All together I handed out 7 of my questionnaires to people in Year 12. The most popluar choice for the masthead with all but one vote was Gossip Guide, and the last vote went to the masthead King Henry, but for my magazine cover I'm not going to choose either of of them. I will choose my other option that i put in the questionnaire, The Tudor Times, because I think that masthead shows some history of the school. I also believe it's a bit more original than the other two choices.
With the majority of the votes, Too Cool For School was chosen for the slogan of my magazine and with the minority of the votes was, For The Students, By The Students. Saved By The Bell had no votes. Although For The Students By The Students only had one vote, im going to use it for my slogan as it sounds more sophisticated to go with my masthead, , The Tudor Times. Most of the people who took my questionnaire said they would pay 50p - £1 for a magazine, but two people said they would pay £1 - £2 for it. No one said they would pay £2 or more though.
With 4 votes each, pupils said they would be interested in reading about, school uniform, sporting and exam success and the next drama production. Suggestions were also made and pupils might also like to read about school trips and gossip. 2 people said they would like to read about teachers but it wasn't a popular vote like the options mentioned above.
For the front covers' pictures, the most popular vote was to have 6th formers and the second choice was to have a mixture of years. Although it wasnt a choice, i'm going to chose to have a picture of a teacher and a pupil from year 9, to show i want my magazine for everyone like pupils and teachers and i want everybody to feel like they're apart of the magazine and its not just for 6th formers. Although i can see why that was the most popular vote as i had given my questionnaire only to 6th formers, so the votewas very biased.
To choose the volours for my cover, 4 people voted for gold white and black, I believe to be based on the new school uniform but two people chose differently and chose white and stated on their own choice for colour and wrote navy blue which i also believe to be based on the old school uniform. As gold, white and black are the current colours to the school uniform, i will use them on my front cover.
I asked who my magazine should be aimed at and 6 of 7 people voted it should be for students, the other vote was for it to be aimed 6th formers and students. I'm going to aim my magazine at 6th formers and students but i'm also going to try and aim it at parents because I think they'd like to see how their children are getting on at our school and what progress they are making, at teachers because I think they would like to know how their teaching methods are working based on the results the students are getting which are going to be shown in the magazine and the public because I think they might like to see how the school as a whole is making progress and what the school has to offer, especially if they are considering sending their children to the school.
All 7 pupils who took the questionnaire said they would buy a school magazine.
