The topic for this month's "Be a Webcaster" is thunderstorms. Log on to mediamash.ca every Friday afternoon to watch the students tell you what the weather will be like for the weekend.

In total, nine lucky Grade 5 and 6 classes in schools throughout Durham will be presenting weekly weathercasts during the school year in conjunction with Metroland Durham Region Media Group and 680 News. Each school gets to produce the webcasts for one month.

Metroland's videographer, Stefanie Swinson, and meteorologist Jill Taylor of 680 News, will visit the chosen classes. Each webcast will include the weekend weather forecast and one other news item, such as a "streeter" in which a Junior Webcaster will ask classmates about a given topic, a report on weather patterns for the coming month or a news report on an environmental initiative in the school.

The winning classes are:

- Laurelee Stock's Grade 5 class, Bolton C. Falby Public School, Ajax

- Colleen (Mother Nature) Kinahan's Grade 5/6 class, St. Theresa Catholic School, Whitby

- Michelle Nelson's class at Walter E. Harris Public School, Oshawa

- Shannon Johnstone's Grade 5 class at Central Public School, Bowmanville, with Leisa Rook, teacher/librarian

- Carolyn Bartlett's Grade 6 class at St. Isaac Joques Catholic School, Pickering

- Brent Wragg's Grade 5 class at Meadowcrest Public School, Brooklin

- Tracy Robertson's Grade 5 class at Father Joseph Venini Catholic School, Oshawa

- Ellen Campbell's Grade 5/6 class at Quaker Village Public School, Uxbridge

- Paula Roberts's Grade 6 class at Vaughan Willard Public School, Pickering.

You can access past webcasts by visiting www.mediamash.ca and clicking on Durham News Videos. They can be found in the Junior Webcaster category.