Welcome

The day has now arrived and schools in Halton have all been working hard to get together their news stories to broadcast today. There are 4 schools working in Runcorn CLC who are:

• St Chads Catholic High School

• The Heath Technology College

• Halton High School

• The Grange Comprehensive School

The Grange team will be working with the other schools to produce podcasts during the day to show what all the schools are working on.

We started off the day with photographs of all the news groups.

St Chads Catholic High School

(not in order) Tara, Jess, Sophie, Jodie, Daniel

The Heath Technology College

(not in order) Keir, Jennah-Rae, Laura, Ben, Jaimie, Joshua, Rhys, Fiona, Lucy, David, Liam, Bethan, Rebecca, Adam, Kelly

Halton High School

(not in order) Christy, Eva, Ammie, Becky, Demi-Leigh, Danny, Matthew, Amy, Charlotte, Emma, Stephanie, Jack

The Grange Comprehensive School

(not in order) Hannah, Karl, Matthew, Luke, Kieran, Lewis

Saints Peter and Paul

Bankfield

Chestnut Lodge

Fairfield High

Here are the stories each school is covering:

St Chads

Environment report
In this report we interviewed Chris from the Merseyside forest council. We asked him a few questions on the council’s plans for the wood. The interviewer was Tara and filming was done by Jodie.

Enterprise day
We decided to film the enterprise day as it was an important event in Halton to raise awareness of the job chances in Halton. Most of the school news report team went to the enterprise day.

Marie Curie
Marie Curie day was especially chosen as pupils in our class were entering the WDMA for their fundraising event Marie Curie. In this story and interview we covered why they chose to do that and what entering the WDMA. Reporting was Tara and Jodie.

Comedy Club
We decided to interview people from the comedy club for entertainment. As you see on the News they cover different topics e.g. entertainment, money/economy. We thought that filming this would be good for are entertainment category. The interviews and filming were done by Jess and Danny

Halton High

Stop The Drop
A story about a local campaign that is designed to stop youths dropping items from bridges onto passing traffic.  It involves the local council, road safety campaigners, fire brigade and public transport providers.

Building Schools for the Future
Report based on Halton High School becoming an Academy and its impact on pupils.  How does this affect extended learning?

Cross curricular education
A report about how cross curricular activities can affect the learning of students.  This is linked to Hillview Primary School, Runcorn and also includes an interview with Everton midfielder, Jack Rodwell.

Handball
An interview with a Halton High pupil about his involvement with the Great Britain handball team and information about the sport.

The Heath

Size 0
This is a film to make young people more aware of eating disorders and size 0. It includes interviews from teachers and young people giving their views on size 0.

Social Networking
This report is about people being safe on social networking sites and has been produced to raise awareness of how to use the sites safely. It includes interviews with parents, teachers and young people.

Saints Peter and Paul

We are the Saints Peter and Paul News Team and we are working on a cornucopia of stories, some pre-recorded such as Caitlin and Chelsea’s interview with girl band “the Saturdays”, the Whoopee Cushion Wind Section of the BBC Philharmonic andthe growing rate of teenage obesity in  great Britain. We  are also highlighting topical stories such as the legacy left by Jade Goody and the death of Leon Walker.

Bankfield

We are bankfield news team and our stories are the first grown brain, mobile phones in schools, the 6 nations and the breeding of birds at St Michael’s Golf Course.

Chesnut Lodge

We are the Chesnut Lodge team and we are working on charity shopping during the credit crunch, life for Britain’s street teens, access to after-school activities, the tax on chocolate and the sighting of ET on Google Streetview.

Fairfield High

We are the Fairfield News Team and we are working on the discovery of 50 new animal species, Jade Goddy’s death and it’s effect on testing, a tragic drowning in Manchester, and the opening of the manchester-Liverpool canal.