BBC News School Reports

Article by Fiona and Kirsty, S1

On the 12^th of February 2008 Rebecca Williams came from the BBC. She is the editor. We met in the leisure centre and we discussed why she was here. She told us that she had been going to certain schools around the country and thinking up a story with them. She told us that this might be shown on the news. We got to work thinking up a story. We decided on the fundraising for Malawi. We talked about it and shared all the info that we already knew. We didn’t know much but Ross Marshall came and we interviewed him. We asked him things like what is the trip all about? And who is going? And is there anyone who we could interview for more info? We discovered that the school had been fundraising for a few years and had managed to rebuild a block in a primary school just outside of Mzuzu. They were also in touch with a minister that lived there. He was called Levi. We got an email address for him and so we entailed him with all our questions we needed to find out. We started our story and we wrote out our script. We worked really hard not even stopping for a break. We had just finished our script and our work for the day when the bell rung. We went home relived that we had finished.

We met just after the bell rang for school to begin. We got the script out and we started to rehearse right away. We practiced our lines trying to get them by heart. James our cameraman was soon to arrive so we sent a few people to pick him up at the office. When he arrived we gave him a quick run through of our ideas then we got to work. We had a lot planned. We had an interview with a sixth year that was going over to Mzuzu who was also doing a 24-hour pool contest. After we started filming the day just went a blur. It seemed like no time at all till we were filming our last shot. After that we took a few pictures and then said our goodbyes to James And Rebecca. It seemed sad to see them go. Over all it was a good day.

Watch the video that the S1 pupils made with the BBC (You may need Quicktime or Real Player). Please be patient while the it loads. It is well worth the wait

View the video (hopefully) via the BBC Link by Clicking Here

Alternatively click here to see the same video on our school web domain space (this is a converted file and has lost some quality compared with BBC link)