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What
is a newspaper day?
This activity is
aimed at providing a rich cross-curricular activity for
students, either in their native language or in the foreign
language which they are studying. A news agency, manned by
sixth form college students, will sift out appropriate news
which will be sent to all participating schools by E-Mail or
fax. Each school will then produce a newspaper based on local,
national and sports news, as well as the feature materials
supplied by the organisers. In addition there is a survey of
students opinions, where the survey responses converted into
data which schools can use on their database or spreadsheet
software to analyse the results, and use them as the basis of
a feature article.
Aims
of this event
To give an opportunity for students to write for a real
audience.
To
create an opportunity for school children to work
collaboratively to real deadlines.
To develop a newsgathering tradition across the curriculum.
To offer an appropriate environment for developing IT skills.
To take part in a challenging and enjoyable activity.
from: An
invitation to take part in The International Newspaper Day
Challenge (Brian Robinson, autumn 1997)
The aim of a
Newsday is for students to produce a newspaper or news website
to real deadlines, i.e. within one day, using 'live' news and
writing for a real audience. 'Live' news will be provided via
electronic mail/fax and can also be gathered from the World
Wide Web.
Judging...
A team of teachers read all entries and their responses
are sent to the school along with a presentation certificate.
There are the following categories in the judging:
Years
1-3
4-6
7-9
any 9 and above.
The judges will take into account the age of the students
within these categories, and whether they have written in a
non native language, in order to award Credit, Merit,
Commended, Highly Commended and Distinction Certificates.
A blank copy of the award certificate will be sent for
in-school presentations.
The papers / websites will be judged on their:
Design
Interest to readers
Use of the feature materials
Use of conventional newspaper techniques.
Schools from across the United Kingdom, Europe and as far as
Sri Lanka, The Falkland Islands, UAE, Kuwait and Chile take
part.
If you would
like to know more or take part in any of these events, please
contact:
Newsday Events (Brian Robinson)
RaCIT
Redcar Education Centre
Corporation Road
REDCAR
TS10 1HA
or email: brian@racit.org.uk
The
winner is...
Verlockend
ist die Gewinnchance: Drei Exemplare der
fertigen Zeitung müssen noch am Herstellungstag nach England
geschickt werden, wenn sie am Wettbewerb teilnehmen sollen.
Prämiert
wird in den Bereichen:
- Primary
Schools
- Secondary
Schools and Colleges
- International
Schools
Kriterien:
"Design, interest to readers, language accuracy, use
of feature materials".
Die
Jury ist durch Zeitungsprofis hochkarätig besetzt und prämiert
mit Urkunden in den Kategorien Credit, Merit,
Commended, Highly Commended und Distinction.
Die
Zeitungen, die Distinction Level erreichen,
werden zur Preisverleihung nach London (in den letzten Jahren
im House of Commons) eingeladen, müssen allerdings die Kosten
selber tragen. Da die Zeitungen durch Anzeigen finanziert
werden (sollten), kann bei der Beschaffung von Anzeigenaufträgen
bereits auf die Teilnahme an der Preisverleihung hingearbeitet
werden...
Abhängig
vom Sponsor des jeweiligen Newspaper Day erhalten die
Gewinnschulen Software, Computer etc.
more: http://www.newsday.co.uk
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