On Monday the 24th
of June 2013, some teachers and students from Dinnington Comprehensive School
headed down to London for the day to compete with many other schools from
across the UK in the Shine Media Awards 2013.
The Shine Media
Awards were designed to encourage students and teachers from schools across the
country to produce a newspaper, magazine, newsletter, digital edition or a
website. They were also designed to:
Encourage an
interest in developing publishing skills in young people, helping them to
improve literacy, nurture creativity, develop commercial and business skills,
encourage teamwork and develop leadership skills.
Raise awareness and
understanding of the skills required by the media and graphic arts industries,
such as commercial awareness, leadership, editorial flair, circulation strategy
and design and production and encourage school-leavers to consider the media
and graphic arts industries as a career choice.
Raise awareness of
the importance of respecting copyright and the ownership of intellectual
property. Develop an informed
awareness of the need for sustainable strategies to address environmental
issues.
Promote interaction
between departments within schools, including English, Art & Design,
Business Studies and IT, interaction with the local community and
between pupils, teachers and the wider business community.
On Monday
the 24th of June 2013, some teachers and students from Dinnington
Comprehensive School headed down to London for the day to compete with many
other schools from across the UK in the Shine Media Awards 2013.
Dinnington Comprehensive School entered their
own website (DCS News) into the competition in April 2013 along with 2 other categories
including ‘ Most Inspirational Teacher’ and ‘Most Outstanding Pupil’, hoping
that we would get through to the semi-finals. A total of 200 schools entered
the awards, here are the schools who participated in the Shine Awards 2013…
Addington High School, Adeyfield, All Saints’ Academy – Cheltenham,
Ashdown Technology College, Audenshaw, Aylesbury High School, Bablake, Barr
Beacon School, Baxter College, Beauchamp College, Beccles Free School, Bedford
Academy, Berkhamstead School, Birches Head High School, Birkdale School, Birkenhead
High School Academy, Blackpool Sixth Form College, Bluecoat Academy, Bodmin
College, Bower Park School, Bradon Forest School, Branksome Heath Middle School,
Brentwood School, Broadgreen International School, Broadoak Maths and Computing
College, Brookfield Community School and Language College, Burnt Mill Academy, Bury
Grammar School Boys, Caistor Grammar School, Caistor Yarborough Academy, Cardinal
Hume Catholic School, Catmose College, Cedars Upper School, Charlton School, Chelmsford
County High, Chesham Grammar School, Chingford Foundation School, Chipping
Campden School, Chiswick School, City of London School, City School, Sheffield,
Clacton Coastal Academy, Claremont High School Academy, Coundon Court, Countetshorpe
Community College, Court Moor School, Darlington School of Mathematics and
Science, Darrick Wood School, Dartford Grammar School, Devonport High School
for Girls, Dinnington Comprehensive School, Dollar Academy, Duchess Community
High School, Dulwich College, Durham School, Endon High School, Enfield Grammar
School, Fearns Community Sports College, Forest School, Fort Pitt Grammar
School, Forthill Community School, Fulwood Academy, Great Marlow School, Greshham’s
Prep School, Gumley House School, Hampton School, Hardenhuish School, Harris
Academy Bromley, Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Harris City Academy Crystal
Palace, Heaton Manor School, Hetton School, High Storrs, Hillview School for
Girls, Holbrook High School, Holmer Green Senior School, Homewood School Sixth
Form Centre, Humphry Davy School, Ibstock Place School, Immanuel College, Isleworth
& Syon School for Boys, John Summers High School, Kennet School, King
Charles 1 School, King Edwards VI College, Kings Norton Girls’ School, Kingsbridge
Community College, The Knights Templar School, Langley Park School for Boys, Larkmead,
Latymer Upper School, Lavington School, Longbenton Community College, Lutterworth
College, Lutterworth High School, Lyng Hall School, Lynn Grove High School, Mabel
Prichard School, Marshfields School, Mayfield Grammar School Gravesend, Melksham
Oak Community School, Mill Hill School, Moor End Academy, Moorside High School,
