For the last few months the
Wyvern team has been looking forward to visiting London for the final of the Shine Media
Awards.
So on the 24th June
2012 editor of the Wyvern Liam Pape, sports correspondent Sam Hutchinson,
Secretary Katie Appleyard, Head Journalist Rebecca Parkinson, Librarian Mrs
Surtees and Head teacher Mr Kipling got on a train to Kings Cross Station in
hope that the next day they would be making an acceptance speech.
Before that though, they decided
to have a look around London .
Their hotel was less than 500 meters away from the London Eye and their closest
tube station was next to Westminster .
The evening before their big day they had tea at the Hard Rock Café where many
of them almost exploded.
Rebecca Parkinson quotes “The
atmosphere in the Hard Rock café was immense and the music was so loud it was
like being on the front row of a concert.”
Liam and Sam had the legendary 10oz burger and they said it definitely lived up to its name.
Liam and Sam had the legendary 10oz burger and they said it definitely lived up to its name.
The next morning everyone was up
early to get breakfast, later they caught multiple tubes and finally arrived at
Stationers Hall near St. Pauls Cathedral. They went in and received loads of
freebies from different sponsors, the freebies varied from HP Beach Towels to
BBC Top Gear magasines.
On that morning the Wyvern team attended
publishing related presentations.
At around 12:15 all the schools
helped themselves to a buffet lunch and then it was finally rime for the award
ceremony.
Nervously, the Wyvern team sat
at the back waiting for their categories. The first category they were
mentioned in was ‘The Best Overall Content’ and amazingly they were in the top
4!
Next time they were mentioned it
was for ‘The Most Outstanding Pupil’ where Liam Pape had been nominated and surprisingly
he won! He received a plaque and newspaper publishing software for the school.
Mr Kipling quoted “I’m really
proud of Liam for winning the shine award”
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