BBC School Report at Glaitness

BBC School Report 2010

2010-03-09T06:15:00.000-08:00

We hope you enjoy our broadcast for BBC School Report 2010.

Part 1 is our local story and half of the international news.

Part 2 is the rest of the international story and the sports report.

The full quality version, including the local report can be viewed in school on parents evening.
There will also be a special class assembly for parents at which the whole broadcast will be shared.
Did you listen to Radio Orkney this morning?
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Interviewing

2010-02-25T08:19:00.000-08:00

Both classes have been honing their interview skills by practising on each other, pupils in the playground and family members!

Some people seem to be destined to be chat show hosts!

We've been learning the differences between open and closed questions and the importance of listening carefully to the answers.

Filming for the report is well underway and Ms Mackay is busy editing! I wonder if there will be lots of funny out takes?

We have had a chance to interview 'real' people too with a visit from both Liam McArthur (MSP) and Alistair Carmichael (MP).

Everyone listened well and we enjoyed learning interesting facts about their different roles in the community.

The local news group interviewed Kick Start Kirkwall development officer, Laura Cromarty about the developments at the Peedie Sea.

It was rather cold at the Peedie Sea but hopefully the red noses won't show up too much on the film!

Reporting skills

2010-02-10T12:17:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday 9th Fionn McArthur came to talk to us about reporting. He is our mentor for the school report.

He showed us some of the reports he has done for BBC Reorting Scotland and gave us tips on writing news and filming.

He made us aware of how we need to make sure our information is accurate.

We also have to use good headlines to capture the interest of our audience and stick to the main points.

We had a very interesting discussion and asked lots of questions. We are ready to start organising and writing our local story and Fionn is helping us with links for an international report.

We were all in our pyjamas that day as we were raising funds for the Haiti disaster appeal. We don't normally dress like that!

Preparation begins

2010-01-27T04:35:00.000-08:00

Class 7 have been using the BBC School Report website and looking at local and national newspapers as they begin the task of preparing local, national and international news stories.

There are many different jobs to be done from presenter, script writer, interviewer and the technical jobs of recording footage and sound and editing.

What is BBC School Report?

2009-11-17T03:48:00.000-08:00

This link will take you to a two minute summary by Huw Edwards.

BBC School Report 11th March 2010

2009-11-12T05:05:00.000-08:00

The P7 classes will use this blog to share the work they do in preparation for BBC School report day 2010. The resulting broadcast will be published here and will be available through the BBC School Report website.