The document proposes an outside broadcast on religious education in the UK. The aim is to inform the public about attitudes towards religion and RE in schools, and discuss whether RE should be taught in a mainly atheist society. The broadcast will include interviews with students and an RE teacher about their views on RE, as well as quotes from MPs supporting RE. It will be formally presented from a local secondary school with additional footage from the public and archives of churches and RE lessons.

1. Proposal
Amy Gadsby and Gemma Pryke

2. Aim
• Our outside broadcast will be on the topic of religious
education. The main question we will propose will be
„why teach religious education to a mainly atheist
society?‟. We will also focus on different topics related
to religious education such as what amount of the
population still practice religion, and the governments
opinions on RE. There will also be voxpops of students
opinions of RE in a school, and also a short interview
with an RE teacher in a secondary school.
• Therefore the aim of our outside broadcast is to inform
and educate. This is because in the broadcast we
hope to inform and educate the public on what the
attitudes of religion are like in the UK, and also what RE
is like in schools and people‟s views on RE being taught
in school, and see if people still believe RE is an
important part of a child‟s education.

3. Summary of content
• Intro: In the introduction there will be an establishing shot of the
school in which most of the footage will be captured with an
accompanied voiceover. There will then be footage of
students in this school in lessons and walking about the school
establishing the main area in which RE is taught.
• Main points: one of our main points is to explore the question
„why bother teaching religious education to a mainly atheist
society?‟ this will be posed by the presenter before transitioning
into footage of people going into church‟s etc. There will then
also be further exploration into topics such as faith schools and
religion in the UK.
• Quotes: most of the quotes used will be from MP‟s who have
shared their views on RE to newspapers. Quotes will be used
such as:
• Stephen Lloyd MP –”In today‟s world where our children can be
open to an enormous amount of misleading information I
believe it is absolutely essential they are taught about different
cultures and religions by trained, experienced RE
teachers, allowing children to make informed choices,”
• “In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, senior lecturers say a 45 per
cent drop in the number of students being allowed to train as
RE teachers will leave the subject being taught by untrained
staff”

4. Summary of content
• Interview clips: throughout the outside broadcast
there will be voxpops given by students in a
secondary school, and also adults from the public
about their views on RE in school, and if it should be
taught to a mainly atheist society. There will also
then be a short interview clip from a RE teacher in a
secondary school showing his views on RE and its
importance to society.
• Outro: after the interviews the news report will go
back to the presenter where they will summarise the
points made in the broadcast, and end once again
with the main question of the broadcast and sign
off.

5. Style of presenting
• Formality: the broadcast will have a high level of formality and will
be presented with sophisticated vocabulary as the broadcast is to
be shown on the news.
• Timbre: the volume at which the presenter speaks will remain
constant throughout the broadcast and will be at a medium
level, so that the audience can hear the information clearly. The
pace of the presenters speech will also remain constant
throughout the broadcast and be at quite a slow pace so that the
audience can hear and understand the speech clearly. The tone
of the presenter will also remain constant in the broadcast casting
a calm persona so that the audience will be comfortable
watching the broadcast, and because of the tone trust the
information given.
• Body language: the presenter will be walking towards the camera
for most of the broadcast, or stood on the spot therefore hand
gestures will be the most important feature of the presenters body
language as they will articulate their speech with these hand
movements. However, the presenter will also stand up straight to
look professional and look like they are excited to be in that
environment.
• Dress code: during the broadcast the presenter will be in smart

6. Locations
• The main location for most of the broadcast will be
a local secondary school in which we will speak to
students and teachers in the school about religion
and religious education. There will also be some
footage outside of the school show the establishing
shot of where the broadcast is taking place, and
also to speak to people outside of the school.

7. Additional footage
• Additional footage that will be used are interview
clips with people, and students of the public. Also
an RE teacher in a secondary school as mentioned
before. The cutaways that will be used will be
footage of the presenter which will then transition
into footage of children in classrooms etc. The
presenter will continue to speak except in the form
of a voiceover. Archive footage that we will use in
the broadcast will be footage of people walking
into church, and also children walking around their
school and in their RE lessons.