Year 6 St Clare of Assisi Conder students are utilising Green Screen and iMovie technology to provide the school community with high-quality weekly online news segments.

The 'SCA News' enables students to further develop writing, editing and collaborative skills using the latest Apps to regularly create polished segments that wrap up each week with interviews and photos.

Small groups of students go to air twice a year and are expected to independently write the script, film and edit their SCA News production from behind an imaginative Green Screen news desk during their own time. 

St Clare of Assisi Principal, Matthew Egan said that over the past two years students’ writing, filming and editing skills have improved dramatically and it is all thanks to SCA News.

“The students constantly ‘wow’ us with their creativity and originality,” he said.

“They have completed workshops on interviewing techniques, camera angles and creating their own music through the use of GarageBand, using expert knowledge and working extremely well as a team to produce an impressive end product.”

Year 6 teaching team Priscilla Caragh, Annie McArthur and Anita Ramirez initiated the SCA News program last year with the support of an Apple Specialist and the results speak for themselves.

Students agree that it is a ‘must try experience’ and that SCA News provides them with skills for the future through fun, hands on learning with technology in action.