Academy students made the news for real on 15th March 2012 as they took part in the BBC News School Report!!!
The news was published by 16.00 GMT on the News Day - watch it below!
Bedford Academy makes the news with help from the BBC
On Thursday 15th March thirteen students from Bedford Academy will be joined by Stuart Pinfold, BBC World News, to make a live news broadcast. Around one-thousand schools across the UK will be taking part in the BBC News School Report, a BBC project to engage 11-16 year olds in the news, but only a select few have received a BBC employee to work with them.
Over the past few months the students in Years 9-11 have been working hard, training to be top journalists, carrying out interviews and producing reports. On Thursday at 2pm the students will be broadcasting their news, covering the stories of the day as well as their special reports on the Diamond Jubilee Commonwealth Day Observance, their BBC World Olympic Dreams partner school and the local opportunities provided by the Academy’s £22.5 million new building.
Ex-teacher and BBC News presenter, Huw Edwards, is lending his support to the project. He says: “I'm involved because I want to give young people the chance to make the news themselves, and I want to share the principles of good journalism.”