Further Information - OnTV Programmes
Below is further information on Capital E's OnTV school programmes, if we haven't answered all your questions, please feel free to phone us on 04 913 3730.
Newscast
Before your session, prepare a class script at school using the Teacher's Planning Resource (which you receive when you confirm your booking). You can download our script template and wrap your stories around an inquiry topic, or you can use the OnTV curriculum links and base your ideas on that.
Then it's time for the students to produce and present their show in a real TV studio.
During the session each student gets a job: graphic artist, director, presenter, camera operator, make-up artist... supported by script rehearsals, technical instruction, costume fittings and set preparation. Then, it's LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Students Learn:
• Scriptwriting for the screen
• Operation of professional, technical equipment
• Linking written and visual text
• Systems and processes used in live TV
• Teamwork and working towards a deadline
You can view the show online straight away, anywhere in the world! Your school can tune in to the web show and watch your broadcast. In fact anyone can. Alternatively, you may wish to receive a copy of your show on DVD.
Pricing & Details:
$7.50 per student (Wellington Schools)
$10.00 per student (outside of Wellington)
Teachers + 3 accompanying adults are free. Each additional adult is charged at the student rate. A minimum rate of $150 applies.
Suitable for: Years 4+
Duration: 2.5 hours
Minimum number of students: 14
Maximum number of students: 32
Book Online Now | Back To OnTV Page
Wake Up New Zealand
“And now for something completely different…”
News, interviews, sports and an option of a performance... students produce their own informative and entertaining TV magazine show. Using a pre-written script, students learn how a TV studio functions and how to operate TV studio equipment themselves.
Students Learn:
• Live action filming on the fly
• Acting for the screen
• Operation of professional, technical equipment
• Systems and processes used in live TV
• Teamwork and working towards a deadline
You can view the show online straight away, anywhere in the world! Your school can tune in to the web show and watch your broadcast. In fact anyone can. Alternatively, you may wish to receive a copy of your show on DVD.
Pricing & Details:
$7.50 per student (Wellington Schools)
$10.00 per student (outside of Wellington)
Teachers + 3 accompanying adults are free. Each additional adult is charged at the student rate. A minimum rate of $150 applies.
Suitable for: Years 4 +
Duration: 2.5 Hours
Minimum number of students: 14
Maximum number of students: 32
Book Online Now | Back To OnTV Page
This Is Your Life
For this programme, students produce their own version of the classic TV show This Is Your Life, using a character or inquiry study from their school work. Maybe it's an historic hero or an author of their choice? It's up to them!
Before your session, prepare a class script at school using the Teacher Planning Resource (which you receive when you confirm your booking). Then it's time for the students produce and present their own show in a real TV studio.
Each student gets a job: graphic artist, director, presenter, camera operator, make-up artist . . . supported by script rehearsals, technical instruction, costume fittings and set preparation.
Then it's LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Students Learn:
• Scriptwriting for the screen
• Operation of professional, technical equipment
• Linking written and visual text
• Systems and processes used in live TV
• Teamwork and working towards a deadline.
You can view the show online straight away, anywhere in the world! Your school can tune in to the web show and watch your broadcast. In fact anyone can. Alternatively, you may wish to receive a copy of your show on DVD.
Pricing & Details:
$7.50 per student (Wellington Schools)
$10.00 per student (outside of Wellington)
Teachers + 3 accompanying adults are free. Each additional adult is charged at the student rate. A minimum rate of $150 applies.
Suitable for: Years 7+
Duration: 2.5 Hours
Minimum number of students: 14
Maximum number of students: 32
Book Online Now | Back to OnTV Page
Capital E & Museum of Wellington
In a collaboration with the Museum of Wellington students produce their own documentary with this fun and educational programme based on two of the Museum's most popular exhibitions: Telling Tales and The Wahine Disaster.
Students spend the morning at the Museum researching and developing their interviews based on the exhibition of their choice. Then they walk to Capital E's OnTV Studio to spend the afternoon producing their television documentary show: either Time Watch, based on Telling Tales, or Wahine Experience, based on The Wahine Disaster.
Each student gets a job: graphic artist, director, presenter, camera operator, make-up artist... supported by script rehearsals, technical instruction, costume fittings and set preparation.
Then it's LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Students Learn:
• Scriptwriting for the screen
• Operation of professional, technical equipment
• Linking written and visual text
• Systems and processes used in live TV
• Teamwork and working towards a deadline.
You can view the show online straight away, anywhere in the world! Your school can tune in to the web show and watch your broadcast. In fact anyone can. Alternatively, you may wish to receive a copy of your show on DVD.
Pricing & Details:
$10.50 per student incorporates Museum fee. (Wellington Schools)
$13.00 per student (outside of Wellington)
Teachers + 3 accompanying adults are free. Each additional adult is charged at the student rate. A minimum rate of $150 applies.
Suitable for: Years 6+
Duration: 4 Hours
Minimum number of students: 14
Maximum number of students: 32
Zoo Media
Zoo Media will offer your school:
- An integrated programme across the two venues with passionate and knowledgeable educators.
- Year 4-8: Students produce their own ZooNoos documentary based on their original animal behaviour research.
- Year 7-13: Students produce their own ZooNoos documentary after investigating zoo developments over the years.
- Year 3-13: Animated Postcards - Students learn user-friendly software an animation techniques to bring the animals they've studied to life on the computer screen.
To book your visit:
Email: zooschool@wellingtonzoo.com
Phone: Wellington Zoo on 04 389 3692
Web: Complete the online booking form here
OnTV has established a small student operated Kids Crew to film events at Capital E. Some of their footage has even aired on professional TV! The members of the crew have been selected from school programmes and weekend courses for the public. This is a scholarship-based programme and therefore free to selected students. Contact the OnTV Coordinator to find out more.