openit - issue 10 - Summer 2014

openit 10 –Summer term 2014 The termly newspaper for the Open Futures Network The Open Futures & RHS CDP Workshop Open Futures in the news See our website www.openfutures.com 8 openit 10 In1986,SarahMumford,ayoungandenthusiastic teacher arrived in... More

openit 10 –Summer term 2014 The termly newspaper for the Open Futures Network The Open Futures & RHS CDP Workshop Open Futures in the news See our website www.openfutures.com 8 openit 10 In1986,SarahMumford,ayoungandenthusiastic teacher arrived in Wakefield, funded by the Arts Council, with a brief to support pupils and schools in the art of filmmaking and film appreciation. Since that time her career has taken her in a number of different directions including Head of Education at Eureka! The National Children’s Museum in Halifax and Head of Education at The National Media Museum. Her passion for film as an effective and stimulating tool for learning, developed in those early years, has never diminished. Sarah is now Programme Director for CapeUK, an independent charity that sees creativity as a key factor in preparing young people to face the future with imagination, innovation and life skills – www.capeuk.org observed. When watching their own films or those made by their peers, they Less