Five lucky pupils from Somervale School have been enjoying working alongside the BBC as part of its annual national project, the 'School Report'. The children have been lucky enough to work with the broadcasting giant, with their two-minute film due to be shown on Points West this Friday evening from 6.30 p.m.

One of the school's English teachers, Rich Collis, entered a group of five Year 7 students into the initiative, which works with pupils aged eleven to sixteen to hone their journalism skills.

BBC School Report involves schools right across the country and centres around getting students to take part in a news day, where they are able to showcase what they have learnt by working to deadlines and sourcing news stories, with help from the BBC. This year's project culminates on Thursday, 27th March, with a live news day, much like one experienced by working journalists!

The team from Somervale chose to base their report on this year's commemoration of the centenary of WWI, interviewing local author and ex-teacher, Chris Howell, who extensively researched the area and its wartime history for his book, No Thankful Village, which was also televised.

Filming took place last Thursday in Midsomer Norton's High Street, with the help of a BBC Producer and Cameraman, and on Tuesday this week, pupils visited the BBC studios in Bristol and oversaw the editing process of their film and took part in the voice-over for the final report. They were also lucky enough to watch the lunchtime broadcast of Points West as it happened in the studio.

Friday's report will be available to watch again via the BBC iPlayer and Somervale School is hoping the BBC will send a copy of the two-minute version for its website, with an extended version and filming behind the scenes also available.