My School Magazine

The title of my magazine is 'EEHS WEEKLY' I have chose this as the name of the magazine because it suggests that this magazine will be a weekly issue and the students and teachers can rely on this magazine every week to get the local school news. I chose to use green, yellow, red and  blue for the 'EEHS' part of the title because they are the school colours and people will automatically know which school the magazine belongs to. I used black for the 'WEEKLY' part of the title because black is a professional and serious colour so the audience will be reassured that they can rely on the magazine every week. I also chose to use a interesting but professional font for the title so the magazine looks interesting to appeal to the students but professional so it will appeal to the parents and teachers.

The main image is of a teacher at the school, I chose to use this as the main image as she looks very smart and professional which will appeal to the parents of current and future students as they can be sure that their child is getting a good education, this image will also appeal to the students and teachers as they can relate to it as its an image of someone they all know. I have also used a few smaller pictures which correspond to the feature stories, this would appeal to the target audience as they will know straight away what is going to be in the magazine and it also make the magazine look more interesting and fun which will interest the students more as they are young and fun themselves. Finally I have included the school logo which will let the audience know straight away that the magazine belongs to Epsom and Ewell high school.

The main stories included in the magazine are all stories which would appeal to the niche audience, they are stories about and aimed at the students. The first feature story is 'Outstanding GCSE Results' this would appeal to not only the students but the teachers and parents to so they can see how the school is improving each year, it will appeal to the students too because they can see how everyone did and can be proud of themselves. The second feature story is 'Amazing Prom photos' this will also appeal to the target audience as its about them and what they have achieved. The next feature story is 'Have your say....' each week this would be about different things, in this issue its about the 'school café' this story would appeal to the target audience a they get to have their say about issues and things they find important. The final feature story is 'EEHS Sixth Form' this story is aimed at the sixth form this would get the magazine more recognition as it will appeal to a wider audience, it will also appeal to the students interested in the sixth form. I have chose to include 4 main/feature stories on the front rather that one main story so the audience can see straight away what this weeks magazine will be about and it will appeal to a wider range of audience rather that those only interested I the main story. I have also included a competition which will appeal to the target audience as you can win a '£25 iTunes voucher' and young people are very interested in music and an iTunes voucher will appeal to people who like all types of music.

The colour scheme of green, yellow, red and blue will appeal to the target audience as those are the school colours and the students can relate to it. I also chose to use the EEHS colours as it will make the magazine look more interesting and appeal to the audience more. 

I have included all the typical conventions of a magazine such as:

• Title
• Date
• Issue No.
• Main image
• Smaller images
• Main/Feature stories
• School logo