Media Match Day

Pupils take on the role of a media and communications team who are responsible for promoting, covering and reporting on a real-life Premier League match.

Summary

This pack focuses on the key life skills of communication, teamwork, oracy and leadership. Pupils will take on the role of a Premier League media and communications team and be responsible for promoting, covering and reporting on a real-life Premier League match. Pupils will work as a team with four different roles, with each pupil leading a different phase.

This pack has been developed in collaboration with the National Literacy Trust.

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Pupils will:

  • select and use appropriate language to ​help communicate clearly with others​
  • identify language techniques for persuasion ​and summarising​
  • use tone, volume and intonation ​to make meaning clearer ​
  • participate in discussions, presentations, ​performances, role play and improvisation​
  • develop their reading, writing and speaking skills, and understand how they can use these in exciting real-life jobs.


Curriculum links

England: English (Key Stage 2)

Wales: Languages, Literacy and Communication (Progression Steps 2 and 3)

 

Pack resources

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Media Match Day presentation

In this presentation, pupils will learn about different roles in a media and communications team and explore this by taking on their roles, promoting, covering and reporting on a real-life Premier League match.

Starter - Match Hype worksheet

In this activity, pupils will write an advert script to promote the match and build the pre-match hype.

Activity 1 - Live Blog worksheet

In this activity, pupils will write a blog post for key moments in the match.

Activity 2 - Pitch-Side Interview worksheet

In this activity, pupils will reflect on the match and write questions to practise interviewing with their peers.

Activity 3 - Match Report worksheet

In this activity, pupils will work together in groups to write a match report.

Film: First Half

This video shows the highlights from the first half of the Premier League game that pupils will report on.

Film: Second Half

This video shows the second half of the Premier League game that pupils will report on.

Film: The language of marketing

Transcript

This film follows a premierleague.com journalist and explains what is involved in this job and how important language and communication skills are.

Film: A day in the life of sports reporting

Transcript

This film follows Anna Edwards, Sky Sports News Sports Reporter and Sam Wallace, Chief Football Writer from the Daily and Sunday Telegraph as they explain what is involved in their jobs and the different skills they need.

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