Please select a school from the list below:

Trinity CofE High School

Whalley Range 11-18 High School

Manchester Academy

Chorlton High School

Playing For Success Manchester

Click here for BBC School Report 2007

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Lil' Chris being interviewed by students in 2007

What is BBC News School Report?
News School Report gives 12 and 13-year-olds from UK schools the chance to make their own TV, radio or online news at school and to broadcast it for real.

While the project is devised for this age group, students aged 11 to 14 may also take part. Using lesson plans and materials from this website, and with support from BBC staff, teachers help students develop their journalistic skills and become School Reporters.

On 13 March 2008, schools around the country will take part in a News Day, simultaneously creating news reports and publishing them on their school websites, to which the BBC aim to link.

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 13 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

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!"

"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."

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