Learning
“A friendly, accessible environment for our students. Invaluable." Louise Harrison, Headstart
What we offer
Inviting our learning disabled experts to run a workshop or present an assembly to your school, college or organisation will inspire and motivate learners of all ages.
Screenings of films from Oska Bright Film Festival with Q&A’s and discussions
Practical, accessible workshops on film and music-making, VJ and radio skills
“I really like the recording part and coming up with the ideas for the story…I learnt about lots of different camera angles and how to use proper lighting.” Louie, student, Discover
A range of online and printed resources to help educators support learning disabled arts pupils
Assemblies and presentations about preconceptions of people with learning disabilities
“I thought the assembly was great, pitched at the right age and engaged all the children. Made the children think and question how disabled people are portrayed or ignored in the media.” Anoushka Visvalingam Yr5 Teacher, St Lukes School
As an Arts Award Trinity Champion Centre, we can support students and teachers through all stages of Arts Award and support your Artsmark accreditation.
Carousel has an excellent reputation for delivering Arts Awards to young people with learning disabilities at a range of levels from Discover to Gold.
We work with individual artists and with school and college groups. Our specialism is film production, film exhibition, podcasting, writing and music production, and is led by learning disabled experts.
Discover is for young people at the start of their arts journey
Explore is an entry level 3 qualification, to deepen a student’s engagement with the art that inspires them
Bronze, Silver and Gold awards lead to further qualifications which can support entry into higher education
Run your own Arts Award
We can support you to develop your own Arts Award programme for both Explore and Discover levels. We’ll advise on developing and delivering workshops and offer guides and resources.
Artsmark
Artsmark is a clear framework for teachers and education professionals to plan, develop and evaluate their arts and cultural provision. It is awarded by Arts Council England and comes in three levels, Silver, Gold and Platinum.
As an Artsmark partner, Carousel can support your school on its Artsmark journey. Our programme of work for young people and schools has been developed to be accessible, inspiring and varied.
Resources
Into Film Guide
A guide young people aged 14 to 19 who are just starting out with filmmaking and need a simple, easy to understand guide to making a film.
Synthesize Me Teachers Guide
A teachers technology guide – exploring technology for use in Learning Disabled music projects.
Lights, camera, action!
The Young Oska Bright Team has put together a resource area, aimed at young film enthusiasts which covers filmmaking, reviewing and more.
