BBC School News Report

BBC News School Report gives 11-14 year-old students in the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience. 26 March 2009, schools will take part in an annual News Day, simultaneously creating video, audio and text-based news reports, and publishing them on a school website, to which the BBC will link


Ghost Busting - Everyone loves a good ghost story but how real are they? In this interview pupil at Blakewater College talk to their local Ghost Buster Mr Cotton the Director of Learning (Science) about his interest in ghosts.
Aircraft safety - Following a recent spate of airline crashes for example into the Hudson River Link .Pupils at Blakewater College report for BBC School Report on the safety of Flying.

Crime in Blackburn. - Crime is always a concern to all law-abiding citizens of the UK. Link In this interview for BBC School report pupils at Blakewater College interview their local School Beat Officer on how the local police are tackling crime in the local neighbourhood.
Sport in School - One of the 4 strands of the government Healthy Schools Initiative is Physical Activity. In this interview Pupils at Blakewater talk to Mr Connell one of the Directors of Learning (PE) about what Blakewater College offers to its pupils.

Recession and School - The Credit crunch and subsequent recession is affecting people from all walks of life In this interview Pupils at Blakewater interview the Acting Head M/s Ball about the impact of the Credit Crunch here in school.
Race Issues in School - In this interview pupils at Blakewater talk to Mr Ditta an Assistant Head about the issues of racial bullying in schools.

Staying on at school until aged 18 - On the 27 November 2008 the government passed a law so that teenagers will continue in education or training until the age of 18. The new Act will raise the education leaving age to 17 in 2013 and to 18 from 2015. Pupils at Blakewater College report for BBC School interview the Acting Head M/s Ball and a Assistant Head Mr Ditta on how they see this new law.
Gangs at School - With headlines such as "Seven-year-olds 'being lured into gangs'". There is uneasiness about the recent upsurge in gang membership amongst teenagers. In this interview Pupils at Blakewater College ask Mrs Rathore one of the Heads of House (Bronte) about the issues of Gangs at school.


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