Morpeth School, Mount Grace School, Netherthorpe, Newall Green High School, Norbury
Manor Business and Enterprise Academy, Northampton High School, Northgate
School Arts College, Norwich School, Oasis Academy Oldham, Old Palace of John
Whitgift School, Ormiston Bushfield Academy, Ormiston Maritime Academy, Osborne
School, Oswestry School, Oundle School, Passmores Academy, Patcham High School,
Pathfield School, Pedmore Technology College & Community School, Prince
Henry’s High School, Rainhill High School, Royal Russell School, RSA Academy, Saint
George’s C of E School, Saltash.net Community School, Samuel Ryder Academy, Samuel
Ward Academy, Sedgehill School, Sir John Talbots Technology College, South
Bromsgrove High School, St Bonventure’s, St George’s Ascot, St Joseph’s
Catholic College, St Joseph’s RC High School, St Mary’s School, St Paul’s
Girls’ School, St Peter’s School, St Sampson’s High School, St Simon Stock
Catholic School, St Thomas More High School Westcliffe-on-Sea, St Thomas the
Apostle College, St. Peter’s RC School, Swindon Academy, Tendring Technology
College, The Academy, Selsey, The Beacon School, The Brier School, The
Buckingham School, The Burton Borough School, The Chase, The City Academy,
Hackney, The Friary School, The Godolphin & Latymer School, The Heathland
School, The Hermitage Academy, The Petchey Academy, The Queen’s School, The
Ravensbourne School, The Right Choice Independent School, The Springfields
Academy, Thomas Bennett Community College, Thomas Bewick School, Tideway School,
Tonbridge Grammar School, Tor Bridge High, Torquay Boys’ Grammar School, Tudor
Hall, Ulverston Victoria High School, University Academy Birkenhead, Walworth
Academy, Wednesfield High School, Westminster City School, Wickersley School, William
Farr C of E Comprehensive School, William Howard School, Wisbech Grammar School,
Withington Girls’ School, Woodside School, Wren Academy and Wymondham College.
The Shine Awards are judged by a high profile group of professionals.
They were: Simon Heffer (Chairman of the Judges, Editor, Mail Comment Online
and political columnist for the Daily Mail). Also in the panel of judges were:
Jo Warner (Howard CLA), Valentina Moressa (Quark), Guy Black (Telegraph Media
Group), Gary White (Cambridge University Press), Nicholas Brett (BBC Worldwide),
Paul Sinker (The Newspaper Society), Terry Mansfield (Hearst Corporation),
Victoria White (Editor Company magazine), Stevie Keen ( IPC Media social media),
Keren Davis (author and journalist), Clifford Jakes (Chairman of the Shine 2011
awards), Michael Shaw (TES), James Jarvis (Antalis McNaughton), Nick
Steidl (Stationers’ Foundation) and Melanie Essex (founder producer of
BBC School Report). All of these judges were split into 6 groups and were
given certain categories to judge to make matters fair.
The first round of judging started on Tuesday the 23rd
of April 2013, where 200 schools were stripped down to . Luckily for DCS, our
website and outstanding pupil category got through to the semi-finals. The next
round of judging started on Tuesday the 21st May 2013, where they
gathered all the semi-finalists together and yet again rounded them off for the
finals. A total of 30 schools out of the 200 that applied managed to get into
the finals which took place on the 24th of June 2013 at the Stationers’
Hall in London. The Stationers’ Hall is a very old building that was once part
of St. Paul’s Cathedral. The Stationers’ Hall is a historic building in which
for the past 600 years it has been the home of writing, illustrating, paper,
printing and publishing.
Luckily for DCS, we managed to get through to the final with the
category of ‘The Most Outstanding Pupil’ which is how we ended up in London as
a group on Monday the 24th of June 2013. Furthermore, on the morning
of the 24th, we all met at 6am ready to leave for London. The journey
was long and dragging but eventually St. Paul’s Cathedral was in sight, meaning
we had arrived. Not only did we see the Cathedral itself, we also saw glimpses
of the Shard and many other famous buildings such as the Royal Court on the way
too. When we arrived at Stationers’ Hall we got ourselves sorted with signing
in (and we even got a bag of free goodies each!) We also got given a programme
for the day which showed us what was taking place throughout the day. Here was
the list of events going on during the day:
10:30-12:30 –> Exhibitions
open for schools to listen to and take part in.
