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When
head teacher Sean Dickinson asked Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ South for advice on building
a radio studio at Park Community School, he ended up with more than
he hoped for.
His
pupils now have a fully-equipped television studio into the bargain,
fitted by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ engineers.
The
Media On The Park project is helping achieve Sean's dream of stimulating
children and improving their self-confidence and team-working.
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project has helped pupils develop self-confidence and team-work.
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Since
the openning of the media suite, the pupils have been developing
into directors, camera crew and broadcasters, with the help of two
resident Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ producers.
Sean
originally contacted Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ South's TV editor, Lee Desty, asking if
he could bring a few pupils to look round the Southampton studios.
Eve
Turner, head of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ South, heard about his request for radio advice
and told him: "You're not asking for enough."
She
said: "I visited the school and ended up promising them the
world - then went about trying to deliver."
She
had strong reasons for wanting to establish a link with the community.
"Leigh
Park is one of the largest housing estates in Europe, with 27,000
residents, and is the most deprived area of SE England outside London",
she said.
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studio was equipped by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ engineers |
"ItΒ’s
often in the news, but for all the wrong reasons. They
have had negative views of the media, but now the views are changing."
Most
of the funding has come from the European Union, not the licence
fee.
The
two resident producers were funded to work with 14 schools as well
as the wider community, under a special scheme to broaden staff
skills.
Senior
managers in the corporation have since decided the project was breaking
important new ground for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, and the project is now funded
until Easter 2005.
Pupils
and community members have seen their radio and TV material broadcast
on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Solent and on TV's South Today.
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