BBC Studios Visit
Our students from Years 9, 10 and 12 enjoyed a vibrant and inspiring day out at BBC Studios, accompanied by Mr. Mike Baker our school Governor and also a Marjon University Media lecturer. With the sun shining, the group stepped straight into the world of professional broadcasting and journalism.
Throughout the day, students learned key news writing conventions, explored how stories are shaped for different audiences, and even had the chance to write their own scripts.
Our year ten student said “I thought it was fun to experience lots of more activities behind the scenes than I thought there was. Obviously, I’m still quite young so there is still a lot more to learn, but personally l enjoyed it. We went through podcasts, TV directions and news etc. It looked quite complicated from my side but I hope I understand more of it in the near future. I was very grateful to be there”.
Working in small production teams, they researched a topic of their choice, crafted a news report, and then delivered it on camera, gaining first‑hand experience of the pace and precision of real newsroom work.
In the afternoon, the excitement continued as students planned, produced, and delivered a live podcast, broadcast straight from the BBC studio space. Parents tuned in from home to hear students discuss their chosen topics with confidence, humour, and genuine professionalism.
Our Year nine students said:
As we stepped into the studio of BBC my mind was instantly filled with all this technology: Tv’s, monitors, speakers, microphones and huge green screens. After a quick tour around the facility we first went on to make our own news script on a topic of our choice I did mine on Coventry City getting promoted to the premier league for the first time in 25 years, everyone else did: Argyle, England, F1 and more, as well as working the tv directions. We then went on to perform everyone's news scripts. I thought everyone did a good job at performing and even Mr Hulbert performed and at the end, we sped up the words so he couldn't read them.
After a short break we went on to make our own podcast to perform on live radio, my group decided to make our podcast on movies and we ended up arguing on how bad Kpop demons hunters are and the other two groups made theirs on pets and football. As my group went up to perform my podcast, I put my headphones on and adjusted my microphone. Before I knew it we had gone live on radio.The experience was so much different compared to the news scripts, just knowing people are listening to you speak gave me butterflies. We all knew this would be a memory we would never forget — Jack
It was a fun, energetic, and highly memorable day that gave students a real taste of the media industry and showcased their creativity and teamwork.
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