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Pupils make the headlines with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News School Report
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is giving 12 and 13-year-olds around the UK the chance to make their own news at school and to broadcast it via the internet.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News School Report website, which launches today, contains a wealth of resources to help teachers develop their students' journalistic skills.
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For the next six months, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will help teachers use these resources, which are mapped to the curriculum, to train their students to become 'School Reporters'.
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Then, on 22 March 2007, students will work to a deadline to broadcast reports they have prepared in advance and news stories produced on the day, mirroring the job of real journalists.
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These reports will be published (broadcast) on the schools' websites.
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On this day - School Report News Day - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalists around the country will feature schools' activities on TV, radio and online.
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The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ also aims to link to school web pages from the School Report website.
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Ex-teacher and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News presenter, Huw Edwards, is lending his support to the project.
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He says: "Having been a teacher and run many journalism workshops in schools, I've seen how much fun it can be and how much can be learnt when there are real deadlines, real audiences and real standards to meet."
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He adds: "I'm involved because I want to give young people the chance to make the news themselves, and I want to share the principles of good journalism."
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Huw Edwards shares his expertise though a series of short videos on the School Report website, each of which forms the introductory activity of a series of six-lesson plans.
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These lesson plans, which are mapped to the curriculum for English, English Language, Citizenship, PSE and Learning for Life and Work in the respective nations, are the backbone of other resources including interactive tutorials and real news footage for students to edit.
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The resources have been developed in consultation with education bodies and with the assistance of schools and City Learning Centres in Sheffield, Shropshire, Berkshire and London.
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English and Media Studies teacher Deborah Quysner, from Forest Hill School in London, said: "An activity like this makes learning relevant and purposeful. The students were able to see how the literacy skills they learn in the classroom relate to the wider world of work."
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Students at her school have already run two practice News Days in preparation for the national School Report News Day on 22 March 2007. Thirteen-year-old Charlie took on the role of news cameraman.
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He said: "I was really proud of our ending. Reporter Shane was speaking to the camera while walking forward at the same time. He learnt his lines well and the camera didn't wobble at all!"
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Forest Hill is one of 60 secondary schools in the country taking part in the project in 2006/7 as part of a pilot and it is hoped that all secondary schools in the country will eventually have the opportunity to join in.
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Director of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, Helen Boaden, says: "This project is designed to give 12 and 13-year-olds a real sense of what goes into making broadcast news at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ.
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"We hope it'll be fun and educational for them and great teaching material for their teachers."
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