Longcroft School Take Part In BBC School Report

Year 9 Students at Longcroft School have been taking part in the BBC School Report, a national incentive that gives young people the chance to create news for an audience.

This is the first time that Longcroft School has participated in the scheme that helps students to develop their journalistic skills and become school reporters for the day.

Mrs. Coates an English Teacher at Longcroft School, Beverley said;

“This is the first time as a school we have taken part in the BBC School Report. The curriculum we are following at the moment has a media module which happens to co-inside with scheme being run by the BBC.”

“In all we have 27 students taking part, and they have already all gained so much. It is unbelievable how they have developed their writing, video editing and journalistic skills.”

“Students have interviewed CBBC Presenter Ben Shires, a former pupil of the school. That was an amazing experience for the students.”

“A couple of them left that interview saying it will be the thing they remember about school for the rest of their lives.”

As the school look to embrace the BBC School Report day, they have set up three rooms where they produce, research and edit all the content they are generating.

Student Hannah, who is hoping to have a career in journalism said;

“We are getting ready for our deadline. At the moment, we are preparing a 60-second bulletin based on the three stories we have researched.”

“I have found it difficult but easy at the same time. From taking part, I have learnt how to be independent and how to structure stories.”

Jake and Leah were part of the group tasked with preparing and interviewing the author Andy Briggs, they said;

“Mr. Briggs is famous author that wrote the series of Tarzan books and is from Liverpool. As a group, we have been working out the questions we want to ask him and putting a script together.”

BBC News presenter and former teacher Huw Edwards is working on School Report.

He said: “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.”

“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.”

Content produced by the students will be shared on their school web site with the BBC linking to their work.