New stories?

I don't have anything else on the list of new stories to be covered at the moment for those of you who have finished writing them. I will e-mail staff to see if they have any stories to be written, in the meantime if you hear of anything too let me know. Mrs Bird

FINALLY FINISHED!!!

Hey, miss bird just finished my article thanks to you. I will hand it in Monday either lunch time or after school

hello please reply to me

Hi, what did every year group do for their community day please reply back desperate for answers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stories due by ...

All stories to Mrs Bird by 2-12-13.

Meeting tomorrow!

Can all news team members attend a meeting in Mrs Bird's room on Thurs 21st Nov at 2.45. Thank you and see you then. Mrs Bird

Update on Stories

Thanks to those of you who have already handed in your stories - an update:

Matthew Cape - 1st story handed in, now working on Top 5 Christmas Films
Abby Brown - Christmas recipes
Hannah Swain - interview with progress managers

There will be a news team meeting on Thursday 21st November after school in Mrs Birds room.

We will also be running a competition for best Christmas story and possible new name for the newsletter  - please push in your form classes, here are the details:

1. A Christmas Story Writing Competition - we want students to write a festive story in 100 words or less.  The best of them will be published in the Christmas newsletter and we will pick a prize for the top 3.  Deadline for these stories is Fri 6th December, they can be hand written or sent in to our news team account farranewsteam@gmail.com - make sure names and forms are written on entries. Staff are free to enter too!!

2. As we have now changed to an Academy we are also looking to rename Farra News to something perhaps more formal.  If individual staff, students or even as a form class you have any ideas please can you mail ideas to Mrs Bird asap.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

If you have a story that you think should appear in our Christmas edition please post comments on our blog or email to farranewsteam@gmail.com

Your stories ...

Good Afternoon  All, 

I am posting a list of the stories you agreed to write for newsletter – if you can draft them as soon as possible (by 8^th Nov at the latest) I will then assign you a second story to complete.  A few tips on setting it out – the 5 W’s in first paragraph, develop story, and include a comment from someone if you can. Aim for 200 words max for a story.

• Community Day - Ewan Stead
• Open Evening – Matthew Cape
• Gambia – Connor Peverley
• Library News - Chloe Howe/Sophie Hill
• Book Reviews - Charlotte Eastick/Alison Gash (2 books each – one for boys, one for girls)
• Y7 – how I feel at Farra 1 term in – Matthew Walters (interview 6 people – they must be willing to have photo taken)
• Review of school panto/Remembrance Assembly – Isabella Taylor
• Review of local pantos – Molly McKeown (in Sunderland, Newcastle and Durham)
• European Lang Day dress up/MFL news – Abbie Proffitt
• Christmas around the world – Rebecca Haswell (pick 3 places)

Send finished stories to farranewsteam@gmail.com

If you weren't at the meeting but still intend to write for the news team please come and see me for a story. 

Thank you and have a good holiday, Mrs Bird

Hello new members

Welcome to News Team

Farra News - Aint got one?

Please see Mrs Bird either Lunch or After School to collect a copy of Summer 2013 Farra News, if you aint yet got one!

Looks great guys:)

Coming soon ...

Our first issue of the school year will be published soon.  Mrs Bird has been doing final checks with our page designer; Mr Duncanson has created us a fab front cover; Mr Fearon has been proof reading.  Watch this space - all of the news team stories written before the summer will be published in print in the coming week.  This is our only printed edition of the year and it is always an epic - 20 pages. As well as being delivered to our primaries, we also distribute locally and give out copies on Open Evening.  Exciting times - especially as its our first issue as Farringdon Community Academy.

Gorgeous!

Thanks to those who turned up tonight to get the September photo done - as promised I have put really good looking version on here!

Stories to me by Friday, thanks for all your help with Y6 those of you that helped, you were fab.

News Team Meeting

Our primaries will be in Tuesday pm (9th) - the following will be out of lessons to help: Charlotte, Sophie, Alison, Abby, Isabella and Amber - meet me in the library P4.

For all of you there will be a short meeting after school on Tuesday night, please meet in the library at 3pm, shouldn't be more than 15-20 mins,

Thank you,  Mrs Bird

Jobs for Charlotte Eastick, Sophie Hill and Alison Gash

This is for Sophie Hill, Alison Gash and Charlotte Eastick (Me).

