Winner: Norton School Humanities College Norton Buzz has been published for six years by the pupils at Norton School and is now firmly established as part of the local community. It is produced by a team of around 16 pupils and features articles on local events, businesses and past pupils who have gone on to achieve success at a local and national level. Pupils from Norton School's feeder primary schools also contribute articles. Norton Buzz now has a spin-off magazine - hive - which has produced positive feedback to the school for its high standard of writing and effective use of computer software. The school sees the production of both publications as providing priceless skills and confidence for the pupils. The involvement also improves pupils' literary skills, makes them aware of current affairs, and keeps them up-to-date to computer software programmes. --------------------------------------------------------- Runner-up: Durham Johnston Comprehensive Durham Johnston's newspaper Inprint is light-hearted and entertaining but also informative. The competition entry had an article on the importance of water that looked at the Salvation Army water appeal. Students who run the magazine plan to donate any prize money they win to that appeal, as well as to the school's peer support group. They also have plans to improve their newspaper with prize competitions, buy a new digital camera and train journalists. --------------------------------------------------------- Runner-up: Cullercoats Primary The Cullercoats Chronicle has been running at the village primary school since 2003. A team of around 12 children meets every week with the teacher who runs the newspaper club, working up story ideas, interviewing people and taking the photographs. They also help with writing headlines, designing advertising and visiting classrooms in order to sell the paper. Money raised from sales of the newspaper are ploughed back into school funds to cover the cost of future editions. Teacher Sarah Wallace said: "It is a testament to the children's hard work, enthusiasm and commitment that they manage to produce what we feel is a high quality publication, having only one meeting a week and having to put a lot of work in during their own playtimes and lunchtimes. "The paper is very popular and we always sell more than 100 copies, which means that we are reaching nearly a third of our school." | 
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