Whilst creating my magazine front cover I have made some changes from my draft design. For example, the student that I photographed was in year eight and so was wearing the wrong version of our school uniform. For this reason I had to change one of my original headline ideas to accommodate the change of year. 

Since creating my draft cover I have spoken to a focus group where I asked a selection of year seven students what they wanted in a school magazine:

Would you be interested in a puzzle/competition page?

Would probably only do the puzzles if bored

Would enter the competitions just to see if they could win

What colours would you like to see on a magazine front cover?

Bright colours like green, red and orange

What stories do you read first in an everyday magazine?

Embarrassing stories

Would you like embarrassing stories about teachers?

Yes

Would you read an article that told you about ways you could customise your planner?

Yes, because my planner is really boring

Is there anything else you think would be useful to have in a magazine?

Copy of the menus because I don't know what they are

One Direction

From these result I decided to add an exclusive head line where a teacher tells some of their embarrassing classroom moments. 

I also asked a teacher what they would like to see in a magazine:

What would you like to see in a magazine?

Term dates

Information about coming school trips, and photos of previous school trips. 

A department profile looking at a different subject each issue. 

They also said they think it would be more effective if published every half term.