Front Cover:
This school magazine front cover is very conventional of its kind. It is simple, yet formal and smart connoting the standard of education and formality of the school, while also showing the high standards.
"DEYES HIGH SCHOOL" is the central text and masthead, this is the serif font and style used for all Deyes High documents and is very recognisable to the institute. The "Specialist Science College" and a nationally recognised and awarded logo below shows the specialisation of Deyes, with semantics that connote prestige and success. This cover is black and white clearly due to a budget cut as I am aware Deyes High usually use red, navy and white which is very recognisable to the school. The masthead is not in the conventional place and is almost central, while an image of the schools oldest building takes the place of where the masthead conventionally is. This building shows how established the school is, this building is recognisable to anybody in the area and holds much history showing a traditional school. I would use a similar image in the newsletter I will create for Deyes High School. The folio is at the bottom of the page, almost of a banner, including the issue of the newsletter, being "2" and the date, it is rather unconventional due to the size and placement, also the proportions compared to other text and the folio is usually much smaller in a more discreet place, such as a pug. The cover being very formal and smart shows that the intended audience is not only the students but also parents. The sans-serif almost comic sans font in the folio and banner at the bottom I do not find conventional, it almost seems out of place. It does not fit with the formal and smart presentation of the rest of the cover, seeming bulky and out of place. However, this could be representing the audience, showing that it is also students, from the ages of 11 - 18, not just the parents. This font seems less intimidating and formal to a younger audience.
This contents page is from St Ambrose Barlow School. I notice in comparison to Deyes High it appears less formal and professional than the Deyes High School cover, this could be suggesting that the audience is students and perhaps the students created it - therefore being that familiarity and informal attitude. All text, apart from the pug of the schools name and the columned, justified conventional text. The contents box is to the left hand side of the page, conventionally listed in chronological order with the page numbers beside them. The schools logo is in the top right corner as a pug. The "Specialist Sports with ICT College" connotes the professionalism of the school and the high standard of education. Red, black and white are clearly representative of the schools colours. I doubt as the text is sans-serif and highly informal that this is used for all school documentation and logos. The folio is very conventional small and discreet as a top, right pug under the masthead, establishing the issue and date- I would use this in the magazine I will create. It is not typical for the first article to be on the contents page, though evidently this is to save money being a school and the newsletter not being a priority. The puff is a very informal yellow shape, connoting fun and obviously using semiotics to represent the sun, using the text "Summer Edition". Images between text break up large blocks of text and using captions is very conventional.
