3rd Edition
Dates for your diary:
Event Date/Audience
World Book Day 1st March
UTC Open Evening for year 10 & 12 applicants Sept 18 1st March 6:00pm – 8:00pm
YR 10 Work Experience 5th – 9th March
UTC Apprenticeship Fair 14th March 10am – 2pm
Progress Evening (Year 11) 21st March 4:30pm – 7pm
Progress Evening (Year 13) 28th March 4:30pm – 7pm
Spotlight on a teacher
Name: Chelsea Hunter
Subject: Film & TV – (Head of year 13)
Background in industry: Researcher, Production Assistant
Who you have worked for? BBC (Peaky Blinders)
Career highlights: Working with the wonderful young people here at UTC.
Most famous person you have met: Cillian Murphy
Hobbies and interests: Gym, Filmmaking, walking and running.
Smoked Productions
Four year 13 students are helping to make a pilot programme called ‘Smoked’. This pilot is a comedy based in a pub setting that focuses on the kitchen and bar staff. The filming has been carried out at several venues around Manchester with well-known actors and actresses from Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Shameless. Our students are meeting with cast and crew members each week to carry out the following roles.
Harriet Jackson – Producer
Henry Home - Cinematographer
Kyle Marper – Camera assistant 1
Abbie Whitemore – camera assistant 2
The pilot has had interest from ITV, Channel DAVE and Channel Gold. They are hoping to get their work commissioned in the near future.
Suffragettes, 100 years today 6.02.18
On Tuesday 6th February year 13 TV and Film students attended a creative show at Film Four Studios. This event was put on by Vidal Sassoon to demonstrate powerful women through hair. This event was to mark 100 years since the end of the suffrage.
Faye Brookes & Gareth Gates have joined forces to create their very own Performing Arts School at UTC Media City UK.
Gareth Gates co-founder said “Having Fates Academy based at UTC Media City College, gives us the added bonus of being able to film & document all of our projects using the recording studios provided. Our Team is made up of working professionals who all are trained Performers from our industry & every now & again we have special guests visit the academy to talk to our students & encourage them in their training”
For more information on how to get involved Email: [email protected] Call: 07939 585331
Ethan Holden was a finalist for a vocational award at the British Education Awards on Tuesday 6th February.
Here he is proudly presenting his certificate at the event
The British Education Awards recognises excellence in education by celebrating and championing student achievement in the UK.
Well done Ethan.
Code Club UK is a nationwide network of volunteers and educators who run free coding clubs for young people aged 9-13. Their aim is to inspire the next generation to get excited about computing and digital making
Nic Garner and Polly McEldowney from BBC attend our school each Wednesday to work with primary school students from St Lukes to deliver coding workshops.
Science revision guides and workbooks will be on Parent Pay for parents to purchase by Friday 16th March. We will order them the following week for delivery to students as soon as they arrive. Please ask your child to check which ones they need. Triple Science students need the biology/chemistry/physics workbooks and guides. All other students need combined science, however they need to check if this is Foundation or Higher. If you are concerned about paying for these, please contact [email protected]
Work Experience
Phoebe Potter from year 13 has recently completed work experience on KEY103 Radio working on the breakfast show alongside TV actress Gemma Atkinson from Emmerdale and strictly come dancing. Phoebe sat in the live studio planning content for the next part of the show.
Her other work experience was working at Dock 10 within Media City. This placement gave her real life insight into working in the media industry. Phoebe was a runner and helped with editing short films.
World Book Day 1st March STAFF & STUDENTS!
Dress Up as Your Favourite Book Character – dig deep in your wardrobes and get creative, come in dressed as your favourite (or any!) literary character. Prizes for the best costume! Stuck? Mr. Men characters and Dr. Seuss are always easy to pull together! However, Open Evening is that
night, so bring some normal clothes for the evening.
Take a “shelfie” – send Anika Khan your pictures of you in front of your bookshelf full of books! These will be collated into a massive collage for display.
“Location, Location, Location” – get your favourite book and set out somewhere to take a picture of you reading your book (think “Extreme Ironing” with books, but not that crazy). Some possible locations you may want to consider: your garden, a café, on a bridge, in a park, on a beach, roof top, cycling, etc. Get creative, send these pictures to Anika please!
Tweet your pictures to @UTCMediaCityUK #UTCbookday Best photo wins a prize!
Beyond Bionic – The challenge is on!
A new BBC Children’s series called Beyond Bionic filmed one of their challenges on our roof top!
Action adventurer Andy Torbet took on one of the biggest challenges of his life as he attempted to match the super-skills of nature’s super heroes.
Our students were able to watch the BBC film this challenge, to get a real life insight into the TV & Film industry at its best.
We will be showcasing the UTC Media City at EVENT CITY on 21st and 22nd March.
A perfect chance to explore careers, jobs, and apprenticeships!
eSports event
Young people from across Manchester turned up to play video games in the UTC Media City’s fully furnished eSports battle arena.
This tournament was held on Thursday 15th February attracting young people of all levels to take part in the XIII eSports youth tournament. Boys and girls entered their gaming name to help build their profile and climb the rankings. If they were good enough they went to the top of the leader board.
Andre Samuels said “This was a once in the lifetime experience for me, the event was so much fun and it’s the first time a tournament like this has been held in a school by students for students”.
The competition was presented through a live broadcast showcasing the player’s talents on large screens across our college and onto social media platforms.
The UTC student volunteers organised the event taking on roles such as presenting, filming, sound, lighting and technical support.
Skye Banks a female gamer from year 11 said “games aren’t just for boys, I’m here to win!”
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Ms R Bradbury Interim Principal