BBC School Report Live Events Page
Today, Thursday 11th March, 2010; school students from across the country are taking part in the BBC School Report Day. Throughout the day students from Alec Hunter Humanities College will be contacting schools from across the country to see what other participating schools are doing for the day. Live events page editors will be writing articles, recording blogs and podcasts, and creating a webpage with articles about current news as it happens. They will be looking at current stories and using different medias, throughout the day.
2:15PM - St Peter and Paul school, Widnes, Cheshire: When I called St Peter and Paul school I spoke to three students called Louise, Andria and Alex who were taking part in the BBC School News Report. I asked them a few questions to see how their day was progressing. Their reports went really well after a few hiccups at the beginning and they have nearly finished, just need to do a few finishing touches. The editing of the recording went to plan but the end was rushed because they had too much to do in so little time. They learnt to add a blog, gather information from all internet news and news websites. Their top tips of the day were to keep yourself as organised as possible and communicate with fellow students so they don’t get confused and they can stay as focused as possible.- Becki Alec Hunter Humanities College
14:33pm -Alec hunter live update We have been busy at work today and have worked on lots of news. I asked Lauren what she had worked on and she said, “I have been working on a audio podcast, about an odd penguin”. She found it very interesting and she said “The hardest bit was wording the news”. We have also had people report on a blaze that wrecked a thatched house and America missile hitting a terrorist camp. We have had some one interview Mrs. Richards about bulling and how we have an anti bulling scheme. We have had some interview on the Petchy award and a written article about it by Eric. We have also had a lunch time update by Rebecca. Most of the articles are on the website and we hope to finish on time .
2:05pm - The Vyne Community School, Basingstoke.The school were very close to finishing their reports and they were just filming their last article. They had improved since the practice day on the 4/2/10 and they had learnt quite a lot too, they learned how to write quicker and how to write a real newspaper report. Their tips for someone who wanted to do that in the future was to be prepared, and be ready and know what you are to do. Because it is real news and if you write the wrong things you could get into serious trouble - Lauren Alec Hunter Humanities College
12:05 - St Peter & Paul’s School, Widnes, Cheshire. I spoke to Billy from St Peter & Paul’s school in Cheshire, he told me that at the moment they are fitting all their articles together and recording them. He said they have had a hectic day so far. So far they have completed 3 stories these are environmental, celebrities and McDonalds bringing in exams. They have spoken to one of the police force. The questions they asked were what he does in his job, and how he feels about it. Also they asked some 6th form members about how they would feel about McDonalds bringing in exams. They also interviewed the head teacher. Their highlights so far were using the computers to edit and word things by themselves.He said their challenges have been organization and getting things done on time.After lunch they are going to have a meeting to discuss everyone’s progress and what each pupil is doing to complete everything. - Sophie Alec Hunter Humanities College.
11:51 - The Vyne Community School, Basingstoke-I spoke to Rachel from The Vyne Community School in Basingstoke, she told me that their news reports and their articles had been proof read and all they had to do was do their videos. The things they have completed so far is the article teenager Justin Older, also they have done most of the First Aid articles. They also spoke to people from St. John Ambulance. Their highlights so far have been filming the actual news anchors in their school.The challenges so far for Rachel have been time keeping and making sure they get everything in on time. After lunch they plan to edit everything they filmed today and make sure that its fine. - Courtney Alec Hunter Humanities College.
11 50 Hillhead High School The reports are going very well and the pod casts and audio tasks are nearly done. The earthquake report is finished and the rest are nearly done. They asked an English teacher and his students about the task. The highlight was working as a team and getting the reports done. A challenge was finding good stories and not boring ones. After lunch they are getting the finishing touches done on the reports and putting them on the website.
10:30- Alec Hunter Humanities College -In our school there are 25 people taking part to produce the best articles throughout the day, everyone involved has got something to do. I asked James what he had reported on today, “we have been reporting on the Six Nations rugby but the hardest thing is to make it sound professional”. He also said that the best thing for him was feeling professional and mature. There are also special jobs for some people like the “Live Team” who have been phoning up different schools who are taking part in the BBC School Report 2010. Chloe and Victoria have been working on making a film on bulling and to get extra information on what the school does about bulling they interviewed Mrs Richards. They based their story on a Japanese princess who got bullied in Japan. Vicky said that it was the highlight of her day when she and Chloe learned how to edit videos. The most challenging task for Chloe was pronouncing some of the Japanese words but she had to get them right or the video wouldn’t be as good.
9:32 -Hillhead High School Glasgow –I interviewed a Ewan from Hillhead High School in Glasgow. He said there are 27 students working today; they have completed some bizarre stories. They are also doing stories on: Sports relief, Earthquakes and tsunamis. They are planning on interviewing a teacher that has been raising money for the British Heart Foundation. Students taking part are: Delilah and Darren are doing the live report. Ellie, Oliver, Zoe, Theo, Louise are busy writing reports - Tom from Alec Hunter Humanities College
9:27am St Peter and Pauls School Widnes, Cheshire- I spoke to Amy at St Peter and Pauls in Widnes Cheshire. The eleven students are busy at work and have started a story about MP’s. Also they have interviewed their Head Teacher on global warming. They are looking forward to continuing to work on more stories. The media they are using is Garage Band for recording audio podcast. - Felicity from Alec Hunter Humanities College
9:24am The Vyne Community School Basingstoke – I spoke to Jasmine from the Vyne Community School in Basingstoke. The 6 students that are taking part are hard at work producing some news reports. So far they have completed reports on first aid, and they are doing a report on relationships between students and teachers. They are planning to interview some students and teachers from the school. The media they are using is Windows Movie Maker. Students taking part in the BBC News Report 2010 are: Rachael, Robert, Robyn, Lucas, Bea and jazz. - Ellisha from Alec Hunter Humanities College.
9:00 BBC School Report 2010 begins
