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TES Newsday
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12/07/2001 House of Commons Welcome for Millennium Schools Websites
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Students from Deer Park School were the overall winners, seen here receiving their certificate from Dermott Murnaghan
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On 22 June, the House of Commons hosted a celebration of the skills and talents of school children who created a stunning range of newspapers and news websites for the TES Newsday competition. For the first time in its ten year history, Newsday went digital with the help of Millennium Schools. Pupils who became reporters, journalists, editors, designers and publishers for one day in March, met ITN News presenter Dermott Murnaghan who presented the awards and certificates.
TES Newsday is an annual competition where pupils have a single day to create a real newspaper for a real audience, reporting on real events. This year pupils used a specially-created section of Millennium Schools, a website building tool created by Intuitive Media, to design and publish some absolutely outstanding news websites for a global audience.
Millennium Schools Director, John Smith, said, "We are absolutely thrilled with the standard of work that the children have produced. It is extremely satisfying to discover that a project like Millennium Schools has been able to unleash such great potential."
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Students and teachers from Deer Park School with Alf Brown (second from right) from Intuitive Media, creators of Millennium Schools
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Deer Park School in Cirencester won the news website award for their 38 page online newspaper which covers national, international and local news, entertainment and sport. The website includes special features on Tony Benn and Indigo, a new Youth Service launched in the area. The fluency of the writing, the quality of the images and the choice of subjects ranging from the collapse of the Japanese stock market to the question on everyone's minds: "Who shot Phil Mitchell?" all made for an extremely impressive entry.
Many other schools were commended for their writing style, simple navigation, extensive content and excellent visual impact. Baldragon Academy created a beautifully animated front page to grab readers' attention and Haslingdean High School reflected the nation's concerns with extensive coverage of the Foot and Mouth crisis and its effects on local farmers.
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St Paul's Girls' School won the prize for Best Advertisement
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Brian Robinson from the Redcar and Cleveland ICT Center said, "Teachers and pupils with no previous knowledge of website creation said the shell and simple upload facility provided by Millennium Schools enabled them to concentrate on producing high quality writing accompanied by supporting images."
TES Newsday is now a permanent fixture for many teachers and pupils. As well as providing pupils with a taste of journalism, it is an extremely effective demonstration of the practical applications of planning, investigation, writing, image manipulation and ICT skills.
Schools from Europe and Africa are waiting in the wings to participate in 2002.
Email us now at newsday@millenniumschools.co.uk, to register your interest in the next TES Newsday News Web Site competition. We will then contact you nearer the time with details of how to enter.
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