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In 2007, Challenge 59 took place in Halton - the UK’s 13th most deprived ward at the time. Winners of the school storyboard competition used a whole school approach across the curriculum. The winning films were premiered locally, nationally and internationally at the British Film Institute, on BBC Bigger Picture in Manchester, at Moves08 International Film Festival, Choreographic Captures (Munich) and National Healthy Schools Conference. The pupils and their teachers became advocates and active citizens in sharing their films with their families and local community.
This short documentary from the pilot project in 2007 features interviews with pupils and teachers. Click here to view our 2007 documentary.
Year 7 and 8 pupils joined together in a bid to not feel intimidated by older smokers in the bike sheds. On the 59th second a boy chose to close his mouth symbolising that he had stopped breathing.
Year 6 pupils aiming to show a classmate falling into a body, as Alice in Wonderland falls into a well, to see different food groups.
Wanting to show that- even though disabled - they could live active, healthy lives. Their film runs left to right as children wanted to show that health is a journey across the life course.