Our day filming at Reeds School

Due to our change of plan, Adam, Nick and I took the day to film at Reeds School. This was a very successful day of filming as we captured everything we needed in order to make our documentary as successful as it possibly could be.
We got to Reeds for 10am where we were introduced to Mr Michael who had kindly arranged the day for us. We met one of the sports coaches who was more than helpful. It was great talking to him as he like myself has experienced both life at a state school and a private school. He took us around the sports department and showed us the sporting facilities which we found was one of the main differences between state and private school.
We were also allowed to sit in on a history lesson which was great as we got a real feel for their ways of teaching and the ways in which the children responded and got involved in lessons. All the children were very well behaved and took part in the lesson activities. They had a friendly and practical approach to teaching which was apparent the children enjoyed very much.
We sat in on a gym session as well as two students playing tennis. This was great as it in our documentary their is a clear contrast in the facilities.
Speaking to the sports coach whom had attended both private and state schools was very interesting, his view was that he feels you get what you pay for when you come to a private school, the sporting facilities and matches that take place in every sport at the weekends, the top athletes get one on one sessions with coaches which was a real benefit. However if students are determined to succeed they can do just as well at a public school if they are motivated to do so. I very much believe this is the case. From being at St Georges, I was very privileged to enjoy such wonderful facilities however now being at Heathside, I feel that as an individual student I have improved the way I work, I am much more independent in my studies which I feel is also another big comparison between the two. I feel at private schools, you are chased to do your work where as at a public school it is much more independant. This could be seen as good or bad from different perspectives, however it has to be considered that later in life when you are put in to the deep end or in later education at university, the majority of the work is off of your own back and you are forced to be independent.
At Reeds, we also got a chance to have some one on one interviews with the students of the sixth form, they seemed to love where they were and what they were doing. Another difference between a state and private school was the way in which in free periods the students at a private school are made to study where as public schools have the choice to study or go out in their free periods. Again, this comes back to the independence and motivation of you as an individual.
I very much enjoyed our day filming at Reeds, it gave us a  much clearer insight in to what the real differences were.
Over half term our group needs to edit our final outcome together to produce the best possible result for our documentary.

Above are some of Reeds GCSE results from previous years, these will be something which we include in our documentary to highlight some of the key differences.