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Written by the children - for the children.

Loughton School News (led by Mrs Solloway) 

Mrs Solloway: sollowayj@loughton.school

Children wishing to work on the LS News team will need to have a strong interest in all aspects of school life, be great communicators, be inquisitive and have some good computing skills. The newspaper will be written by the children for the children, producing the content each week in our team meetings. 

Our representatives for 2024-25

Meet our newly elected LS news representatives:

New for 2024/25

We are trialling using a padlet page for our LS News reports this year. This will enable us to save paper and printing costs but also allow the children to be more creative with layout, font and style. They will hopefully be able to eventually upload their reports independently. Click the link here to see our LS News padlet https://padlet.com/sollowayj/LSNews

Autumn 1 update:

After October half term was our first meeting at LS News. The reporters joined together in the year 4 shared area to chat about how things will work this year. We discussed using the laptops and what kind of articles we could write. The children were all very enthusiastic about their ideas and are looking forward to publishing some interesting pieces this term to appeal to all readers. We can't wait to get things moving!

Autumn 2 update:

Our new LS News reporters have been diligently working since half term to learn how to use the school laptops, practise logging on to the school system and getting to know each other. I have been hugely impressed by the way they have been punctual and enthusiastic about coming to meetings and their independence has been growing all the time. 

They are using Microsoft 365 to access Word, find images to use in their documents and have learned how to share documents. I have been especially pleased by the way the year 3 children have shown their confidence and willingness to collaborate with each other and the children with the other year groups. A special shout out must go to our year 6 reporters who have been so helpful and encouraging to the younger children. Well done Hollie, Nicola, Elliott and Freya.

This year, we would like to save resources by not printing out copies of our newspaper and allow the children more independence in writing more articles for you to read. We have set up a padlet which will be updated regularly. Please check back to see what subjects matter to our children. https://padlet.com/sollowayj/LSNews

 

2023-24

Autumn term update:

A new year and a new LS News team! This year, we have hit the ground running with everyone enjoying lunch together once a week to talk about the important issues in school and discussing what we will choose to write about this year. The prospective parents' evening in November was a real highlight, enabling us to demonstrate to the visiting families how independent and creative our children are. We hope you enjoy reading the latest edition.

Spring term update:

This term, the LS News reporters have been working hard on two editions. They have enjoyed sharing ideas for their own stories with each other at our weekly meetings. The year 3 children have begun to find their feet and are loving being creative with their short reports. It has been wonderful to see all the reporters finding their own style, supporting each other and enjoying spending time together.

Summer term update:

It has been a very busy term in the Wednesday lunchtime LS Newsroom! All the reporters really got into the coronation spirit this term with a patriotic edition just after the bank holiday. They have all shown such independence and creativity with their reports, showing a determination to share their passions and interests with the rest of the school. 

We said goodbye to the year 6s who have been the backbone of the newspaper this year with some superb writing and teamwork. We also hope that some of the other reporters will think about coming back for a second year. Thank you to everyone for your support and encouragement. 

 

2022-2023

Autumn term update:

Due to the current situation in school, it has been difficult to get all the LS News journalists together weekly to begin putting together our first edition. Despite this, they have managed to send their articles, jokes and reports to put into our latest "online edition" which is now uploaded below for you to view.

Thank you to all the children who worked hard in their own time to contribute towards this edition.

Spring term update:

LS News is the school’s own newspaper, written by the children for the children. When we asked the class reporters what was so good about being involved, they said how much they loved being able to write about things that have been happening and do their own research. They also like being able to write things independently and being creative. Some of the children have been using paint 3D on the laptops to add interesting illustrations which we might use in future editions. One of our children has recently written an article about something she really enjoys doing at one of our lunchtime clubs – Scratch Jr. They love using the laptops each week to write their articles. They also get to spend time with children from other year groups which they say makes it more interesting. They can see the importance of learning useful skills which will help them in the future. One of the year six children said, “We get to inform the school about the things we know.” 

Summer term update:

Our final editions for the school year were the best so far with all the children coming up with inventive stories and imaginative ideas for articles to entertain the school community. There was a lot of excitement and interest around the Queen's Jubilee celebrations and the year six pupils wrote some thoughtful pieces about moving up to secondary school. The whole team shared lunch in the final week and celebrated another year of LS News teamwork. Congratulations to everyone who was a part of the 2021-22 team.