Into Film Clubs
Find out everything you need to know about starting an Into Film Club.
This summer term, we are delivering some of our most popular training courses as live webinars, offering you a great way to compliment your planning for upcoming terms.
Our training webinars will give you the skills to use film as an innovative tool to access the curriculum, providing interactive and engaging ways to help your learners. Our webinars are interactive, meaning you can speak directly to our practitioners and also share knowledge with other teachers about how best to put your new skills into practice back in the classroom. After each training session, you'll also have access to a free downloadable PowerPoint presentation which includes film highlights and activities that you can run with your students.
Our sessions are running from mid-June to mid-July and cover literacy and oracy, mindfulness, screen careers and teaching Shakespeare with film.
In order to access these free webinars all you need to do is register for a free Into Film Account - it's completely free and only takes a moment to set up. If you already have an Account you'll just need to log in. Once you've signed up/logged in, you'll be able to book the free webinars below, and you'll also have access to hundreds of classroom-ready resources, further helping you embed your learnings from the session into your teaching.
The clips were really diverse and appealing to the students and myself. The resources and activities were really excellent. Super informative and helpful.
Rebecca Anderton, Teacher, Cabot Learning Federation
Teaching Shakespeare with Film
Monday 9 June, 16:00-16:45
This session introduces exciting strategies to teach Shakespeare with film to build your learners' confidence when tackling key texts. Building on our core learning framework the 3Cs and 3Ss you'll get a chance to try out activities to support students' comprehension and analysis skills, cutting through challenging language to make meaningful connections to the plays being studied.
Raising Literacy and Oracy Through Film
Wednesday 18 June 2025, 15:45-16:45
This session will explore exciting approaches to teaching literacy through film and present a range of engaging activities to try out with your learners. We'll introduce you to a key framework, which will help you to break analysis down into manageable chunks for your learners. You'll take part in fun literacy-focused activities, using highlights from engaging short films while also developing your knowledge of the basic elements of film.
Along the way, you'll discover how film can be a powerful tool for supporting oracy, helping learners to build their confidence in speaking, listening, and expressing their ideas clearly. You'll come away with some great ideas to help learners develop their comprehension, analytical, creative writing, and spoken language skills - all through the excitement of film.
Screen Careers: Finding the Right Fit
Monday 23 June 2025, 15:45-17:00
Supporting work towards Gatsby 8 Benchmarks, this session deepens understanding of careers through the film and TV production process, equipping careers professionals and educators with labour market information knowledge and skills to support young people aged 11-18 exploring screen career options.
As we demystify pre-production, production and post-production, you'll learn about key careers in each stage and how to support young people in finding the right fit for them.
By the end of the session, you will have increased knowledge on the breadth of roles in the screen industries, and gained resources to support young people planning a path into the industry.
Wellbeing Mindfulness Through Film
Wednesday 9 July 2025, 15:45-17:00
In this interactive session, you'll be guided through a variety of mindfulness exercises, using highlights from feature and youth-made films.
You'll try out practical, film-focused activities that explore key mindfulness practices - from grounding techniques to emotional awareness exercises. You'll also learn how these, in turn, can help young people to better understand the connection between their feelings, thoughts and actions.
By the end of the session, you will feel more confident in using film to support young people approaching challenging circumstances, such as exams and transition. You'll also have all the resources you need for facilitating the activities with your learners.
