RADIO RULES AND ROCKZ - THE WINNERS!

What a great finale to a great competition!  Year 9 @ Winston Churchill School in Woking have been learning all about what makes a good radio advert. Teams of students chose between two clients – Mercedes Benz World and Make a Wish Foundation, designed and performed an advert, and went on to develop a ‘pitch’ to the panel of expert judges about why their proposed advert should be chosen.

The judges were from Eagle Radio, Woking Borough Council and SATRO and they had their work cut out with a very tough competition, with many students having produced scripted adverts with music and sound-effects.
Second-place went to Mercedes Benz World and featured an excellent Jeremy Clarkson impersonation which had the audience laughing out loud. The overall winner though, was an advert for Make a Wish foundation which really pulled at the heart strings and left everyone in the audience wanting to dash out and make a donation to the Charity. It even included some music written and recorded by the students. The winning team will be taking a visit to the recording studios at Eagle Radio’s HQ in Guildford to record their advert, and find out how a radio station really works.    Congratulations!

Students had a great day - some quotes:
"I learnt a lot that I will benefit from in the future

• They were very inspiring when they told us the task ahead
• They gave us perspective from the eyes of professionals
• It made me think about thinks I wouldn’t have thought about before
• I’ve become more interested in the media world and have improved my speaking skills"

and from a teacher "

• "ABSOLUTELY! STUDENTS REALLY RESPECT PEOPLE/EXPERTS WHO ARE NOT TEACHERS THEY RELATE THEM TO THE REAL WORLD"