Grove pupils become junior journos

GRADE four pupils at Ocean Grove Primary School received some insight into publishing a newspaper during a visit from the Bellarine Times last week.

Photo journalist Rebecca Adam and advertising sales executive Katie Sankey took some time out on Thursday to talk to the pupils as part of their Junior Journos subject.

The women spoke about what goes into creating the weekly paper – both editorially and in advertising – and then the pupils had the chance to ask some questions.

The pupils wanted to know how the newspaper ran, the different teams involved, how it worked with advertising, how the editing took place and how layout was decided.

The pupils will now work on creating their own class newspapers.

Oliver said, “We can’t wait to get started and see our newspapers. It will be an amazing experience”, while Thomas said, “It unlocks awesome new experiences like being a journalist and is a phenomenal project. It will help us grow as a community”.

Sienna said, “I think it is really helpful and I know we all agree being junior journos will give us a boost in our writing”, while Annika said, “I believe Junior Journos will increase our vocab and bring us closer together as a class because we’re working as a team”.