BBC News School Report Melanie Essex, Executive Editor bbc.co.uk/schoolreport

What is School Report ? 11 – 14 year olds make their own multimedia news at school to a real deadline for real audiences Newsday coverage throughout the day on TV, Radio and Online, locally, regionally and nationally The School Report website, www.bbc.co.uk /schoolreport , is a continually updated resource for teachers working on the project, and the main broadcast platform for the students’ work. Strong demand for School Report and rapid growth – over 600 signed up so far for this year

11 – 14 year olds make their own multimedia news at school to a real deadline for real audiences

Newsday coverage throughout the day on TV, Radio and Online, locally, regionally and nationally

The School Report website, www.bbc.co.uk /schoolreport , is a continually updated resource for teachers working on the project, and the main broadcast platform for the students’ work.

Strong demand for School Report and rapid growth – over 600 signed up so far for this year

School Report Explained

Why does the BBC do School Report ? To support the BBC’s public purpose under the Charter of “sustaining citizenship and civil society”. To communicate public service journalism values as young people are all creating content themselves To give a voice to 11 – 14 year olds not often heard To give audiences chance to see and hear stories from a different perspective

To support the BBC’s public purpose under the Charter of “sustaining citizenship and civil society”.

To communicate public service journalism values as young people are all creating content themselves

To give a voice to 11 – 14 year olds not often heard

To give audiences chance to see and hear stories from a different perspective

School Report stories

Partnership working BBC delivers expertise in broadcast journalism and project management Work with partners to deliver education and technology support 3-way fusion of skills and knowledge help develop new skills : BBC Teacher Students

BBC delivers expertise in broadcast journalism and project management

Work with partners to deliver education and technology support

3-way fusion of skills and knowledge help develop new skills :

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Teacher

Students

TDA and School Report Pilot project in 2007/08 with 3 teacher training institutions, expanding in 2008/09 to 8 Aims to use news production as a way of raising learning outcomes for trainee and existing teachers in the use of ICT Enables increasing numbers of schools to join School Report by developing skills in teachers Aim to encourage innovation and new ways of working

Pilot project in 2007/08 with 3 teacher training institutions, expanding in 2008/09 to 8

Aims to use news production as a way of raising learning outcomes for trainee and existing teachers in the use of ICT

Enables increasing numbers of schools to join School Report by developing skills in teachers

Aim to encourage innovation and new ways of working

Carla Pickering Online & Multimedia Producer

Carla Pickering Online & Multimedia Producer

Carla Pickering Online & Multimedia Producer

Justen Dyche Mobiles Specialist