Winton School today reached a milestone that some of the greatest TV shows of all time can't even lay claim to: airing the 1000th episode of their morning news.

The milestone was celebrated with balloons and party poppers, as a team of five budding young news hounds from year six presented a round-up of all the news happening at their school for the day.

The initiative first started five years ago as a way to streamline the presentation of important daily school news, and moving away from a paper based newsletter which used to pass from classroom to classroom.

Winton School principal Steve Wadsworth said with the technology available it made it a great way for students to not only practice their presenting skills, but improve on their public speaking as well.

"We wanted to make use of the technology that’s available to the children these days at their fingertips and rather than have the age old system where the book goes around the classrooms, interrupting the classes, use the technology and throw something up on the TV screens which all the classrooms have at the time."

As well as featuring celebratory balloons and streamers, the 1000th episode also featured throwbacks to past episodes, as well as a greeting from some of the first presenters of the news bulletin from February 2014.

Year six students are allocated into groups each term, and each group is then given a turn of presenting the news, with students sharing presenting responsibilities with behind the scenes jobs such as producing and ensuring the script is readable.

Eleven-year-old Mason Maguire said he enjoyed the experience of reading the news and having the chance for his friends to see him on TV, while fellow 11-year-old classmate Anais Hall said she enjoyed it as it improved her public speaking and made her more confident.

Teacher Paige Croad said watching the students grow from the beginning of the year to the end of the year with their presenting skills was always a great thing to watch.

"You’ll get kids that are really nervous to do it and don’t want a bar of it but then they’ll be behind the scenes and over the year they’ll slowly get their confidence building more and they’ll want to do it and they feel that it’s not so bad. It helps with their speech and their overall speaking really and how they present."

Mr Wadsworth said the next goal would be to introduce a radio station at the school to give students more opportunity at live presenting.

"It will give us an opportunity to share our messages with the community. Children can share their work and life and some playlists. It would be quite exciting." 

View the 1000th episode below...