We now have full details from the school on what we need to be working on over the next few weeks.
It's been a very strange time - I'm so sorry you won't get the opportunity to prove how brilliant you are in Media in the exams next month but we now know what we are going to be working on for the next few weeks.
Year 10 students
Now that the government has confirmed that Year 10 students will be awarded a grade by Ofqual for any subjects they were due to sit this summer the message is that you should concentrate on other subjects rather than Media. This means the core subjects and your Year 1 option subject. For us, this is a really disappointing way to end Media but please remember we have loved working with you and wish you every success in your other subjects. And remember, we'll still be here when you're choosing your A Levels so please come back and join us then!
Year 11 students
The plan for Year 11 students is now to concentrate on the subjects you intend to study in Year 12 next year.
There will be work going on up on Greenford's School Closure website - Year 11 page over the next few days.
Media is already up there and you can also find the information in this Media blog post too.
For those of you planning to study other subjects, I'm sorry it's ended this way but you really have been such fantastic classes for the last two years and we wish you every success in the future. For those of you who plan to do Media - see you in September!
Sunday 10 May 2020
Preparing for A Level Media
We're now asking Year 11 students to move away from GCSE work and start preparing for A Level.
We've put together a whole range of activities for students thinking of studying A Level Media:
Preparation for A Level Media
If you're thinking of studying A Level Media Studies, there are a large variety of activities you can do over the next few months to help prepare for post-16 study.
Just like GCSE Media, our A Level Media course is blog-based. You will complete the majority of the work on your A Level Media blogs and all our tasks and notes are available on our main blog hub Media Macguffin. The first thing you can do is take a look at the A Level Media blogs to get an idea of the work we do:
> Year 12 A Level Media blog
> Year 13 A Level Media blog
The best A Level Media students have a good understanding of the world around us and the wider media landscape. The way to develop this understanding is simply engaging with the media on a daily basis. The following activities will really help with this:
Read the news every day - the BBC website is always a good, free starting point. You should also visit the Guardian website regularly and also consider news websites with different or neutral political perspectives such as MailOnline or the i Newspaper website.
Watch critically acclaimed films and TV series - both are media topics that are covered in A Level Media.
Read through copies of Media Magazine - a dedicated magazine for A Level Media students that we have a subscription to at Greenford. You can find our Media Magazine archive here.
Preparation activities
We are very lucky that the brilliant people at Media Magazine have created a whole booklet of articles tasks designed to prepare students for A Level Media. You can find the Media Magazine A Level preparation activity booklet here.
Work through these tasks by reading the article and then answering the questions. It's up to you how you do this - you may want to simply make brief notes or bullet points or type up well-deveoped answers and email them to us to start a discussion. It's completely up to you!
We particularly recommend the following activities as a useful starting point:
If you haven't studied GCSE Media
Don't worry if you haven't studied GCSE Media - we will teach you everything you need to know over the two-year A Level Media course.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding A Level Media or these preparation tasks you can email the Head of Media Mr Halsey using your school email.
A Level Media is also taught by Mr Pall and Mr Bush and you are welcome to email them with any questions too.
We look forward to working with you in Media next year!
We've put together a whole range of activities for students thinking of studying A Level Media:
Preparation for A Level Media
If you're thinking of studying A Level Media Studies, there are a large variety of activities you can do over the next few months to help prepare for post-16 study.
Just like GCSE Media, our A Level Media course is blog-based. You will complete the majority of the work on your A Level Media blogs and all our tasks and notes are available on our main blog hub Media Macguffin. The first thing you can do is take a look at the A Level Media blogs to get an idea of the work we do:
> Year 12 A Level Media blog
> Year 13 A Level Media blog
The best A Level Media students have a good understanding of the world around us and the wider media landscape. The way to develop this understanding is simply engaging with the media on a daily basis. The following activities will really help with this:
Read the news every day - the BBC website is always a good, free starting point. You should also visit the Guardian website regularly and also consider news websites with different or neutral political perspectives such as MailOnline or the i Newspaper website.
Watch critically acclaimed films and TV series - both are media topics that are covered in A Level Media.
Read through copies of Media Magazine - a dedicated magazine for A Level Media students that we have a subscription to at Greenford. You can find our Media Magazine archive here.
Preparation activities
We are very lucky that the brilliant people at Media Magazine have created a whole booklet of articles tasks designed to prepare students for A Level Media. You can find the Media Magazine A Level preparation activity booklet here.
