ICT

BAFTA Young Game Designers Competition

http://www.bafta.org/ygd

Dear Mrs McClane,

I am writing to interest you and your students in an exciting new initiative from BAFTA that explores the creative possibilities and career opportunities within video games.

The video games industry is a huge contributor to the UK economy, yet many young people are unaware that they could be more than a passive consumer of games. The BAFTA Young Game Designers competition invites teams of young people aged 11-16 to submit a design for a new video game, helping them to:

Develop their creativity
Learn about the different roles within video games design
Understand the value of key subject areas for entry into the industry

The winning team will be announced at the EA British Academy Children’s Awards in November.

BAFTA is partnering with the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), Abertay University and EA for the competition. The winning team will receive a prize package that includes a BAFTA Young Game Designers Award; work experience at Bright Light, an EA games studio, where they will continue to develop their games concept; and a prototype of the winning game developed with Abertay University.

Matthew Lewis, best known as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films, is the official BAFTA Young Game Designers Ambassador. He will sit on the competition’s judging panel alongside games industry professionals.

The deadline for the competition is Monday 18 October. We therefore felt it might make a fun project for your students over the summer or when they return to school in the autumn. We have provided further information for teachers on the competition website.

Please follow this link for a flyer about BAFTA Young Game Designers, which you might wish to copy and share with your colleagues and students. If you have any other questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact me at the address below, or at ygd@bafta.org.

Regards,

Niyi Akeju
Producer - Audience Development Projects
+44 (0) 20 7292 5865

195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN
T +44 (0) 20 7734 0022
F +44 (0) 20 7292 5869
www.bafta.org

ICT is a compulsory subject throughout KS3 and KS4 at Flint High. A practice that puts Flint well ahead of the game, as ICT will not be compulsory throughout the curriculum until 2010. As a subject and as a tool for teaching, ICT is a very important feature in Flint High School and this page provides some information about the ICT department and how it is a proactive, developing part of Flint high School.

KS3 - From Day One...

From day one in Flint High pupils are exposed to the vast and interesting world of modern ICT. At early KS3 the pupils begin studying the Active Teach program by ICT4Life.

Active Teach 1 - Year 7

Unit 1 - Virtual Tour

VirtualTour

Unit 2 - Helping an Animal Rescue Centre

Unit 3 - Create a Game

Active Teach 2 - Year 8

Unit 1 - A Video Guide to Collaborating Safely

Unit 2 - Creating an e-time Capsule

Unit 3 - Help Fight global warming

Unit 4 - An e-card System for your School

KS4 - Moving on...

From late KS3 (year9) through to the end of year 11, pupils begin to study the OCR Level 2 Nationals in ICT. This course is unit based and gives students practical ICT skills that have real relevance for the modern work place.

Units include: -

OCR ICT Unit 6 Spreadsheets

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