News Day in an hour

Learning objective: • to be able to make a news

report together to a deadline

What is NEWS DAY?

BBC video - pupils explain what News Day is all about

In your teams…

..produce a TV/radio bulletin of five stories.

Each member of the group is a reporter who needs to produce 1 report lasting 20 seconds. How many words in a second?Three! So your script should be how many words?60 words3 x news, 1 x sport and 1 x weather report.

What do you do first?

1. Have an editorial meeting• pick stories to cover depending on which

audience you are targetting. • Examples: secondary school children; 20- to 30-year-olds; Newsround audience• Choose your stories; assign reporters to

each story.

Writing the news

Finished writing? Now check!

• Your reports are safe and legal before you broadcast them.

• The school is responsible for the material published as part of School Report. Avoid crime stories and celebrity gossip.

• Use only first names of people below 18.• Check spelling and grammar.

Practise presenting

• Use your normal speaking voice, but speak slowly and clearly.

• Smile, it makes your voice sound friendly

• Pause between each news story

• Time each other – each report has to be 20 seconds

Peer assessListen to the bulletins of the other teams and answer the following questions: • Which audience do you think the bulletin

was it aimed at? Why do you think that? • What did you think of the stories chosen?

Would they appeal to the target audience? • Was it written to time? • What worked well/not so well?

De-briefing

What did you learn from the one-hour exercise?

What could you do differently or better when you have half a day to prepare on News Day?

Did you enjoy yourselves?!