MEDIA CHALLENGE

July the 9th and we were all ready for the BIG DAY! The school bought a special video, we borrowed a digital recorder from 4A and Mr Rees raced around preparing the children - they needed to know how to use the Video as well as edit it. Mrs Bell read the instructions on using the recorder and Mrs Annett wrote down instrcutions to help the group.

This sounded manageable, BUT we had the Y6 play to put on as well! It was a good job Miss Akhtar was in charge of that. She has done a brilliant job, organising the children and teaching them the roles, organising adults to help with scenery and props and also involving Mr Chapman with the singing. The 3 performances were superb, with the final one for the parents being the BEST! Well done, everyone one.

Now back to the Media Challenge. Mrs Annett and Mrs Bell took the children in their cars, along with the resources. We even had to take the printer with us (Mrs Fearn was happy for us to borrow hers). When we got to MOD, first we had to sign in at Reception and pick up the badges and car labels. Then we went to the Hub where we set up our resources. After the briefing, it was full action..........

Everyone ran towards a building from which a robber was seen leaving. Suddenly a loud BANG made us jump! A car had crashed, there was smoke everywhere, and fire sirens ringing loudly. People ran towards the crash and started filming, taking photos and taping information. It was very exciting to see an ambulance arriving to help the injured people. The police managed to capture the robbers and took him away.

Once we had gathered all the information, children went to produce reports - radio, T.V and newspaper. The group (Asra, Anum, Hannah, Dhanyal, Hassan and Hussnae) worked well. It was disappointing to find that the digital video did not work effectively. But the group improvised and coped. The radio report was soon ready, and the newspaper was looking good by lunchtime.

At lunchtime, Mrs Annett and Mrs Bell had a quiet time in the recreational area. Mrs Annett produced a birthday cake for Mrs Bell (how lovely) and we all had a wonderful piece. Yum, what a great day for Mrs Bell. After that Mrs Bell disappeared again - she found INTERNET and wrote on the Blog!