Rachael Smith from the BBC has signed our Guest Book:

I want to congratulate the BBC School Report team for their work, which was very entertaining to watch. As your Mentor, I know that you all worked very hard in making the news on March 11th and I hope you are all proud of what you have achieved. I think that, considering this was your first time, you have really shown creativity with your work and created quite an interest in your animations. Congratulations!

For the past 12 weeks we have been building up to the big day March the 11^th and today was the day. All day we have been rehearsing for our BBC School Report which we recorded LIVE today at 2:00pm.  Since 9:00am this morning we have all been stressing, nervous and rushing around  to get ready for 2:00pm. We just managed to get ready and it made us all even more nervous that the new head teacher Mr. Calvin decided to come and watch us record live. Then 2:00pm came and tensions were high. We were all ready, LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION and we went on air. Then we were finished and then the class made a big sigh of relief. It was all over if you would like to see how we got on check out the video below.

Kyle

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Barr’s Hill School have taken part in a world record breaking attempt. In order for this to happen Adela, the weather girl had to take the temperature at exactly 9.15 a.m., along with the 250 other schools who were also involved. 

There were five students involved; Joshua, Olu, Sumaya, and Shanice and weather girl Adela. Joshua filmed us while we noted down the temperature, Shanice took pictures, Olu and Sumaya helped Adela with the temperature readings. 

Samantha Davies the WPC was our witness she also helped with the timing. After all the work was done we took some pictures.

Olu
Adela

Two of our 6th formers (Rahel and Isse) were interviewed on the Annie Othen show on BBC CWR this morning. They talked about their animation project that highlights the dangers of knife crime. You can listen to the interview by clicking on the play button below.

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BBC CWR have posted the animation on their website here.

Today one of the year 9 media groups are involved in the BBC School Report Project. They will be filming throughout the day. 

They are also attempting to break a world record alongside 250 other school which the weather team are very excited about. 

By 4pm all the news report will be available on our website for you to watch plus it should be on the actual school report website and the BBC CWR website. We're 1 of only 5 schools in Coventry taking part.

Three of our 6th formers will be on the radio (BBC CWR) between 9.10 and 9.20 today so listen live or you can listen again for the the next 7 days on iPlayer.

On Tuesday 9^th February 2010 BBC reporters Rachael Smith & James MacDonald decided to come to our school to interview pupils about their use of animation. We were chosen to take part in an interview where we answered a few questions related to our media advert.

As we edited our ‘Toxic Waste’ advert they came over and had a sneak preview at our finished product. They were amazed at how we had merged together animation with live footage. Rachael & James were overwhelmed at how we had put it all together from scratch with very little help from the teacher (Ms Lawlor). One of the hardest things we did was actually piecing together the plasticine models and keeping them in place without them falling to pieces. Nikita was mainly in charge of camera angles and filming. She also put together the animation with help from Shiloh and Dee, who were working on the backing music and the recorded footage. Some of the questions asked were “How hard was the animation?” & “How does animation help in life?”. Overall we had a great time and would happily do it again (With thanks to Ms Lawlor for making it all happen). 

You can view photos of the event by visiting our Gallery.

By Nikita, Dee & Shiloh
Year 9