Developing the Young Workforce Moray (DYW) have given eighty-four secondary pupils from across Moray the opportunity to be involved in a Digital Media Project. The project is in partnership with Northport Studio of Elgin and aims to support the Moray Skills Framework.
The collaborative project allowed participating schools the opportunity to research and select four local businesses from their allocated business growth sector. The pupils prepared a professional ‘pitch’ to highlight the variety of job roles existing within each sector in the hope that they would be chosen to work alongside the team at Northport Studio to produce a series of films capturing business diversity in Moray.
The DYM Moray Manager, Moira Stickle says, “This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with pupils in secondary schools in Moray. Offering them a work relevant experience which will help them develop their creativity, self-management, team-working, communication, leadership and ultimately their employability skills – in line with the Moray Skills Framework. Pupils have the opportunity to follow a commercial bid process, with each school having selected their best three proposals before the film-makers decided the eventual winners. The whole process has been fascinating.”
Pupils from the winning successful teams at Buckie High, Keith Grammar, Elgin High and Speyside High School will participate in introductory workshops at the Northport Studio over summer before filming begins in August.
The Northport Studio Education Liaison Officer, Anne Duncan concluded, “This was a tough challenge for the last few weeks of the school term. However, the energy and enthusiasm of the pupils is infectious, and it was extremely hard to make that final selection. We congratulate all the students involved in stage one and look forward to working with the winners and their chosen businesses over the next five months.”
To find out more, visit
www.dywmoray.co.uk
