The Kings’ Messenger

BBC School Report Live from KingsAs reported in the previous Kings’ Messenger, last month, six Year 9 Kings andQueens News Team journalists represented the Academy in this year’s BBCSchool Report national news day for students aged between 11-16 years.The team’s chosen topic was a local story on the proposed Cheddar Reservoir Two andthey interviewed a number of key people on their views, including Mr Paul Hodgesfrom Bristol Water, Mr Peter Lythgoe the Chair of Governors, Miss Graffagnino andMr Davies, Heads of Geography and Biology at Kings, Mr Ian Laken, the Mayor ofAxbridge, Mrs Lyn Goodfellow, Chair of the Cheddar Parish Council and finally, Mrs TerryKing, a resident of Cheddar since the 1920’s who remembered the construction of the existing reservoir.On an aptly rainy day, the Team gathered the views on whether a second reservoir at Cheddar was a good or badidea. The interviews were conducted live on camera and then edited by the team to create the final 25-minutepiece, which is now on the BBC website and the academy website at http://www.kowessex.co.uk/swnews/newsreport.php. The six concluded the report by forming an opinion line to show their own opinions on theproposed second reservoir.Headteacher Chris Richardson said: “I am very proud of our students for their interesting and intelligent newsstory for this year’s BBC School Report, which gave them a taste of broadcasting. I also thank those members ofour community who helped us with this exciting project.”Here they are now! Left to right: Katie Caddell, Emma Treharne, Chloe Wilson, Phoebe Lynch, Megan Pinn and Beth HooperWell done girls! Ms Owens and reported here by Beth Hooper.