Herald must go to the top of the class
AS AN "old timer" I get regular pleasure in reading our local Herald. In the last few years The Herald has also excelled in photography and in publishing marvellous pictures.
With regards to my choice of these photographs, I get great pleasure at Christmas time when I see the numerous groups of children taking part in the nativity plays associated with the festive season.
Yet this week on October 9, I felt the same pleasure in seeing in The Herald 75 classrooms of what was once known as infants, attending school for the first time. It's now known, quite appropriately, as the foundation class for children, as this is truly the foundation for children to start to build their education on.
Although I have no children in these classes relative to me, I still feel as proud to see these well-dressed, happy children as the mums, dads, grandmothers, grandads, aunts and uncles, do.
Business Cards From Only £10.95 Delivered www.myprint-247.co.uk
View detailsOur heavyweight cards have FREE UV silk coating, FREE next day delivery & VAT included. Choose from 1000's of pre-designed templates or upload your own artwork. Orders dispatched within 24hrs.
Terms: Visit our site for more products: Business Cards, Compliment Slips, Letterheads, Leaflets, Postcards, Posters & much more. All items are free next day delivery. www.myprint-247.co.uk
Contact: 01858 468192
Valid until: Friday, May 31 2013
To conclude, The Herald should be congratulated on producing and publishing this masterpiece of local schools' foundation classes – 75 of these all in one issue.
The Herald editorial staff and photographers should feel proud depicting so many classrooms and children in one issue. This could well be a masterpiece of extensive photography. Well done The Herald!
ERIC JOHNS
Stoke
Comments
by BettyD
Sunday, October 14 2012, 9:48AM
“I'd be careful shouting to all and sundry about liking seeing pictures of children other than your own family members, makes you sound like a perv, await a knock on your door :/”
by WelshDwarf
Sunday, October 14 2012, 9:06AM
“Ok, ok.....enough is enough. Can we talk about me now please?”
by Nevman
Saturday, October 13 2012, 8:29PM
“The other day the entrance to the pannier market was graced by a vendor shouting "How many free drinks would you like?" to passers-by.
Seems the Herald is keen to appeal to Plymouth's alcoholics. Explains a lot.”
by raglanron1
Saturday, October 13 2012, 8:01PM
“Yes, its doing well under stiff competition;but it is the newspaper of the city and by and large gets the stories right, and also provides accurate what-son information and the local and city sport in the national leagues. The reporting of the national party conferences was a step up. Lots of folk think that localism is beneath them and only buy a national. Keep recognising national aspects where they have a local angle. Would there be mileage in an overseas settlers page? Poles, and incomers from Africa and the Middle East are now part of our local scene.”
by ChezGuevara
Saturday, October 13 2012, 7:14PM
“Not sure which 'Herald' you are reading but it's definately not the current comic produced for Plymouth. It's appalling. Lack of proper journalism, spelling mistakes and photos that look like they were taken by my three year old Grandson with his V Tech.
Absolutely terrible newspaper and website.”
by JonnyGlenholt
Saturday, October 13 2012, 6:34PM
“It's even better than that, Nevman. When you publish pictures of children, generally the parents buy three copies of the paper, one for each set of grandparents and one to keep.”
by swoop4
Saturday, October 13 2012, 1:37PM
“Never a good sign when the editor starts writing articles.”
by circles1
Saturday, October 13 2012, 12:15PM
“1950s nostalgia and”
by nothalf
Saturday, October 13 2012, 12:09PM
“Eric, I take it you mean the Glasgow Herald or are reading something from the 1950s?”
by Nevman
Saturday, October 13 2012, 11:55AM
“Are we reading the same Herald, Mr Johns? As far as the website is concerned, much of the photography the paper 'excels' at is lifted straight from a stock photo library, or is omitted from the website by sheer incompetence.
A compendium of school starter classes or that old fallback, the nativity play snap, may fill your heart with joy, but they're hardly news. Schools do these things every year. In journalistic terms, it's pure space-filling material, more suited to a council's self-promotional freesheet than what is supposed to be a newspaper.”