Free Film for Home Schoolers - National Schools Film Week - October/November 2009.

Cinders2001

Calling all Home Schoolers!
Don't forget to book for National Schools Film Week chaps!

Welcome to National Schools Film Week!
The world's largest festival for cinema & young people
This year’s dates are:
England, Wales & Northern Ireland – 15-23 October 2009
Scotland: 2-6 November 2009

As Home Schoolers you are just as entitled to the Free Film as the mainstream schools.
Go to http://www.nsfw.org/index.php for details and click on Booking at the bottom.

There are a range of films available to go and see with your family. We normally gather together a bunch of children and their parents and book all of us for free.
We then use the education resource they provide (download) to talk about the film and help the children learn about whatever aspect is being highlighted for the film.
We've been doing this for a number of years now.

Go have an explore of the site at http://www.nsfw.org/index.php
Read the other pages there to see how the cinema can help in your teaching.

Cinders2001

Among this years choices are:

Coraline
Up
Night in the Museum 2
Nim's Island
Tale of Despereaux
Inkheart
.... and many more!

Each cinema has it's own allotted films, so if your local one is not showing what you want or like, try a neighbouring town.

Confuzzled

thanks so much for this! our closest town showing these is a little train ride away so we'll make it a day out which i'm sure will please the wee one to no end :T

Cinders2001

It is supported by lots of Home Schoolers.
This year will be no different!! :j

waterhouse_melons

how do they know if you are a home school or not?

Pip26

On the form there are fields to fill in with your/the school name and address etc.

I'm sure that if you are a registered Home Educator & you put in your official registration details they will be (or should be!!!!) verified/processed in exactly the same way as any state school etc. (and personally, I for one would take issue with them if they were not!!).

If you are a home edder. just go for it - is great post and great opportunity - and they ob. have means to verify you (as should be!) so you shouldn't miss out.

Have career/background in 'Out of School Care Groups' (and inspections of) and find to the greater part that almost all things offered to schools and home edders are also available to groups/centres who do not fall into the category of 'mainstream schooling' as long as you explain who you are and give them your registered details.

Cinders2001

Pip26 wrote: »

On the form there are fields to fill in with your/the school name and address etc.

I'm sure that if you are a registered Home Educator & you put in your official registration details they will be (or should be!!!!) verified/processed in exactly the same way as any state school etc. (and personally, I for one would take issue with them if they were not!!).

In those sections I fill in Home School or Home Educator.
No one has ever queried me or asked for anything even when I phoned up to speak to them once.

Should another person do it, then they would have to take their child out of school for the day...... and that stirs up a whole new barrel of worms..... Umm, telling Miss on you....

Cinders2001

Alvin and the Chipmunks
Igor
Madagascar, escape to Africa

Here's a few more of the films.

Cinders2001

I'm amazed that over 500 people have viewed this thread.... are you just curious or are you all Home Schoolers?

stressed.mum

I was interested cos I world in child care and wonder if it would include us

Stressed xxx

Cinders2001

No harm in asking!
There is a phone number on the web site - give it a try.