My School Magazine

This is my completed school magazine for the preliminary task of the course. In a later post I will be comparing this to an actual/ well known school magazine.
In my opinion I feel the the good points of my magazine are that I have demonstrated the positive aspects of my school through the front cover (e.g. the percentage pass rate) as well as using the sell lines to provide a hint of what might appear inside the magazine. I am also proud of using the banners to present the school's slogan to reiterate the 'school magazine' theme as well as that being the first thing that the buyer will so therefore they will hopefully recognise the school logo.
However the bad points of my magazine are that I have used quite a dark colour scheme because I was trying to incorporate my school colours but it gives the front cover quite a dull look. I also could have put more information on the front cover as well to make it more appealing to the reader to know what might be inside. 
In conclusion I fell that even though my magazine may fit the criteria for the preliminary task and have a professional look I feel that I may also be perceived as boring with not a lot of content on the front cover. If I was to re-do this then I would take into consideration all that I have learnt in lessons (such as adding more sell lines, changing the house style and maybe adding some pugs (random boxes around the edges of the page with text or an image in them)