Evaluation of Results

I have decided on some things for my magazine but, some things i am still considering.
I have made my final decisions on:

• Audience - My audience is going to be students who are going into sixth form and will be in the first year of sixth form. I'm not doing it for year 13 as well as they have other things to be thinking about such as university, also they have been in sixthform for a year so they should know the system pretty well.
• What will be included in the magazine - 1. A section for sixthformers to have their own letters, experiences or articles in the magazine. 2. A 'What's new' section for all new aspects to the school can be written in the magazine or, new oppotunities for the students can be put in the magazine. 3. A list of term dates as sixthformers don't reciece a homework diary with all the term dates in it.
• The infomration that the students would most like to see in the magazine are - 1. The amount of work expected from you in sixth form. I thought that this could be done by either a student explaining their experience or, interview with teachers to see what they expect of you. 2. How subjects differ from GCSE's. This could be done by maybe including some course content or, an article from a student. 3. General advice on being in sixth form. This could come in many forms such as, a check list to make sure they're doing everything they can. Or, some advice on how to keep on top of the amount of work, etc. 4. The benefits of sixthform.
• To introduce a new student to the sixthform some pupils suggested having information on the variety of subjects, variety of techers (could have some profiles of the head of each department) and extracirricular activities.
• I have chosen to make my magazine a mixture of academic and informal, the majority of the students who answered the questionnaire agreed with it being a bit of both. I think this would be best as it is a school magazine so, it should include some information about school. There are plenty of magazine that students can buy out of school that provide them with a wider variety of information.
• In the questionnaire, the majority of students said they would like a magazine every month. I thought this would be ideal however, after i thought about it, i thought that two weeks would be better for updating students on events. But, as the majority of students didn't want to pay for the magazine i think monthly would be suitable for porduction time. If students were willing to pay it might be different as they would getting money to produce it.