Students create own newspaper

The aspiring hacks were all in Year Eight at Ysgol Dinas Bran, in Llangollen, and got involved in a journalism project being held at the school throughout the annual eisteddfod week.

The scheme was supported by European funding from Llwyddo'n Lleol, a project in Denbighshire, which aims to spark a culture of enterprise among young people.

Jenni Edwards, Llwyddo'n Lleol project officer with Denbighshire County Council, said the organisation offered much needed support for skills development schemes, particularly among young people in North Wales.

She said: "The work we have been involved with at Ysgol Dinas Bran is particularly beneficial because during the school's week of activities we have been able to introduce pupils to skills they might not otherwise have had the opportunity to learn. What's more, they have put those new-found skills into practice.

"The journalism project is a prime example of this with pupils participating hands-on, going out interviewing people, writing, editing and taking photographs, The booklet that they produced at the end of the activity offers clear evidence of the new skills they have learned."

The key task of the nine-strong journalism group during the week was to write, design and edit a commemorative booklet about all the activities taking place in school over the course of the week, and in doing so, the team got to interview Eisteddfod chairman Gethin Davies.