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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.
As our buildings Knowle West Media Centre (Leinster Avenue) and KWMC: The Factory (at Filwood Green Business Park) are currently closed due to the coronavirus / COVID-19 outbreak, we have moved some of our activity online.
We will be running virtual sessions from May 2020 which will mirror some of our usual ‘in person’ sessions – Control Alt Delete, Maker City and Creative Hub. If you would like more information about this please check out our socials (@JumpKWMC on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) or contact Dot or Mike.
We have put together a list of resources that we use as part of our Jump Studios programme – you can find it at the end of this page. All of the applications are completely free to access or download! If you fancy some offline, creative activities there is also a list of activities without technology!
We will also be hosting Jump Studios hangouts, where we would love to reconnect with all of the young people that regularly attend our sessions. If that is you, please get in touch with Dot or Mike so we can let you know how to do this.
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/
On 13th February 2018 we kicked off our February half term programme, which saw young people from South Bristol and beyond learning, making new friends and having a great time while doing it! The week began with our sold-out puppet making course led by avid puppeteer Sarah Green. Young people had the opportunity to conceptualise a story and bring it to life using cut-outs and other crafts....
In February 2018 the Jump Studios team had the opportunity to speak to year 11 students at Ralph Allen school in Bath, UK. Their aim was to open a discussion around men's mental health and perceptions of masculinity. The team are in the process of planning a new programme called 'The Male Room' which will explore these topics further, so engaging with...
As we approach the end of the year, the Jump Studios team have been reflecting on October Half Term. We had an exciting few days, as our creative courses welcomed new young people for the first time and saw young people already connected to KWMC come back for more. Aquarium Photography Course (23/10/17 & 24/10/17) Following on from our sold-out summer Animal Photography Course we took a trip to Bristol...
On Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th November Knowle West Media Centre opened its doors once again for the annual South Bristol Gaming & Anime Expo. Attracting people from all over the city and beyond, the event pulled out all the stops, satisfying every gaming enthusiast's taste for retro and modern gaming! The two day Expo included a breadth of games that ranged from classics such...
"It inspired my son to be a wildlife cameraman!" Photography and wildlife unite this summer in Jump Studios' latest course for young people. To kick off the 2017 Summer Programme at Knowle West Media Centre we took a trip to Bristol Zoo Gardens with fifteen 10 to 16 year olds from the local area. Some young people were introduced to photography for the first...
"Everyone is just ready to try something new; they are curious and motived” Our Tech on the Table summer activities launched on 8th August with another group of excited 10-16 year olds ready to embark on a creative journey. Two days almost didn't seem enough for a course that included building robots, interacting with At-Bristol's fully functioning NAO robot and the Minecraft...