Work through these tasks by reading the article and then answering the questions. It's up to you how you do this - you may want to simply make brief notes or bullet points or type up well-deveoped answers and email them to us to start a discussion. It's completely up to you!
We particularly recommend the following activities as a useful starting point:
- Task 5 - Long Form TV Drama: Genre, Character and Narrative
- Task 8 - Magazines: Recreating Men’s Health for a Non-binary Audience
If you haven't studied GCSE Media
Don't worry if you haven't studied GCSE Media - we will teach you everything you need to know over the two-year A Level Media course.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding A Level Media or these preparation tasks you can email the Head of Media Mr Halsey using your school email.
A Level Media is also taught by Mr Pall and Mr Bush and you are welcome to email them with any questions too.
We look forward to working with you in Media next year!
Sunday 3 May 2020
GCSE Media: Final CSP index
Your final blog task for GCSE Media is to produce a final index of all 18 Close Study Products.
This will be useful for two reasons: firstly, if you are not happy with the grade Ofqual awards you this summer you will have the chance to sit an exam next year and this will bring all your work from the whole course into one index. Secondly, if you're thinking of studying Media at A Level then the nine types of media (TV, Magazines etc.) are the same so this is great preparation and revision. In addition, if you haven't completed the grade 8/9 extension tasks for each CSP then that will also set you up perfectly for A Level (remember these tasks do not require much by way of writing - it's usually just some A Level reading and a question to think about).
CSP case studies: Final index
Create a new blogpost called 'CSP case studies: Final index' and link to YOUR blogpost for each of the following:
1) Magazines: Tatler
2) Magazines: Reveal
3) Advertising and Marketing: OMO advert
4) Advertising and Marketing: Represent NHS advert
5) Advertising and Marketing: Galaxy Audrey Hepburn advert
6) Television: Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child
7) Television: Class
8) Radio: BBC Radio 1 Launch - Tony Blackburn
9) Radio: Apple Beats 1 - Julie Adenuga
10) Online, Social, Participatory and Videogames: Lara Croft Go
11) Online, Social, Participatory and Videogames: Kim Kardashian Hollywood
12) Online, Social, Participatory and Videogames: Zoella
13) Newspapers: The Daily Mirror
14) Newspapers: The Times
15) Music Video: One Direction - History
16) Music Video: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
17) Film Industry: Doctor Strange
18) Film Industry: I, Daniel Blake
When you see it in an index like this one, it makes you realise what a brilliant job you have done over the last two years studying this extensive and varied course. Well done! This was NOT easy and if you've got a fully completed index that will demonstrate what excellent learning you have done in GCSE Media this last couple of years!
Due: next Monday
This will be useful for two reasons: firstly, if you are not happy with the grade Ofqual awards you this summer you will have the chance to sit an exam next year and this will bring all your work from the whole course into one index. Secondly, if you're thinking of studying Media at A Level then the nine types of media (TV, Magazines etc.) are the same so this is great preparation and revision. In addition, if you haven't completed the grade 8/9 extension tasks for each CSP then that will also set you up perfectly for A Level (remember these tasks do not require much by way of writing - it's usually just some A Level reading and a question to think about).
CSP case studies: Final index
Create a new blogpost called 'CSP case studies: Final index' and link to YOUR blogpost for each of the following:
1) Magazines: Tatler
2) Magazines: Reveal
3) Advertising and Marketing: OMO advert
4) Advertising and Marketing: Represent NHS advert
5) Advertising and Marketing: Galaxy Audrey Hepburn advert
6) Television: Doctor Who - An Unearthly Child
7) Television: Class
8) Radio: BBC Radio 1 Launch - Tony Blackburn
9) Radio: Apple Beats 1 - Julie Adenuga
10) Online, Social, Participatory and Videogames: Lara Croft Go
11) Online, Social, Participatory and Videogames: Kim Kardashian Hollywood
12) Online, Social, Participatory and Videogames: Zoella
13) Newspapers: The Daily Mirror
14) Newspapers: The Times
15) Music Video: One Direction - History
16) Music Video: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
17) Film Industry: Doctor Strange
18) Film Industry: I, Daniel Blake
When you see it in an index like this one, it makes you realise what a brilliant job you have done over the last two years studying this extensive and varied course. Well done! This was NOT easy and if you've got a fully completed index that will demonstrate what excellent learning you have done in GCSE Media this last couple of years!
Due: next Monday
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