Reporters, photographers and camera crews are working together to produce material for the school's new website.
The site, which also sports the school's new logo and branding, has a special news section for pupils, by pupils.
Three teachers work with a group each and enterprise co-ordinator Helen Morgan pulls the three strands together.
English teacher Maureen Bates works with the reporters, maths teacher Frank Lawton with the film crew and art teacher Anne Brunniche with the photographers.
Mrs Morgan organises 'news conferences' every half-term, where the pupils feed back to each other and discuss the coverage of forthcoming events.
Those in the diary so far include the sports day, a rock night and the prom.
Mrs Morgan feels it is extremely important for the pupils to have their own 'newspaper'.
She said: "At one time it would have been the teachers who would have had to sit and write, but now you give the children an idea and they run with it.
"They have a different view to us on things like parents evenings, prize nights and the prom.
"I could write a report on something, but I don't see it the way they do."
The website also encourages pupils to lend their writing skills to penning reviews on everything from beauty products to films.
Tori Atkinson, 14, one of the reporters, said: "I think it is good because the teachers usually have the run of everything in schools and it is good for us to get involved."
Photographer Daryn Leggett, 15, added: "People know what's actually going on."
The video students have been honing their skills in the Open Zone City Learning Centre in South Shields.
Cameraman Conor Bryden, 13, said: "It's something different. You can see a story as well as read it."
Their next project is a film dispelling the myths about starting secondary school, which will be put on a special page over the summer for pupils joining Year 7 in September.
The news group has been set up as part of the school's enterprise education programme, giving them an insight into the world of work.
Mrs Morgan said: "The Government has been pumping money into schools to increase enterprise education.
"The news group are finding out how school fits in with the world of work, why they are learning and what they can do with it.
"Obviously, English fits in with journalism."
The Lisle Road school has been given £2,000 to fund a number of projects.
Pupils borrow money to set up their own business and pay it back when they start making a profit.
Among the potential goldmines up and running is a bespoke art group and a group making tiaras for the prom.
"The extra money goes into a separate fund, so it should be sustainable for every year group and they come through with ideas," said Mrs Morgan.
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By ANGELA TAGGART
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