1 B To protect yourself you should NEVER post your last name on the internet.
2 A Interview people who will help you create a balanced report.
3 A You CAN put strong opinions in a news report but they must be based on fact.
4 C Photographs (and other kinds of media) belong to the photographer (or the person who made them). You have to ask their permission to use them, otherwise it's like stealing.
5 B Court stories are very tricky to report so it's safer to avoid them unless you have done lots of training.
6 C It would be inappropriate to reveal too much information about the manufacture of drugs, in case anyone decided to copy the process.
Students practice reading at three words a second - the speed of a professional journalist - using a real script from BBC World News for Children website.
While reading, they try and follow these tips from a BBC voice coach:
This activity works well with an interactive whiteboard as a backdrop behind the presenters, onto which, "picture editors" place images to illustrate each story.
You can start and end the bulletin with the animated School Report titles which you can play from this lesson plan or find on the DVD in the teachers pack.
It's important that the students experience working to deadline and the presentation should take place on time, even if the preparation isn't complete.
Using only the Team and Task columns in the following table prompts students to allocate their own roles, taking a greater ownership in developing skills such as team work and communication.
Team
Role
Task
Editorial team
Running-order editor
1. Speak to all the news teams, find out their stories.
2. Put stories in a running order.
3. Brief reporters about the order in which they are presenting.
Sub-editor
1. Check reporters' work to make sure it is safe (no surnames) and legal (no ongoing court stories or celebrity gossip).
2. Advise reporters how to amend their work.
Picture editor
1. Find an image for one story from each news team. Make sure you have permission to use them.
2. Create a slideshow so you can play each image behind them on the interactive whiteboard while they present their stories.
3. Rehearse using the slideshow.
4. Operate the slideshow during the broadcast.
International news team
Reporters x2
1. Find and script an international news story.
2. Rehearse presenting it.
3. Present it during the broadcast.
National news team
Reporters x2
1. Find and script a national news story.
2. Rehearse presenting it.
3. Present it during the broadcast.
Local news team
Reporters x2
1. Find and script a local news story.
2. Rehearse presenting it.
3. Present it during the broadcast.
School-based news team
Reporters x2
1. Find and script a school-based news story.
2. Rehearse presenting it.
3. Present it during the broadcast.
Sport team
Reporters x2
1. Find and script a sport story.
2. Rehearse presenting it.
3. Present it during the broadcast.
Weather team
Reporters x2
1. Find and script a weather summary.
2. Rehearse presenting it.
3. Present it during the broadcast.
Intro and outro team
Reporters x2
1. Script the intro and outro (conclusion) of the bulletin.
2. Rehearse presenting it.
3. Present it during the broadcast.
Technical team
Floor manager
1. Create a "presenting" and a "recording" area.
2. Create a safe route for the news teams to get to and from the presenting area.
3. Brief reporters on their route before the broadcast.
Camera operator
1. Set up the equipment.
2. Practice recording with reporters who are rehearsing.
3. Call "Camera rolling".
4. Record the broadcast
Sound operators
1. Set up the equipment.
2. Practice recording with reporters who are rehearsing.
3. Call "Sound ready".
4. Record the broadcast.
Director
1. Practice directing the camera and sound operators and the rehearsing reporters.
2. Call "Action".
3. Direct the broadcast.
No of students
21
Students present and record their news bulletin on deadline.
PLENARY
5. News de-brief Ask students:
What did you like about the bulletin? Why?
What could be improved? How?
Graduation
Having completed the six lessons, students have graduated as School Reporters.
Teachers have expressed how valuable it is for students to put their skills to the test. Schools can rehearse what they will be doing during the annual News Day in March by taking part in a practice News Day.
The School Report team will nominate a particular Thursday in November, December, January and February, and run activities on those dates to help schools rehearse, but schools may also select their own dates. Some schools may wish to use the final activity of this lesson as a template for a News Day.
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