We have been given a sheet of paper each as of which includes a list of some of the pupils that go to our school. A child from each school in the area has been chosen to write about; 1: How they felt about coming to Farringdon and how they feel now. 2: New opportunities and experiences they've had. 3: The best thing that has happened to them this year and 4: Advice that they would give to anyone thinking of coming to Farrinngdon. We also need a photo of them. The deadline for this is 11th of July. We also don't need to do Mill Hill, Benedict Biscop  and New Silksworth. Also me and Alison have a few other tasks to do for the newspaper within school as we have to see Miss Leach about one of our tasks that we have to do. Thank you! ~ Charlotte Eastick

Thanks for collecting your info ...

Thanks to those of you who came to see me to pick up your story details - deadline = Fri 11th July so we can check them in final week, if you've done them sooner there are plenty more stories to be written.  Thank you, any problems see me or Miss Gibson

Jobs for September Newsletter

Good Afternoon News Team,

Please read the following. Here are your stories for the September issues.  If there is anything you are not sure about please come and see me or Miss Gibson.  Please can you get the text of these stories typed in word and to us as soon as possible, if is an event that happens nearer to the end of term obviously you’ll have to wait till when it has happened. If you need to borrow a camera come and ask.

Abby Brown – ‘We are now an Academy’ / changes to the school over the summer (interview Mr K)

Katherine Eastaugh – Creative Arts page to include – Play Review, Media, Dance, Art + Music News

Charlotte Eastick / Alison Gash – interviews with 6-8 Y7 pupils on experiences at Farra / comment from each year manager and comments from new intervention managers (see Miss Leach)

Isabella Taylor – Community/Activity Days and interviews with staff leavers (Mr Taylor – retiring, Miss Ashplant – leaving – any others??)

Emma Stubbs / Chelsea Jobling – ASP News(speak to Miss Holt) and interviews with news team members for profiles on back cover

Amber Peters – Gambia News (see Miss Schneider, Mr Horsely or Miss Ramshaw)

Rebecca Haswell – Library News (see Miss Hughes) Literacy News (see Miss McCarthy/Miss Sword)

Connor Peverley – Sports News to include end of term activity day with Y7 (see Mr Golightly)

Thanks a lot, Miss Gibson and Mrs Bird

Thanks

Thanks to all news team members for your hard work on summer edition of Farra News. You should all be proud. We will all meet again in September to plan out Christmas edition so in meantime just have a think as to which articles you may like to do. 

Next meeting first Thursday back in September. Watch this space for details x

IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO NEWS TEAM FROM MS GIBSON AND MRS BIRD

Well done for the latest online edition which went up on our school website this week.

Just to let you know we won't be holding any more news team meetings now till the new school year as the September edition is mostly already done. We will need a few of you to help us write the odd article or two but we'll contact you when we need you.  Thanks for all your hard work.

Next edition

Next FABULOUS edition of Farra News will be online within the week.

This edition!

Well done news team, we worked well this issue!

Next meeting

All members to meet in D1 Thursday lunchtime. Very important. Thanks in advance. X from Ms G

Stories - Newsletter

Just a notice to all newsteam members we are needing some articles complete and handed in to Miss Gibson, please do so.

Next edition

Next online edition of farra news will be available week commencing 20th may 2013. News team will be working their socks off on 14th may finalising the newsletter.

Farra News Website - About Me

Can all news team please see Connor sometime around school for an 'About Me' sheet for the new website which is under development!

Thanks.

Great meeting

Lovely to see everyone so enthusiastic at tonight's meeting.  Lots of enthusiasm for upcoming edition of Farra News - where 'it's all going on!'

We are currently in the proccess of developing a 'great' website for Farra News. More information will be coming soon upon this!

News Team Meeting

There will be a news team meeting on Thursday 18th April in the school library, after school.
People who weren't there last week will need to attend due to some news and things..

But the rest will still need to come along for some information and things :P

See you there :P

Oh, if you don't come you'll need a good reason why you cannot make it!

For this meeting, please bring along the list of your articles you need to complete.

Team Photo

Can all News Team meet in D18 for a big group photo for our cover picture - be there or be square!
Dress smart.