The school knew that they would be embarking on a series of activities and open days which we would like to record for the future. We wanted to the children to be key in the videoing process and had heard that Flipcams were very ‘child friendly’ and wanted to try them out before we bought some.

The children in P5/6 wanted to create a Georgian supra win the their class. The children recorded this to shre with the rest of the class and on the whole school open day. The pupils of p5/4 worked co-operatively to plan, resource and video a short film on the use of water. This film formed the basis for assessment for the group. The cameras were also used for the children to record the open day – getting interviews and recording the work of the children at the stalls and on the walls creating a permanent record of the day. The children’s confidence in recording has grown enormously and has given them another way to assess and record their success.

The children enjoyed using the filp cams and showed real confidence when using them and downloading the video clips. We have therefore, bought 3 of our own which are in constant use through out the school recording children working, presenting etc.