Engaging with schools and colleges across the region

Tyneside Cinema has a long history of engaging with schools and colleges across the region, both through our screening programme and special events at the cinema and, more recently, with outreach screenings and filmmaking projects.

We work with young people from ages 4 to 19 through our schools and colleges programme. Opportunities to get involved at our newly reopened Pilgrim Street site include:

Talks and tours of the newly restored building
Discount tickets for school groups attending our film screenings
Study Days for students and teachers of Film and Media Studies
Study Days for students and teachers of Modern Foreign Languages
Study Days for teachers and students of English As A Second Language
InSET sessions on using film and the moving image in the classroom
Special school screenings
Industry events, introducing pupils to the professional film world
Northern Lights Film Festival and AV Festival Education programmes
Practical filmmaking workshops and longer-term projects

Full details of up and coming events are listed below and in our Schools Newsletter.

If you would like more details of about any of our activities, have an idea for a particular film-related event that you would like to discuss with us or would simply like to be added to our Schools Newsletter mailing list, please contact Mike Tait on 0191 227 5510.

Study days for students of Film and Media Studies

Film Industry Event: Contemporary British Cinema Contact us

An Education

BBFC Classification advice: Contains moderate sex references.

An Education 12A

Tuesday 23 February, 10.00am-3.00pm

This event will explore production, distribution and exhibition in the UK through a case study of a recent British film. There will be a full screening of An Education (UK 2009) and a presentation and discussion exploring how the film came to be made and how it was released.

The event will be suitable for all AS/A2 Film and Media Studies as well as students on vocational media courses, including the Diploma. Led by film tutor Roy Stafford, author of Understanding Audiences And The Film Industry (bfi, 2007).

For further details, or to book places on any of these events, please contact Mike Tait on (0191) 227 5510. Tickets for each of these Study Days are £6.00 per student, with one teacher FREE for every ten students.

Study Days For Students Of Modern Foreign Languages

We’re delighted to announce more study days for students of modern foreign languages brought to you in partnership with Routes Into Languages North East. Using a full screening of a film in the target language, these events address contemporary culture and society. The films will also be used as a basis for speaking and listening exercises, discussion and role-play, providing loads of opportunities to get your students up and talking! Resources are provided for both pre-and post-event activities.

AS /A2 Level French Language Study DaySOLD OUT Contact us

The Class

Entre les Murs 15 The Class

Friday 26 February 2009, 10.00am-3.00pm (SORRY, THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT)

Our programme of new events for 2010 will be announced shortly.

Tickets for this Study Day are £6.00 per student, with one teacher free for every ten students. To book please contact Mike Tait on (0191) 227 5510. Our MFL Study Days are brought to you in partnership with Routes Into Languages North East.