Schoolchildren view life through the lens
Reel learning here
Dozens of schoolchildren across Rutherglen and Cambuslang are enjoying trips to the cinema this month.
But it is not to skive off while watching their favourite Hollywood flicks.
Rather, they are taking part in the Into Film Festival, a UKwide programme that promotes learning through film.
Eight schools from the Rutherglen and Cambuslang area are taking part.
They are: Cathkin, Stonelaw and Trinity high schools; Bankhead, Burnside, Calderwood and St Columbkille’s primaries and Fernhill School.
Teachers are able to use movies to achieve a wide range of learning experiences .
Running until November 24, Into Film is the world’s largest free film and education event for young people presenting 3,000 free cinema screenings, and showcasing over 140 films at more than 600 venues across the UK.
One school taking advantage of the initiative is Trinity, who took their first year modern languages students to see Spanish film Zipi y Zape at the GFT.
Speaking before the screening, teacher Catrina Mooney said: “A lot of the kids will not have seen a foreign film before, so it will be good to get them out to appreciate the culture.
“It will be subtitled so it will draw into the work they have already done, obviously at a low level. It will also help their literary skills as well.”
Speaking about Into Film as a whole, Catrina added: “It’s a fantastic initiative.
“They do a lot of work with the schools in getting kids to think about media not just as something to switch their brain off too.”
To find out more about the Into Film Festival visit their website at www.intofilm.org.