The virtual hub of Mr Waugh's Year 8 Engish class
On Tuesday the 24th of March, 2013, the London Nautical School Year 8 class presented a 30 minute live programme of investigative journalism. It consisted of a live video stream, two radio streams and a range of newspaper articles. You can still read the articles and listen to the radio archive via the following links: […]
The two news companies, “LNS Voice” and “Little People, Big News” have been working furiously for the last three weeks on their investigative journalism product. The results of their work will be published and broadcast live via the address: http://new.livestream.com/accounts/2717067/events/1978044 – you can set up your live link right now!
Investigative Assignment One: Thursday 7 February 2013 In your crews of 2-3 technicians and journalists, select your investigative inquiry: An internal inquiry into an area of controversy or public interest within the London Nautical School Remember: you must pursue a question that allows the sourcing of information from primary sources Decide whether you’re going to […]
As part of their Romeo and Juliet project, some students submitted film interpretations of the original Shakespearian script. Here are some samples of what we saw: Hal’s Interpretation Elliott’s Interpretation Barnaby, Alistair and Bruke’s Interpretation Peter and Arthur’s Interpretation
Later this term the Year 8 English Bunker will be transformed into a thriving, adrenaline-filled newsroom. Those of you who follow the Year Plan will already be expecting this development. British journalism has reached a crisis. Big business has a stranglehold on the mainstream media, and the Guardian has made a massive miss-step with its latest […]
You must select 3 options from the following grid – you must all do the analytical essay, but can choose freely from the other options. The more granular detail: times, word counts etc, will be defined soon, but for the time being you should be thinking about which of the options best suits your way […]
Observed by 15 school principals, teachers and administrators from Germany, the Year 8 English class outdid themselves in their creative re-interpretations of key scenes from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. To follow are samples of their scripts and re-enactments for your reading and viewing pleasure: Sample 1: Script of a modernised version […]
Completed in 30 minutes of class time, this documentary explores the ideas that Baz Luhrmann used to interpret the original script of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in his film Romeo + Juliet. To follow is the result: