National Curriculum KS2 skills
Art & Design
1 Exploring & developing ideas
2 Investigating & making art, craft & design
3 Evaluating & developing
4 Knowledge & understanding
5 Breadth of study
ICT
2 Developing ideas & making things happen
3 Exchanging & sharing information
4 Reviewing, modifying & evaluating work as it progresses
DT
2 Working with tools, equipment, materials & components to make quality products
4 Knowledge & understanding of materials & components
En3:2 Planning & Drafting
Music
1 Controlling sounds
2 Creating & developing musical ideas
4d Music used for different purposes
Workshops in stop-frame-animation (the technique responsible for Wallace and Gromit, Pingu and Morph) using modelling clay and other materials.

Each child uses plasticine, computers and webcams to make his or her own animated films. As an extension they devise and record sound effects, dialogue and music.

Children of all ages and abilities find these workshops extremely rewarding and are often fired up to continue making animated films at school and at home.

Cost: £200 per day

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The top row of animations below were made by Year 5 children (age 9-10) at St Philip's Catholic Primary and Hollybush Primary Schools, the rest were made by Year 3 (age 7-8) pupils at Harehills Primary & Pudsey St Joseph's Primary Schools, Leeds.

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Easter Egg Time
by Elsie (age 6)

The Queen & her Servants
by Sumera

Halimah's accident

Sean's beach dangers

Thelma's tropical paradise

Honey Bee
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Nasir's Magic Painting

Ebony's chickens

"Don't eat washed up fish!" by Lucy

Jonathan's dog-eat-dog world

Izram's Giraffe

Amina's lunch

Dana's Snail Tea Party

Shark attack! by Caitlin

Gabby's rockpool

Adonis & the pencil

James' whale