure Media/film Sir has a passion for the subject (five days at a horror festival, really?)

Planning for new Spec (My Pre-Production) HOD: Basic Logistics of new Spec + choosing the right spec for pupils My team: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats OCR Context: Should I stay or go? School context: Mock exams, parents eve, data reports, Linear course Student/Parent context: Manage expectations, explain changes

Term 1 Starting points (Sept Dec) School context Mock exam, parents eve, data reports (Jan 2018) HOD context Oct 1 st deadline (Are students on the right course?) Team Context Can we start with familiar and adapt to the new spec SPEC Context Planning has to fit the parameters of the new spec Student Context Create a sense of student confidence

Planning

Start with the basics. Make it Contemporary. Get Students talking and thinking

Aim and Content of Term 1 Students to be confident in examining media texts Key areas of focus for term = audience, representation, institution, media language One teacher newspapers + magazines moving onto film marketing ready for mock exam in January 2018 One teacher Start with advertising/online and marketing before moving onto Black Mirror case study - build confidence in media and introduce TV Long Form Drama Please note that case studies for units of work will depend on the exam board

Why Black Mirror? Always been a success with students (contemporary and relevant to their lives) Excellent for representation and media language Netflix takeover Institution change and move towards global media Changing audience binge watching and streaming N/B be careful what episodes you show (permission slips)

Key Skills and Teaching Ideas for First Term Representation dependent on Institution (Newspaper front covers) Mediation fake news used as a hot topic of study + election Film Marketing Prod/Dist/Marketing/Regulation Students to learn to write, shape, edit and evaluate own work Grow student mindset Will probably not look at the actual exam until after Oct half term

Term 1 = Student confidence

Term 2 Introduce NEA (Jan April) School context Traditionally taught coursework from Jan April New Spec Allows flexibility in the linear two year course Student Context NEA is highly regarded by students HOD Context - Do students have the right stuff for individual NEA? Individual coursework is new to the dept (time to bed in ) Overcome student doubt in using practical equipment (next slides) Balance between Term 1 + 2 (written focus now becomes practical)

Improving NEA Creative Process

The Creative Process Creativity is HARD. You have to be: Honest with yourself Seek feedback (not from friends) Accept criticism Be ruthless

Creative Habits of mind (Robinson) Creativity enquiring mind Flexibility lateral thinking Willingness think impossible Confidence try new things Uncertainty persevere Self reflective Is this the best?

Term 2 NEA Ideas Still set up blogs that we used in legacy specification Still do some old prelim tasks from that spec but also create new ones AS Media Studies Specs offer good opportunities for test prelims School creates sample Mock Brief National media competitions could be entered Remake tasks (30 seconds of a music video) After Feb half term teachers introduce the music videos and revise advertising + marketing section of the exam but through practical ideas Build student confidence in the same way as Term 1 Golden Opportunity for creativity in the linear A Level

Term 3 (But wait)

AS Media Studies Strategies for teaching AS Media Time for sharing of ideas with regards to teaching AS Media as well as thinking about NEA Shenfield High School has a policy of teaching only linear A Levels

Linear A Level -Term 3 (April July) School Context - All students on linear A Levels have to sit an exam at the end of the first year to ascertain progress onto the full A Level Parents and students are notified of this before the course begins Students will thus return to units taught in first term and will revise Newspaper/Magazine/Film Marketing/ Advertising/Online Start NEA after June 1 st NEA = Summer half term, summer holidays + the 1st half term Yr 13

NEA Teaching (Term 3 and start of Term 4) Ideas here taken from OCR s Curriculum Planner Receive Brief (June 1 st n/b Eduqas Brief is available from March) Research Brief Complete research, activities and planning to complete brief This could include Pitch, locations, practicalities, target audience etc Film Edit Production of other tasks

Term 4 - Year 13 (Sept Dec) September - October Finish NEA (both teachers) School Context - NEA needs to be completed near the start of Year 13 Student Interventions October December One Teacher Radio One Teacher Computer Games

Term 5 Year 13 (Jan April) School Context Year 13 Mock exams in April need to be prepared HOD Context Need to know academic progress of students (interventions) Jan Feb Teacher 1 = Music Videos + advertising/marketing Teacher 2 = TV Long Form Drama Feb April Teacher 1 = Paper 1 Complete Revision (News+ Mag, advertising, music videos) Teacher 2 = Paper 2 Complete Revision ( Radio, Video Games, Film, TV Drama)

After Easter until Exams Revision classes continue - One teacher Paper 1, One Teacher Paper 2 Exemplar materials + structured revision lessons + YouTube videos Structuring essays Opening and Closing Paragraphs Individual Interventions Send off coursework Make sure students know what is expected of them in the exams Students to be confident in their preparation for exams.

Reminder of the importance of Media Studies

Any Further Questions? Twitter = @H9sheriff m.sheriff@shenfield.essex.sch.uk