In the afternoon of Monday 19th May
we
found out about the recent history of newspapers and that the News of the World
closed down in 2011.
Year
6 learnt a lot of fantastic information in the archives about Rupert Murdoch
and the printing strike in 1985. Rupert Murdoch fired his workers and moved to
Wapping, then all of the newspaper companies left Fleet Street too. Now the
only company on Fleet Street which prints newspapers is DC Thompson who
published the Beano.
We
found out about newspapers in Margaret Thatcher’s time. Margaret Thatcher was
Prime Minister from 1979 but not everyone agreed with her ways. Some people
called her “The Iron Lady” and she was secretly working with Rupert Murdoch. As
this history could be hard to understand, we acted out the story. We mimed scenes
showing Rupert Murdoch’s battle for media supremacy. We played characters such
as Martin Davis, the owner of 20th Century Fox, Johnny Jackson,
senior executive of a venture capital fund, and fearless reporter Kate Adie. Some
of the children felt nervous but everyone gave it their best and did a
fantastic job. It was very amusing and we enjoyed our experience.
Year
6 came back to school with so much new information and understanding of the
history of printing!
St
Matthew’s CE Primary School
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