Express FM, the radio station that covers Portsmouth and South East Hampshire is now offering your students the opportunity to take part in radio workshops. Not only that, all workshops is designed to give students the chance to make features that will be broadcast on air. Once played features are then available as pod casts for your school or college website
Our experience shows that the benefits of such workshops help to develop not only the obvious technical skills, but also such things as....
· Confidence and a ‘can do’ mentality.
· Teamwork
· Communication skills especially listening skills
· Interviewing techniques
· Organisational and time management skills
· Creativity and enterprise
· Facing and overcoming fears
· Integrating many elements of the curriculum |
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A Typical Radio Workshop Contents
· Introduction to the medium of radio
· The basics of good communication
· Tips and techniques for interviewing
· Mock interviews
· Using your voice
· Dealing with fears, stress and nerves
· Making a good first impression
· What makes for a good radio station/show/feature
· The ingredients for a successful team.
· Producing your own feature – how to do it
· Planning features
· Recording features
· Feedback |
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Logistics and Costs
Each session covers a full day. Groups can be as large as a typical class size but works best with groups of 12 to 14. Two fully trained radio facilitators run the day and arrive with a mobile radio unit and recorders. Recorded features are broadcast later on Express FM so that participants can hear themselves. The training is suitable for children from Year 5 upwards and is adapted accordingly. We can also accomodate your training workshops in-house at our Portsmouth based studios and give your students a "real life on air" experience!
Testimonials
“The radio experience was a huge boost to my confidence, and it’s really helped me communicate with other people.” [Ellie. Year 10 King Richard School.]
“Working on a serious yet fun project to produce their own radio feature really gelled the groups. One of the most common comments heard was ‘this doesn’t feel like work!’ [Head Teacher, Flying Bull Primary School.]
Testimonials from King Richards School year7 pupils
"I thought the day was excellent. I loved it!"
"I thought that the day was great and the best part was when we went on air."
"I really enjoyed my day at Express FM. The staff were very kind, funny and helpful."
"I liked the day because it was fun and exciting!"
Bookings or more information from – Simon Gibbons - Community Manager.
