Commissioned content
Espresso has formed many partnerships with Regional Broadband Consortia, LAs, and EiC Action Zones to produced Espresso Commissioned Content. Espresso Commissioned Content provides local organisations with a unique opportunity: to commission and share specialised, regionalised content through Espresso Primary which serves national education priorities.
An RBC or LA that commissions the work can distribute their Espresso module via their portal or intranet for all their schools to enjoy.
Benefits
- reflects and articulates the values and educational philosophy of the Local Authority/RBC
- shares the unique educational opportunities of the region, through filming on location and featuring people from their own locality
- children and schools have a chance to participate, creating digital material that will be a great source of pride for the entire community
Examples of commissioned content
Commissioning bodies
Espresso has developed partnerships with all of the following educational organisations. Some organisations have even commissioned two or three pieces!
- London Grid for Learning
- Northern Grid for Learning
- Cumbria and Lancashire Education Online
- Wolverhampton LA
- Manchester LA
- Staffordshire LA
- Barrow Learning Partnership
- Cheshire LA
- Stoke LA
- Somerset LA
- Oldham LA
- Milton Keynes LA
- Leicester City LA
- Bradford LA
- Bristol LA
- Salford LA
- Plymouth LA
- Sunderland EAZ
- Wakefield EAZ
- Eston EiC Action Zone
- King's Cross Education Action Zone
Examples of commissioned content
Barrow Community Learning Partnership
Project - Poetry Workshop
Key Stage 2 English
The award winning Espresso Poetry workshop module features videos that provide examples, suggestions and models of good practice for the starting points, drafting and performance of poetry.
The module includes video clips of poetry performances from pupils in schools in Barrow-in-Furness and looks at the work of local poets from this area, both past and present.
Cumbria & Lancashire Online (CLEO)
Project - People who help us
Foundation: Personal, Social and Emotional Development
The two key areas of learning that the module addresses are personal, social and emotional development and knowledge and understanding of the world.
The videos in People who help us capture key people at work in the local area, wider community and in far away places.
The videos provide a great opportunity for discussion to explore: who these people are, where they work, what they do and what equipment they use. Children will encounter new vocabulary and concepts that will help to prepare and equip them to re-enact situations in their own role-play.
Faiths
Project – Faiths (six modules)
Key Stage 2 RE
The modules look at Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism.
Filmed at various locations on both sides of the Thames, the video footage features local families in places of worship, the local community and festivals. These modules cover the basic tenets, cultural traditions and religious observance of the individual faiths, supporting the teaching of Key Stage 2 Religious Education. They also promote their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and meet many of the requirements of the QCA Schemes of Work and LA guidelines for RE.
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