The Wochr project links school students in Wolverhampton and in Christchurch, New Zealand. During September and October, Y8 - Y10 students from Wednesfield High and Parkfield High, and from two New Zealand schools, will create media - animation, film, podcasts and digital stories - that reflect upon their views of themselves, of their environments, and upon their hopes and fears for the future.

Students can comment on one another’s work and exchange ideas, thoughts and opinions in a discussion forum.

The project is the result of a collaboration between the City Learning Centre and the South Learning Centre in Christchurch. Visit www.wochr.com to see the results of the project as it develops.

During the Summer Term 2007, the City Learning Centre worked with the staff of Pendeford Business and Enterprise College to develop a new website for the school. The new site features integrated blog, podcast, news and gallery sections and a bespoke design. School staff can add and remove pages, images, video and audio as required and rearrange the navigational structure as the site evolves.

Site development is now over, and the site has been handed over to the school for content to be added. Visit the new Pendeford site at www.pendeford.org.uk.

This week, the City Learning Centre has been supporting Deansfield High’s Gifted and Talented Summer School. Following a visit to Dublin on Tuesday, the students have been creating textiles, calligraphy, artwork and writing based around the theme of “Wish You Were Here”.

Working with CLC staff, the students have created a short film entitled “Dreams of Dublin” to showcase their writing talents. Download the film from the session reports:

• Deansfield High Summer School Session Report

All primary and secondary schools with an Autumn Term allocation of day(s) at the City Learning Centre are reminded that the closing date for bookings is July 9th. After this date, sessions which remain unbooked will be offered out to other schools.

If you have any questions about the activities available to schools during the Autumn Term, check our programme online or call us on (01902) 551509.

Over the next three weeks, the City Learning Centre is leading visits from primary school groups to Wolverhampton Art Gallery. During the visits, students will explore the Georgian Gallery with the help of a PDA tour created by the CLC in collaboration with the Education Team at the Gallery. The tour runs on handhled devices, and provides information and interactive tasks to the students to introduce them to the themes, symbolism and stories behind the paintings in the gallery. The students will also be accompanied around the gallery by an Art Interpreter.

You can view the PDA tour online here:

• Georgian Gallery PDA tour online

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