William Brookes School Blog

Four budding film makers have secured first place in two categories of the Shropshire CreateIT Awards. Daniel, Oliver and Zach won a trophy and a £50 Amazon voucher for their Batman film –  ‘Joker’s Last Laugh’, whilst Tara took top honours in the animation category with her warning about global warming, ‘The End of the World – Almost.’

The CreateIT Awards are an annual event, open to all schools in Shropshire, and reward excellence in the creative use of ICT.

One of the boys, Zach, also picked up an award for first place last year, and has already decided on the short film for next year, hoping to make it a hatrick. Although a secret project, it is fair to say it will be ‘all action’.

As a Performing Arts College, William Brookes School has always been enthusiastic about creative pursuits, and this latest success story has inspired yet more students to explore animation and video making.

We’re confident that those numbers will grow even more, as we take advantage of our new school, the new facilities, the generous space and Diplomas in Creative and Media and ICT, all starting in September.

Three students did particularly well in the
South Shropshire heat of the Consumer Challenge Quiz, yesterday. The boys will now face even tougher questions as they head to the County Finals in March of next year. Dan, Joel and Jamie won through with their consumer awareness skills and answered questions about trading standards, distance selling regulations and consumer rights.

Beacon Radio will cover the final in March, which is being held at Shirehall in
Shrewsbury. William Brookes would like to wish the trio the best of luck for next year’s competition.

A competition to encourage students to ‘speak out’ about local services was run as part of ‘Local Democracy Week’ in October, and one of our Year 10 students won an iPod for her email to Councillor June Drummond.

Councillor Drummond asked young people in Shropshire to send her their concerns and views on local services. What impressed her about Jo’s entry was how she not only highlighted the problem of what young people had to occupy themselves during their lunch time, but also offered possible solutions to the problem.

Jo is pictured receiving her iPod nano from Councillor Drummond, whilst Mrs Turner and Mrs Cooper look on.