The Animation summer school drew to an end today with a small certificate ceremony and viewings of all the films. The first of Larry Awards where also presented to students who break the record for the most Frames shot on I Can Animate in a single sitting.

The Award today went to Graham and Andrew for beating Dales record of 800 Frames with a whopping 960! The lads received their trophies and Post Honouree Trophies will be posted to Dale and Alex for their equally amazing past records.

Hope everyone enjoyed their time at the Cobblers and we hope to see you again. Stay tuned to youtube to see your films uploaded in the coming days!

The animation production continues in Film, Flash and Stop-Motion. The long standing Stop-Motion record of 760 Frames shot in one sitting was smashed today by Dale with a whopping 800! For his Mcdonalds inspired monster movie.

While in the backroom Der Reise Continued….

Today the lads have been taking part in a storyboard masterclass by Rachel Arnold. Starting off the day practicing drawing techniques, they quickly moved to storyboarding their own films

The first day of the animation summer school has drawn to a close with three short films produced and another 5 in production.

The films so far completed can be seen on our youtube channel!

Click on the picture or Presentation Evening Tab to see a few of the videos and photos from the night

Short Stop-Motion Animation made by Dale at the Cobblers Saturday Animation Club.

This morning the Cobblers Study Centre and Barclaycard welcome St. Marys Catholic Primary School to Sixfield’s Stadium on an end of term Barclaycard Reward Day.  The groupof Year One and Two children from St. Marys School in Aston-le Walls were treated to a day out at The Cobblers Study Centre in return for their hard work and effort this term.  The youngsters arrived at the home of Northampton Town Football Club and were immediately greeted by Study Centre Staff and Cobblers Players who were just arriving for their pre-season training session. 

The group were then given VIP access and taken on a tour of Sixfields Stadium. Their tour guide Lee took them to the changing rooms, the Boardroom, the Players Lounge, the Players Tunnel, the press area and the very important Directors Seats. The St. Marys pupils were asked to take as many photos of the stadium as possible using digital cameras.

The Barclaycard volunteers helped to download all the Aston-le-Walls stadium tour photos back in the Study Centre and after the Stadium Tour the group were divided in two.  Half of the group completed the famous Cobblers Study Centre Stadium Orienteering Challenge whilst the other half completed an ICT and literacy task which involved making a Stadium Tour Postcard on Microsoft Publisher.  The whole group worked extremely well to complete both activities!

In the afternoon the young learners took to the Cobblers Training Pitch and took part in a practical football coaching session involving skills, drills and a small tournament and penalty shootout.

A fun day was had by all.  We would like to thank the St. Marys pupils for behaving so well and the Barclaycard Staff for their support throughout the day.

On Monday 19th July it is our Presentation Evening for Playing for Success Students from:

Kingsthorpe Village
The Duston School
St. Lukes Primary
Kic.In2.Study

The celebration event will start at 6.30pm in the Main Stadium.
We hope to see you all there!