12:30 – 1:15 –> Buffet lunch.
1:15 –> Awards Ceremony.
Some of the exhibitions that were available to the schools
throughout the morning were things like: BBC Worldwide, Copyright Licensing
Agency, Creative Skillset, Quark Systems and Environmental Organisations… Once
we had a look around the around the stalls, we and all the other schools
gathered in the dining hall for lunch. There were a range of foods that you
could choose from, and what made the experience better was that everybody was
gathered as a whole. This allowed everybody to see each other for the first
time and to take a look at what the variety of people who were competing in the
awards. In the dining hall, long tables were laid out along the floors for all
of the 30 schools to sit at during the lunch and the actual awards ceremony. Also
in the dining hall, you got the chance to see just what an amazing building the
Stationers’ Hall really is. There were large stained glass windows and a
variety of paintings from people who lived in the building hundreds of hundreds
of years ago. It just comes to show just how old the building actually is!
Once dinner was over, the awards ceremony kicked off. The awards ceremony was presented by Ian
Locks, Simon Heffer and Louise Court (editor of the Cosmopolitan magazine). Speeches
was given by each one of the presenters to kick start the awards ceremony, and
so then followed the awards. The categories and the finalists were:
Best Design and layout
Berkhamsted School
Bodmin College
Latymer Upper School
Norwich School
Best Original Artwork & Photography
Berkhamsted School
Norwich School
Sherborne School
Wymondham College
Best Cover
Bodmin College
Brookfield Community School and Language College
City of London School
St Mary’s School Ascot
Best Overall Editorial Content
Berkhamsted School
City of London School
Duchess Community High School
Best Environmental Strategy
Aylesbury High School
Bablake
St Thomas More High School Westcliffe-on-Sea
Best Commercial Strategy
Oundle School
St Paul’s Girls’ School London
St Thomas More High School Westcliffe-on-Sea
Community Initiative
Darlington School of Mathematics and Science
John Summers High School
Langley Park School for Boys
Oundle School
Outstanding Pupil
Emily Booker – Dinnington Comprehensive School
Andrew Colley – Holmer Green Senior School
Joel Speed – The Knights Templar School
Best Feature article
Berkhamsted School
Duchess Community High School
Old Palace of John Whitgift School
Inspirational teacher
Mr Mark Woodward – Bablake
Mr Harry Roberts – John Summers High School
Ms Dede Kankonde – The Right Choice Independent School
Best Online
Beauchamp College
Darlington School of Mathematics and Science
Kingsbridge Community College
Morpeth School
Best Newspaper
Caistor Grammar School
Duchess Community High School
Hampton School
Holmer Green Senior School
St Paul’s Girls’ School
Best Magazine
Blackpool Sixth Form College
City of London School
St Mary’s School Ascot
William Farr C of E Comprehensive School
It was great to see students of all ages from all different schools
head up on the stage for each of the categories and it was just great to see
the fabulous work which had been produced by pupils of the UK, and it just
comes to show just how much talent the UK has in media. For the winners of each
category, they got a glass plaque (and for the winners of the main categories,
they each received a check of £1,000 and a free 5
user 6 month trial of QuarkXPress 9). For the remaining competitors, they each
received a ‘Highly Commended Award’ and got given a certificate each for their
hard work, so nobody left empty handed.
Congratulations to all of the winners of the categories, but also
well done to all the other schools for getting this far, we are all winners and
we should be very proud of our achievements!
Thank you to all the people who organised the event, and to all the
judges and people who helped make the day a success. A great day for sure for
everybody who made it there that day…
Why not take a look at the Shine Media Awards' site for more information: http://shine-schoolawards.org/
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