THERE’S always something happening at Barrhead High School, which means there are always plenty of stories for the school’s Journalism Club to report on.

Recently, the school was full of excitement for Active Girls’ Day. Correspondent Kate Cameron, S4, has this report:

Active Girls’ Day was a day where all girls had additional PE and took part in activities they may not usually consider. 

The PE department did this to increase opportunities for girls from all year groups to participate in sport and physical activities.

Mr Russell, the head of PE, said: “It’s great to get girls more involved in sport.” 

Mr Sinclair, headteacher, said: “I am conscious a lot of girls end up dropping out of clubs once they reach high school, so I was more than happy to encourage them all to participate in events.” 

My group started with dance and my skill level was very low when I first started, but as the time went on and I got the help from the senior girls, I was nailing the moves. 

At the end of the day we got all of the girls together in the games hall to take part in a big group dance which we all had been practising throughout the day. 

I asked some girls what their thoughts were from the day and why they thought it was important to have an event like this at school. 

One girl said: “I think it’s important so it’s not just boys taking part in some sports. 

“I loved judo because it was something different.” 

S3 pupil Arianna Ahrens was one of members of the press club invited to spend a day at BBC Scotland Headquarters.

Here is her report:

We started the day with a short introduction, telling us about what the BBC is and what it does. 

We then separated into groups. My group started with the iPad workshop where we learned how to film professionally on an iPad, from one of the top journalists. 

He then taught us how to edit videos on mobile phones, using iMovie.

The group then attended another workshop about planning a film festival, led by Glasgow Film Theatre. 

We learned about problem solving and advertising.

The final workshop was about being a journalist and identifying fake news. 

Working at the BBC sounds great, and I am genuinely considering it as a future career.