Contents page work

Contents page work

We were asked to also create a contents page for our media work. This goes with the Front cover of the magazine that we designed. 

First I researched school magazine contents pages and found out what was involved on them. This includes pictures, page numbers, title and a short paragraph about the magazine.

First I picked the colour and font of the title "Contents". I chose the colour blue as it is one of our school colours so it links well with the magazine. I picked the font Broadway.

I then picked 3 pictures of the school and a picture of some smiling students. This shows students what the school looks like and how achievements are presented.
I picked pictures of the schools astro turf because that is where we do outdoor P.E and also have school football matches there. This shows the facilities the school has to offor. Also I took a picture of the trophy shelf which has all the school trophies on from the events. I also have one of the canteens on there. I took a picture of students smiling because this will show that the introduction to year 7 is fun and enjoyable.


I then added a contents list which is to help people navigate their way throughout the magazine. this is what I wrote;

Welcome to Montsaye pg1

Staff pg2

Our school facilities pg 3

Get to know you school house pg5

School events pg7

Sports pg 9

Gossip pg 11

Meetings pg12

Pictures pg13

I then added a short quote about the school. this is to introduce people to what the school is about.

Montsaye Academy is a large Academy in Rothwell, England. It is privately funded, as an academy and was granted dual specialty status in late 2004, adding Humanities to its well established Language College status. 

 

This is my finished contents page:

Magazine cover work

Magazine Cover work

We were assigned the task of creating a magazine cover for our school Montsaye Academy.

First I researched school magazines from around the world to get an idea of what student magazine were to look like. Then I searched for interesting content I could involve in the creation of the contents page and articles to mention on the front cover. I also gathered a few students from our own school and asked them to give ideas on what they would want to read about if we had a real school magazine.

So as what most magazines have is a bold statement Masthead. I decided to use the colour blue as it is one of our schools four colours. The font I used is called Britannic Bold. This then created a bright bold masthead which will then catch peoples eyes. The masthead will go in front of the background so it is to the front of the magazine. For the colour scheme I used the four colours of our school red, yellow, blue and green. This then creates synergy with the magazine and the school 

I then thought that what magazines have is a background picture of what their magazine is about. My magazine is for the whole school however this edition is for year 7s. So on the background picture is of one of our teachers helping year 7s with their work in our library. The picture has smiling students and teacher, the smiling students will intrigue the readers to pick up the magazine because it is people close to their age on the front cover. This shows the students that the school is a happy working safe environment.

I then picked another photo which we took which has a year 7 student and a sixth form student in. Both students are smiling while talking to each other. This then shows that even though the two students are in different years the sixth form student can help the young year 7 student. This shows that the sixth form students are kind and helpful towards the young year 7 students just starting at Montsaye Academy. This picture shows students that they can get to know people in different years as well as their own.

As the year 7 students are just starting at Montsaye I took a picture of the main entrance of the school. This then goes well with the caption on the front cover "Welcome to Montsaye". This then shows the warm welcome of the main entrance to the school. This shows students that there is a warm welcome when they enter the school.


After I added all of the pictures and the masthead, I then thought what else makes a magazine? So then I added sub headings telling the reader what main and interesting articles are in the magazine. The subheadings I included on the front page were "Welcome to Montsaye" , "Get to know your school house" and "Our school facilities". These are the main articles that are in the magazine these articles attract the attention of the reader. I coloured these subheadings in the school colours; red, yellow, blue and green. After I added the sub headings I added an auto shape in publisher then I added writing in the auto shape. This is to give the quote of writing a bold statement. The Writing that I entered was the edition of the magazine which is for year 7s, so what I wrote was "year 7 special edition". I also added a subtitle underneath the masthead. I coloured the text and highlighted it. the subtitle says " your life, your school, your education".

This is my finished Magazine cover: