Cromwell Community College:

Cromwell uses black font, black signifies death.

It has no pictures, apart from the school logo and a clip art image of a deck chair, it relates to the
article on the front because it is about enjoying your summer holiday. The logo is there to show that
it is a school magazine about Cromwell school.

The route of the eye starts at the masthead goes across the article and then finishes on the school
logo.

The article on the front cover is a welcome back message from the principle; this is typical of a
school magazine because it is from someone who works at the school talking to the people who
attend it.

It is formal language because schools are places of formality.

King Edward VI High School for Girls:

King Edward VI high school for girls uses white and red fonts. Red signifies danger and white
signifies innocents and purity.

It has one picture that it uses as a background which is a picture of the school play; this image shows
what the school is doing and relates to the main article on the front.

The route of the eye starts at the masthead goes across the article and then ends at the cover lines
for the other articles. The hotspots are around the girls head in the picture.

It is formal language because schools are places of formality

The audience is people who attend the school, the staff and the parents.

Neale Wade Community College:

Neale Wade uses black and red fonts. Red signifies danger and black signifies death. It is also the
colours of the school uniform so the magazine follows the school colours.

It has one picture that is a picture relating to the article, the article shows something that has
happened in the school.

The route of the eye starts at the masthead, goes through the article and ends on the advert. The
hotspots are on the people in the picture.

It is formal language because schools are places of formality

The audience is people who attend the school, the staff and the parents

Conventions of a school magazine:

They use school colours: like the Neale-wade magazine uses red and black

They use sans-serif fonts: such as Ariel

They have the school logo on them

They use images to show what goes on at the school

The use informal language to show the authority the school has through language

Articles are used to inform of school events.