New Courses at the Model
iMedia
iMedia is a new enrichment course running at the Girls Model, this course is open to Year 13 girls as well as boys. This course lasts 2 years and is an OCR Level 2 which is equivalent to one GCSE. Pupils who are studying this course are learning digital graphics, web authoring. This course is run by David MacDermott (our Web Master) and it is designed to give the pupils a taster of working in the digital media industry.
By Chelseyann Hamilton
Moving Image
The new A Level Moving Image is proving to be a huge hit. The school has invested a great deal of money in new film equipment and the girls are really engaging with the experience.
As well as having to learn film making skills, culminating in production of a 3-5 minute short film, the girls also learn the theory of film by studying a range of films and analysing the camera techniques so they can apply these skills to their own films.
As well as being good fun, it is fascinating to understand the language of film and it really does make you watch films and TV programmes with a fresh eye. We could have the new Steven Speilberg waiting to emerge!
By Mrs Wilson
Double Award Applied ICT
This year for the first time we have started to offer a Double Award A-Level course in Applied ICT. It is the equivalent to 2 A - levels in ICT. We currently have 18 girls who are taking this new and exciting course. Ms Boyd, Miss Smith and Mrs Stuart all teach the course and although it is a challenge they all agree it is good fun. We all enjoy our classes and we want to help anyone with a love for ICT. We have all taught the girls in the Double Award class since year 11 and the enthusiasm and interest levels are very high. It is a real pleasure to teach this class.
The girls are studying new units including Graphic Design, Website Design and Hardware and Software. We have enlisted the help of Mr Felim Clarke (our Head Technician) and Mr David Mac Dermott (our resident web master) to help us with the more technical sections. The two gentlemen are enjoying being in front of the class instead of behind the scenes. One girl from the class said
”They are dead on, David is helping us learn Photoshop and Felim is helping us to build a stand alone computer. How cool is that.“
We are hoping for great things for this course and we look forward to the next 2 years.
By Miss Boyd
Year 13 Survival Cookery Course
This is offered to year 13 as part of the Enrichment Programme. The aim is to give the girls the chance to ”brush up“ on those cookery skills they left behind in year 10! The dishes they make are decided by ”negotiation“ between the teacher and the girls. The girls enjoy the chance to gain new cookery skills for when they leave home and have to cook for themselves. They also get to learn about basic hygiene when handling food. However, there is no ”theory“ to learn it, it‘s all practical! One pupil said:
"It is good as it improves your cooking skills and it you get the opportunity to new food!"
By Mrs Chambers
