Getting ready to roll

BBC School News Report happens annually, and this year it was on the 26th of March and me (Vicky), Charlie, and Chris were presenters for the BBC School News Report. Charlie and Chris have never been reporters before, but I have - I was last year.

Chris had this to say: “It was really exciting. I enjoyed it a lot.”

Charlie said: “It was a good experience, it was like being a real news reporter."

We had coffee, tea, and chocolate chip cookies as a treat; we would like to thank Mr Nowell for supplying these. We finally finished our actual footage at 11:37. We have had a really fun day, and we have all enjoyed ourselves, and if we were asked to do it again we definitely would.

Student Reporter: Vicky

Our student reporters write up their stories with some technical help from BBC Oxford News reporter, Simon Pipe.

Today we had the opportunity to work with younger students by helping them to film and interview Dale Johnson, the curator of Banbury Museum’s sensory pods. We watched them improve themselves by letting them try out their questions on us and letting them realise how to improve on their own.

Later on in the day, we helped the presenters produce their BBC News School Report by helping them decide what to say, and helping with the autocue. Afterwards, we guided them during their evaluations and we realised how much they had all enjoyed their day.

Both us and the students participating during the BBC News School Report had a great day, and we all look forward to future participation in this event.

Student Reporter: Alice Year 12 Banbury Blazer Editor

Banbury School Report
On the 26th of March Year 9 Banbury School media students are taking over the news. We had 5 main stories today. One of the groups went to the Banbury museum to see a womb and liver. They interviewed Dale Johnston to ask about the womb.

Another group had an interesting phone interview with Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Schools. Ed thinks that he should be allowed to decide what text books the school should have.

One group interviewed Andrew Fairbairn: kayaker, runner and swimmer, about how he will kayak, cycle and walk from the bottom of Britain to the top of Britain.

A group also discovered about a Sahara marathon man called Kevin Mayo who walked two hundred kilometres. He managed to raise £1780.

The final group discussed our new building and the fact it’s an eco building, how it will affect people, and how it will affect education in the school. Will it improve the behaviour of our students because of the new surroundings?

Student Reporter: Cam Year 9 Aged 14