However, there may be some moments when you find yourself without a task.

Try your hand at some of these fun activities.

We are running a very special competition for Lil' Chris fans, and it's ONLY for students taking part in School Report.

The winner will receive a guitar signed by the Rock School star!

To enter the competition visit the Lil' Chris official website and conduct some careful research to answer the following questions:

1. What is the name of Lil' Chris' debut single?

2. When was it released?

3. At what position did it enter the UK charts?

To enter, complete this form and hand it to your teacher.

Ask your teacher to send us the entries, so that we receive them by 30 March 2007.

Lil' Chris competition
BBC News School Report
Room 3343 Television Centre
Wood Lane
London W12 7RJ

We will draw the winner at random from all the correct entries.

Complete our evaluation form, telling us what you think of BBC News School Report.

This will help us improve the project when we run it again next year.

Remind your teachers to send us their feedback too, using this link.

Why not write and record a Diary Room piece for School Report.

The Diary Room is where you get the chance to describe the issues that affect or concern you, as a 12- or 13-year-old.

You might be concerned about bullying in your school or exam stress, climate change or crime.

Unicef, an organisation which gathers the views of children from all over the world, has produced a report which you might find interesting.

This year's report focuses on gender equality. You can find out more using the link below.

Here's how to send your Diary Room piece:

Writing and sending a Diary Room comment

Write down what you want to say. Ask your teacher to check it.

Ask your teacher to e-mail it to [email protected] with the rest of the comments from your class.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept e-mails from people under 16, so you need to so this via your teacher.

Recording a Diary Room comment:

Record your comment on tape. It should be about a minute long.

Ask your teacher to post the tape to:

Diary Room
BBC News School Report
Room 3343 Television Centre
Wood Lane
London W12 7RJ

Remind your teacher to label it with the name of your school and their contact details.

The Press Pack website allows you to practice your journalism skills by playing reporting games, and taking interactive tutorials and quizzes.

Local newspapers are always looking to cover interesting events such as School Report News Day. However journalists are so busy that often don't have the time to visit your school.

So why don't you take the initiative and write the story for them. That way your school stands a good chance of appearing in the paper.

Newspapers often refer to stories sent in by the public as press releases - they are details about an event released to the press. You might find some good tips in this guide:

Here are a few ideas of events to write about in your press release:

• What you did on 22 March, School Report News Day
• What your school has been doing in the lead up to 22 March e.g. interviewing a celebrity
• An issue affecting your local community
• Something else your school has been involved in e.g. twinning, fundraising

Before you send your press release to your local paper, double check what you have written to make sure all your facts are correct.

Interviewing people - your relatives, classmates, friends outside school, teachers, club-members or people in your local community - is a great way to find out about newsworthy events AND collect quotations at the same time.

You could even use the interviews as a basis for a press release to send to your local newspaper.

The more experience you have of researching and writing news, the easier it becomes. You will also find that the more you do it, the faster you become.

The BBC will only ever use your personal details for the purposes of administering this competition, and will not publish them or provide them to anyone without your permission. You can read more about the BBC Privacy Policy here.

Only one entry will be accepted per person.

The deadline for receiving entries for the competition will be noted on the competition page. Results will be announced on this site.

The site Editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Winners of the competitions will be contacted via the teacher involved in School Report and winning entries may be published on this site or broadcast on air.

The prize(s) must be taken as stated and cannot be deferred. There will be no cash alternatives.

The BBC does not accept any responsibility for late or lost entries due to the Internet or postal service. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt.

Entrants must supply full details as required above, and comply with all rules to be eligible for the prize(s). No responsibility is accepted for ineligible entries or entries made fraudulently.

This competition is not open to employees or contractors of the BBC, any person directly or indirectly involved in the BBC or the running of the competition, or their direct family members.

The BBC reserves the right to cancel this competition at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of its control.

Prizes unclaimed after 28 days will be deemed to have been forfeited and the BBC reserves the right to either offer the prize to the entrant whose name is next drawn at random, or to re-offer the prize in any future BBC competition.

Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when entering this competition.

These rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

This competition is administered by the BBC.