We have been running this event since 1991 and in that time well over half a million young people have been given the chance to take part, thanks to the hard work of the teachers involved.
The first year saw nearly 100 schools taking part and this rose steadily to over 1,000 in 2008. Over the years we have had entries from over 30 countries covering all five continents.
Newsday has always been FUN and I have enjoyed meeting staff and pupils at the presentations and reading the news reports and your comments about school life e.g.
‘I need to tell you that every single one of the children thoroughly enjoyed themselves today – and I’m exhausted! All came dressed in their 'office gear'; shirts & ties etc. Our attached advisor was extremely impressed when she visited today! But the biggest success of the day was seeing two of our reluctant writers hammering away at keyboards as if their lives depended on it! Thank you!’
‘I am proud of this class - they have not experienced news reporting before and have worked well as a team (which doesn’t happen normally).’
‘Another enjoyable, yet extremely tiring Newsday. All the things that could go wrong did, like children wiping over each other’s work and printer problems, but we coped! When is the next one?’
I am sorry I have been unable to raise the sponsorship for Newsday 2009 to take place.
I hope that many schools will continue to challenge their pupils as the day itself is the major part of the event.
Please continue Newsday as a challenging activity with your pupils. If you need a copy of the support file to use please send me an e-mail. ()
