We have decided to be a delivery partner again this year especially after winning an award last year at the first attempt for the best new comer website.
This year we want to do better and we want more people involved. The BBC have sent out a letter to Secondary Head Teachers asking if they want to be involved. We would like all schools to be involved. The age category is Key Stage 3 and it can be any department within the school not ICT.
We will have practice days at the CLC where we will show students how to report stories but we will put a time limit on this and the students will be under great pressure to get the story complete and published as they would be in the rel world. The practice days are as follows:
13th November 2008
11th December 2008
15th January 2009
12th February 2009
WIth the School Report day on 26th March 2009
This year we hope to get all schools attending and contributing to the day even if they are not in the CLC on the day. We will hope to have reports outside the CLC bringing back location reports. This is a fantastic opportunity for students to show what they can do under pressure. Make sure the school has received the letter, look at the BBC website www.bbc.co.uk/schoolreport also look at our website www.ictgateshead.org/schoolreport and hopefully this will inspire you to get involved. Contact us if you need mare information but get it soon to get the most out of this great experience.
ICT Team