It might not have been as plush as the Oscars, but the Wight Aviation Museum’s ‘Rocket Island Awards Evening’ was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended.
Held on Thursday evening in the ‘Ops Room’ at the Wight Aviation Museum at Sandown Airport, the awards celebrated the creativity and achievements of a group of young people from a number of Island schools.
Last summer this wide-ranging group of youngsters worked together as the Rocket Island Production Team to produce a number video programmes for the museum’s schools and education project, working as presenters, camera crew and production directors.
Through the project, they were given the opportunity to learn video production skills and studio protocols and were given the responsibility of putting these new skills to use.
Helen Blake, WAM Chairperson, says:
“It’s wonderful to see the way all these young people were so engaged in creating these video programmes. The Wight Aviation Museum considers our schools and education projects as vital to the whole aim of the museum, to celebrate and educate about the aviation and aerospace history and heritage of the Isle of Wight”.
It’s hoped that more local young people will continue to be inspired as the museum plans to continue the production team in 2022.
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