On March 11th Upper 4 Students at the Maynard School took part in the BBC News School Report. This exciting project gave the students a chance to make their own news report broadcast for a real audience. The day started with a briefing and then the girls went off to find out the day’s breaking stories. The girls had only a short period of time to decide on what the top stories of the day were and which ones they were going to report on.
Once the editorial team, had decided on the stories to be included in the 2pm News Broadcast, the girls got to work on writing their reports and scripts for the broadcast. Once finished, the girls then set to work preparing the four presenters for their debut News broadcast. At 2pm the four presenters delivered their news report to the rest of the group. The finished broadcast and new stories produced during the day can be found at www.schoolreport.maynard.co.uk.
The BBC News School Report is an annual project involving thousands of students in hundreds of UK schools. 11 to 14-year-olds train as journalists with the help of the BBC and partners with pupils choosing the stories and broadcasting them for real each March on News Day.
