Best Y12 blogs from last year

These students got the best marks for their blogs. Have a look, no copying (both disrespectful and a bit stupid seeing as I marked them), see how to complete an excellent blog and


Laura Knowles
Lauren Macluskey
Rebecca Wood

Blogs first check - best examples

Here's what a good one looks like.


Jess Emmingham
Emily Grasby
Amy Hall 
Dominic Bramley 
Sidonie Wells

Booking equipment

The Media department booking system


All equipment now needs to be booked online:



(http://tinyurl.com/THSmediaequipmentbooking)

You need to select from a weekday, weekday evening or weekend booking using the 'Choose' button and then the equipment you require.


You'll need to create a free account, but you'll only need to do this once.

To amend or delete your booking, log in then select where it says 'Hello...' then click 'View appointments'.


A few general rules:


- if you're booking equipment out for the weekend, book it for Saturday and Sunday
- if you're booking for a Friday but intending to take it for the weekend then you need to book it for Saturday and Sunday too
- don't be greedy by booking loads of stuff out at once or days on end. Especially at busy times around Christmas/January etc
- bring equipment back to me during registration or to one of the media technical assistants during the time they are available (to be advised) fully charged and without any missing parts (partic tripod plates, lens caps etc)
- enjoy and explore the equipment but please look after it as if it is your own. We don't have the cheddar to replace broken items.

Blogger confusion - no google + please!

There has been some confusion with blogger and how your site links to the main blog hub. Hopefully this clarifiies it but if not please see me ASAP. 1. You should have set up your OWN blog site. You can do this by clicking 'create new blog' . Put your name, AS Media Studies Foundation Portfolio and your candidate number (if you know it). Do not post directly to our blog hub, this acts just as a gateway for us and the examiner to find their way to your blog site. Also this is where Mrs Rogers and I will be posting advice and guidance and you can also look at each others' blog sites. 2. You need to make sure your blog site is not a google + account otherwise the link on our hub page won't take us or the examiner directly to your blog - it will take them to your google + page which pulls together all of your googly ways. You can change this back by clicking on the link at the bottom of this... https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1375600?hl=en

Welcome to the Media Studies blog!

 Greetings student people! 

This will be the hub for your Media Studies portfolio work. You should be linked in the bottom corner, if not let me know as soon as possible. I will use the blog hub to monitor your work so it is essential that you are uploading/posting everything you have done. 

I will be posting information regarding deadlines, course information, practical tips and anything else relevant! 

You will also find some of the resources from lessons on here too.

You should be posting regularly and, as this Media Studies, using a variety of methods of presentation to make your blog suuuuuuper cooooool. Ahem. 

On the next post there will be a range of ways to do this.