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Horbury School CyberMentors will be broadcasting their news live at 4:00PM on Thursday 11th March as part of the BBC News School Report.
What A Great Day!
Today was the ultimate BBC News School ReportDay, and students at Horbury made their own news to publish on the School Report Page by the 4:00PM deadline.
BBC Bus Comes To Horbury!
Today saw the infamous ‘Big Red’ BBC Bus visit Horbury School where our CyberMentors had the chance to meet real journalist’s from BBC Radio Leeds. They even had the opportunity to have a tinker with some of the technology on board (much to my delight :P).
One of those journalist’s, Deirdre King, gave me the opportunity to speak live on Radio Leeds about how the BBC News School Report is going at Horbury and the general feelings about the project. The Live Broadcast can be ‘listened to’ below.
Happy 1st Birthday CyberMentors!
It has been an eventful year for CyberMentors, and today marked the programmes 1st birthday!
It is exactly a year since the initiative was launched back in March 2009, at the Imagination Gallery in London ,where two of our CyberMentors, myself & Amy, were lucky enough to be invited. Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described it as being “an exciting new initiative to help keep Britain’s children and young people safe online”.
The past year has also seen CyberMentors pick up several awards ranging from ‘The PeerLink Award For Resolving Conflict Within School’s’ to the Best Use of Digital Media from The Third Sector.
Daniel Radcliffe Supports Trevor Project
Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) Speaks on behalf of the Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is a helpline for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgenders (LGBT). He talks to E! News about what the project does and how he is involved and what you can do to help.
Check out the interview here!
Should Bullying Be Made A Crime?
A poll on the CyberMentors website has posed the question, “Would bullies stop if they thought that they’d get arrested?” So far 68.8% of people have said yes and only 31.2% have said no. It is a hot topic to be debated, so why not make your vote count? Log on to the CyberMentors website and have your say.
Rupert Grint is Supporting International Stand Up To Bullying Day
Rupert Grint (Who you may know as Ron Weasley from the Harry Potter films) is supporting Beatbullying and International Stand Up To Bullying Day on the 26th February as confirmed on Twitter! He says he will be posting regular updates about what he will be doing and when.
