What our stop-motion animation workshop covers
Our stop-motion animation workshop is hands-on and instructor-led from start to finish. Working in small teams, every pupil takes part in planning a story, building and posing LEGO scenes, capturing the animation frame by frame on an iPad and editing the finished film. Pupils leave the day with a completed animation they have created themselves, and a real sense of how the films and characters they love are made.
- Storyboarding and planning: Pupils plan a short narrative and sketch a storyboard, deciding on characters, setting and the sequence of shots before filming begins.
- Building the set: Children construct and arrange their LEGO scenes and characters, learning how small, deliberate movements bring a model to life.
- Frame-by-frame filming: Using the Stop Motion Studio app on iPads, pupils capture their animation one frame at a time and watch their story begin to move.
- Editing the finished film: Pupils review, trim and refine their footage to produce a finished stop-motion film they can share back in class.
See the full workshop detail, ages, capacity and curriculum links: Stop-Motion Animation workshop
Curriculum links for stop-motion animation
The workshop maps directly to the National Curriculum for computing, where pupils select, use and combine a variety of software to create and edit digital content. It also supports English, as children plan and write narratives, sequence events and tell a clear story through their animation. The cross-curricular nature of stop-motion makes it a strong fit for creative learners who thrive when literacy, art and technology come together in one project.
Beyond the curriculum, a stop-motion day introduces pupils to the creative and technical skills behind film, animation and digital media, opening up conversations about careers in those fields. For schools in Wales, the workshop aligns with the Curriculum for Wales, supporting progression in the Science and Technology and Languages, Literacy and Communication areas of learning. Sessions are delivered in English.
Why schools choose Hyett for stop-motion animation
Every day rate is all-inclusive. We bring all the equipment and consumables, including the iPads and the Stop Motion Studio app, and your day comes with an enhanced DBS-checked instructor, a full risk assessment and participation certificates for the pupils. We carry £5m public liability insurance, and because we deliver in your school there are no transport costs, consent forms or travel risk assessments to manage.
We have delivered workshops to over 1,000 schools since 2017, with 3,000+ workshops completed and every verified customer review rated five-star on Trustpilot and Google. Our specialist instructors are experienced at running creative, fast-paced sessions with primary-age pupils, so teachers can step back and enjoy watching their class create.
How to book a stop-motion animation workshop
Booking a stop-motion animation day for your school is straightforward. Here is how it works:
- Get in touch. Contact us with your preferred dates, year groups and pupil numbers, and tell us a little about what you would like the day to achieve.
- Receive your tailored quote. We confirm availability and send a clear quote based on your year groups, pupil numbers and location, with no half-day formats and no hidden extras.
- Confirm the details. Once you are happy, we lock in your date and agree the running order for the day, including how many sessions and which classes take part.
- We deliver in your school. Your instructor arrives with all the equipment, runs the workshop and leaves you with finished pupil animations and participation certificates.
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