Learning resources for Primary schools
To order Starting Stories and Starting Stories 2, and Story Shorts and Story Shorts 2, go to the BFI Filmstore and type the title into the search window in the top right corner of the page.
Ciné-minis NEW!
A DVD with a 'starter' booklet and online teaching guide resource to support teaching and learning French with short films.
Look Again!
An Early Years and Primary teachers' guide to using film and TV, outlining eight basic techniques and practical activities for the close study of film and television in the classroom.
Teaching Guide free to download, PDF
Starting Stories 2
Online resources to support DVD pack (available from BFI Filmstore).
Story Shorts 2
Online resources to support DVD pack (available from BFI Filmstore).
Film as Evidence: Britain in 1900
A unique resource for teaching history to 9- to 15-year-olds.
Teaching pack with VHS compilation
Free downloadable resources
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Notes for film education officers and teachers to support the film, available from the BFI.
Free Teaching Notes
Disabling Imagery?
A teaching pack (pdf) with a wealth of information and activities and lesson plans around disability issues and moving image media. The associated DVD with carefully selected short films and film clips is available from the BFI Filmstore.
Screen Dreams
A new teachers' resource based around the BFI's Screen Dreams reminiscence project.
Free Teaching Guide
Film Street
BFI is proud to be a partner in Film Street, the dedicated film website for 6-11 year olds, their carers, and teachers. Film Street is a place for children to find out, talk, and write about new films, and also a place they can send their own film work. It features ideas for adults on how to support children's film learning, and where to access workshops and screenings for children across the UK.
