Film for Learning - Training

Access our free programme of online and in-person training to support your teaching across a range of subjects. 

Bring learning to life and develop primary and secondary teaching with specialist training through our webinars, online courses and ace-to-face sessions. Professional development designed to enrich your teaching and learning practice through film.

Below, we've picked out a few highlights and upcoming opportunities, or you can browse our full training catalogue to find the right resources for your learners.

Online Course - Aardman Animations: Classroom

In this sequence of videos, Mark Hewis, Head of the Aardman Academy, shares stories from inside the beloved studio and explains why animation activities that can add moments of magic across the entire curriculum.

From English to science, PSHE to maths, you'll discover how stop motion projects encourage active learning in any subject while building creative problem-solving skills and providing a space for young people to tell their own stories.

Aardman Animations: Classroom is part of a series of curated highlights from our exclusive webinar with Mark Hewis, Head of the Aardman Academy, covering animation in the curriculum, careers and filmmaking projects.

Shaping New Teachers with Film: Building Confidence

This series of short videos offers a chance to discover ideas from our quickfire information session for mentors and teachers in the early stages of their career.

In Shaping New Teachers with Film, teacher, mentor and music/film specialist Tom Howell shares his experiences of using film to enrich classroom practice and support creative reflection.

From using film as a discussion prompt to fine-tuning pedagogy, you'll explore practical activities to help teachers build confidence, spark reflection, and make learning visible.