10th March- BBC School News Reporters Big News Day

PLS BBC School News Reporters visited BBC Broadcasting House on 10 March for the 10th anniversary of BBC School News Report.
Watch the clip below.
We were also featured on the BBC News - watch the BBC News video - PLS are 8min 20 seconds into the clip.

Here are PLS BBC School Reporters' account of this amazing day;
 

On the tenth of March we went to the BBC broadcasting house. The first thing we did was to listen to the speech given by the Head of BBC. Our tour guide, Kirsty McLean has given us a tour of the Broadcasting House and then we went on our way to drive the desk. Sarah Evans taught us how to drive a desk. Our training included how we could choose music and how we could change the songs. We interviewed Sarah to find out how she got to the stage she is at now. Our other big event was when we did drive the desk live on radio 1Xtra. We interviewed A.Dot and also spoke live on radio. It was a great experience and we have fun.  - by Selena-Year 10

 

I have no words to explain how much I enjoyed the visit we had. I personally had a great experience. Everyone were amazing and so polite. Our guide Kirsty  McLean  was making us feel like part of the family which made my heart melt. We met Sara Evans, who is the person that prepares “the desk” on radio shows before going live. She is the nicest person I have ever met in my life. A. Dot was also fantastic. We went live on the radio with her, it was very stressful  but so exciting! Huge thanks to BBC for the chance they gave us!! -by Maria Year 10

On the 10^th march, we went to the BBC Broadcasting house to meet A. DOT and did activities with many interesting people. Everyone was very nice and considerate toward us. Firstly we met Sarah Evans to learn how to drive a desk. We had so much fun and learned many things. It was a great experience as there was new things we seen. We had the chance to drive a desk and ask A DOT question. She answers about how she started and what she wanted to do with music as it was a dream of hers. Kirsty was our guide and would tell us more about the BBC studio. We also had the chance to see the director of the BBC Broadcasting House. Thank you BBC School Report for inviting us.

By Mariya Year 10

Well done to all the reporters and thank you!

 

 

 

 

 

PLS BBC School News Reporters' Presentation for 8th March-International Women's Day

8th March International Women’s Day

“Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”

*The United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March during International Women’s Year 1975.

*International Women’s Day first emerged from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe.

*Since those early years, International Women’s Day has assumed a new global dimension for women in developed and developing countries alike.

Source: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-womens-day#sthash.b2Zf3PVq.dpuf

*There are currently 17 countries with women as head of government, head of state, or both, which according to UN, has more than doubled since 2005.
 

*The number of women owning small and medium-sized businesses is estimated to be between 8 million and 10 million, and although this is still far fewer than that for men owning similar enterprises, numbers are slowly growing.

*In south Asia more than 80% of men and women work in the informal sector, and in sub-Saharan Africa it is 74% of women and 61% of men.

*There are also more women in formal paid work today than at any point in history. They now make up about 40% of the global formal labour force, and 43% of the agricultural labour force, although this varies considerably from country to country.

*The highest positions are even more elusive for women: only seven of 150 elected heads of state in the world are women, and only 11 of 192 heads of government.

*In the private sector, women are on most boards of directors of large companies but their number remains low compared to that for men.

Source: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/sep/29/women-better-off-far-from-equal-men

*International Women’s Day events are held worldwide on March 8.

*Various women, including political, community, and business leaders, as well as leading educators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and television personalities, are usually invited to speak at various events on the day.

*In some countries, including Afghanistan, China and Russia, International Women’s Day is an official holiday for women.

* In some countries, including Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania, the custom is for men to give flowers (or a small gift) to the women in their life, e.g. mother, sister, grandmother, wife, and girlfriend.

*UN-Women Organisation envisages a world where all women and girls have equal opportunities and rights by 2030. Step It Up asks governments to make national commitments that will close the gender equality gap – from laws and policies to national action plans and adequate investment.
Now is the time to Step it Up!

See more at: http://beijing20.unwomen.org/en/step-it-up#sthash.XxAr08CC.dpuf

 

PLS BBC School News Reporters reporting for News Practice Day-09/02/2016

PLS BBC School News Reporters celebrated Chinese New Year
Here is their presentation...

Chinese New Year 2016
Year of The Monkey

PLS BBC School News Reporters wish you HAPPY NEW YEAR!

新年快乐- Xīnnián kuàilè

 

Watch about Chinese New Year History

http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/chinese-new-year

http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/chinese-new-year/videos/history-of-the-holidays-chinese-new-year

 

Decoration

¢Chinese New Year is a time when families get together to celebrate. It is also a special time to remember members of the family who have died.

  ¢In the days coming up to New Year every family buys presents, decorations, food, new clothes and people have their hair cut.

  ¢Houses are cleaned from top to bottom. The aim is to sweep out any bad luck from the old year and clear the way for good luck. However, it is bad luck to clean on New Years Day itself.

  ¢Families put lights up outside their homes, rather like Christmas lights.

  ¢Doors and windows are often newly painted in red.

  ¢On New Years Eve both narrow strips of red paper, called Chunlian or Spring Couplets, and bunches of firecracker decorations are hung on doors to bring good luck.

 lucky Food

¢Dumpling:

¢Fish:

¢Spring Rolls

¢Noodles:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Say Happy new year in Chinese:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLS BBC School News Reporters' Presentation: Martin Luther King Jr Day- 2016

I have a dream....


Why did he make this speech?

0To stop racism and segregation

0To provide equality and peace in the community

0To improve human rights

0To guide people to peace

0For his personal conviction/belief

0For next generations’ sake

 

His achievements

0Between 1957 and 1968, King travelled over 6 million miles and spoke over 2500 times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action;

0Meanwhile he wrote 5 books as well as numerous articles.

0In these years, he led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that caught the attention of the entire world, providing what he called a coalition of conscience.

0Inspiring his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution; he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, "l Have a Dream",

How did he die?

 

On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.

 

 

Here are PLS BBC School News Reporters' dreams;

I have a dream that,

0 people shall stop misunderstanding religions and they shall stop discriminating each other because of their religion. (Selena)

0everyone shall be treated equally (Yubing)

0life shall be without suffering and prejudice (Mariya)

0 no one shall have any fear to express themselves in the society. (Maria)

0everyone shall trust each other! (Ololade)

0Everyone shall live in peace! (Elidzhan)