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Learning from home: Room on the Broom and The Mars Generation

GFT’ has a weekly schools blog; bringing teachers and families new learning at home materials, all focused on film. This week  Primary school films are:

Room on the Broom (available on iPlayer) and the inspiring STEM documentary, The Mars Generation (available on Netflix).

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Room on the Broom (2012, PG)

This wonderful adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s beloved book is a great watch for young viewers. And at only 25 minutes, it’s a quick watch for Primary classes! Starring Gillian Anderson and narrated by Simon Pegg, Room on the Broom follows a kind witch who can’t say no when cute creatures ask for a ride on her broomstick!

Room on the Broom is available to watch for free on iPlayer. GFT resource contains watching questions and some fun drawing activities.

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The Mars Generation (2017, PG)

An amazing documentary for Primary 5 right up to S2. The Mars Generation looks at a group of teenagers taking part in NASA’s Space Camp, while exploring our fascination with the planet Mars and the possibilities of one day reaching the Red Planet. Great for classes studying space and other STEM subjects, it looks into the history of space travel and the skills required to become an astronaut.

The Mars Generation is available on Netflix. GFT resources contains watching questions, as well as questions on documentary filmmaking and designing a robot!

If you’ve gotten crafty with any of GFT tasks, they’d love to see what you come up with! Tweet to @glasgowfilmedu or tag them on Instagram @glasgowfilmtheatre

Keep checking back for more resources coming soon and be sure to let us know what you’ve been watching with your class. Find us on Twitter @glasgowfilmedu and let them know how you got on with the fun tasks.   GFT – School Film Resources Blog

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