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What is BBC News School Report?
BBC News School Report gives 12 and 13-year-olds around the UK the chance to make their own news at school and to broadcast it via the internet.

Using lesson plans and materials from the BBC News School Report website, and with support from BBC staff, teachers help students develop their journalistic skills and become School Reporters.

Then on 22 March 2007, 100 schools around the country will take part in BBC School Report News Day - creating news reports and publishing or broadcasting them on their school website. Eventually every secondary school in the country might want to take part but 2006/2007 is a pilot year.

Working to a deadline, students taking part in News Day will use reports they have prepared in advance and reports produced on the day - just like BBC journalists.

They can cover local news stories from their schools and communities as well as national and international stories. Schools can choose to make news on TV, radio or online.

BBC journalists around the country will report on what schools are doing on 22 March. It is the BBC's aim to link to schools' news websites from this site.

To help schools the BBC will:

  • Publish lesson plans approved by the BBC College of Journalism, tested by teachers and mapped to the curriculum
  • Show examples of news reports schools have already made
  • Share top tips
  • Match a journalist mentor to every pilot school
  • Identify and work with partner organisations who can give more hands on technical support
  • Run practice School Report News Days
  • Provide some real news material
In return, The BBC would like teachers and students to test and adapt the resources on this site and tell us what you think.

Huw Edwards presents the 5 O'Clock News on News24 and the Ten O'Clock News on BBC1
I want to give young people the chance to make the news themselves, and I want to share the principles of good journalism.
Huw Edwards
Huw Edwards, who presents the 5 O'Clock News on News24 and the Ten O'Clock News on BBC1 is working on BBC News School Report.

He says: "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.

"Before I trained as a journalist I used to be a teacher and over the years I've run many journalism workshops in schools.

"So 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.

"So have a go, let me know what you think, and good luck!"

extracted from the bbc news website correct of 03/01/2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/school_report/5273684.stm