Planning of School Magazine

I have yet to compse the front cover of the school magazine I am producing but, I have composed the plan for my contents page.

I chose to do my contents page in this style and layout because I didn't want it to look too cluttered. As it was for a school magazine I wanted the students to be able to look at it and find exactly want they wanted straight away. However, I didn't want it to be too formal as I wanted the students to feel confortable whilst reading the magazine so, I added some images and an editorial piece to make it slightly informal and more chatty.
I wanted the masthead to be a large image on the page just to reinforce the name of the magazine and, I added the competition at the bottom of the page so it would remind the readers and maybe make them more interested in it.