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Jump Studios is Knowle West Media Centre’s programme for 10 – 30 year olds. We offer a range of after-school groups, creative courses, work experience, training opportunities and holiday activities. We also get paid work for our Emerging Creatives via our Creative Agency Eight.
During COVID-19 lockdown we had to suspend our after-school programme as the KWMC building was temporarily closed. We were able to offer a range of online sessions, as well as socially distanced small group workshops later in the Summer.
We’re delighted to announce that our after-school programme at KWMC will return from 14 September 2020! This is what to expect:
Mondays, 4.30 – 6 pm
Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue, BS4 1NL
(Ages 10 – 16)
Learn all about coding and explore new and exciting creative technologies.
Tuesdays, 4.30 – 6 pm
Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue, BS4 1NL
(Ages 10 – 16)
A digital making and social action programme: learn how to create products using laser cutting, vinyl cutting, 3D printing and digital embroidery.
Wednesdays, 4.30 – 6 pm
Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue, BS4 1NL
(Ages 10 – 16)
Come and learn different ways to create music and podcasts, and explore your musical creativity. We will also be looking at how we can create a virtual band using new and exciting online apps.
Wednesdays, 4.30 – 6 pm
Knowle West Media Centre, Leinster Avenue, BS4 1NL
(Ages 10 – 16)
Explore and develop your creative skills. This term we will be focusing on character design, digital storytelling, animation and filmmaking.
Please note due to COVID-19 booking is essential for all of our programmes and you will only be able to book for one programme per week per term.
Booking is essential for all after-school sessions. Unfortunately we can’t welcome ‘walk-ins’ at the moment.
All sessions have been designed in line with our COVID-19 Health & Safety regulations. Each session will be capped at 14 young people and activities will be split over two rooms, meaning young people will work in small groups of 7 young people per room. You can read KWMC’s full COVID-19 reopening info here.
To book onto one of our programmes please fill out our online booking form.
If you have any problems filling out the form or can’t access it, please e-mail the team on jumpstudios@kwmc.org.uk or call 0117 903 0444.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown we put together a list of online resources that we use at Jump Studios that young people can access at home for free. If you fancy some offline creative activities there is also a list of activities without technology!
Music production / podcasting: Soundtrap
Coding with Music: Sonic Pi
Chrome Music Lab: Music Lab
Hour of Code: https://hourofcode.com/uk
Learn Python: https://www.learnpython.org/
Codecademy: https://www.codecademy.com
Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu
Code Club: https://codeclub.org/en/
Sketchpad.io: https://sketch.io/sketchpad/
TinkerCad: https://www.tinkercad.com
Drawkit: https://www.drawkit.io/
Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/x/
Piskel: https://www.piskelapp.com/
Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/
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