What is BBC News School Report?
Find out more about the project which motivates secondary students around the UK to make and broadcast their own news.

Youth parliament
Young debaters take over the Commons

School Report map
See which schools are taking part.

Practice News Day
Join the 19 November dress rehearsal.

Back on the Box
Students greet The BBC Box

Reporting Zambia
Three schools make the news in Lusaka.

Children in Need
A guide to reporting fundraising activities.

Lesson 1: Finding news
Students examine what makes a story newsworthy, the types of audiences and the importance of accuracy.

Lesson 2: Gathering News
Students examine sources and techniques for gathering facts and a balance of opinions, focusing on interviews.

Lesson 3: Writing News
Students write a news script which is clear, concise and correct - the three Cs of journalism.

Lesson 4: Assembling news
Students assemble words and pictures to form a report, editing it in a way which will bring their words to life.

Lesson 5: Ordering news
Students order several reports to make a news programme which appeals to a specific audience.

Lesson 6: Broadcasting news
Students practise reading the news and produce a news programme adhering to a strict deadline.

Top ten tips: Politics
Adam Fleming gives his advice.

Older mentors
How over-14s can join in the project.

Sue Barker goes to Yorkshire
Question of Sports presenter Sue Barker visits Myers Grove School in Sheffield ahead of the 2009 Sports Personality of the Year awards in Sheffield on 13 December. Students from Myers Grove and Wisewood Secondary School asked Sue about who she thought could win the sporting award.

Top runner shares career highs
Silver medallist Lisa Dobriskey is interviewed by School Reporters from Brockhill Park Performing Arts College, Hythe, Kent

Who would you tweet?
Four students from Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove, East Sussex, explain who they would contact using Twitter.

What award would you like to see?
US President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples". But which areas would young people like to see celebrated? School Reporters from Longsands College in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, gave their views.