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Congratulations to six of our Year 13 students Milandra McGrath, Ellie Greathead,
Hannah Rawbone, Emily Timms, Beth Garrett and Elaine Joseph who have won through
to the finals of the BBC Question Time competition. Having successfully won through
two earlier rounds, the students had the daunting task of organising an edition of
Question Time in the school on Tuesday evening 23rd March.
The girls invited a wide range of politicians and celebrities to take part , including the
Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition (who were unfortunately otherwise
engaged on the evening). The eventual panel proved not to be a disappointment as
Emma Reynolds ( Labour), Keely Huxtable ( Conservative), Salma Yaqoob (Respect
Party) Karen Hamilton (Lib Dem) and Ed Doolan from BBC WM debated in a lively, at
times heated, and at times humorous way, issues raised by the audience. The verbal
sparring between Emma Reynolds and Salma Yaqoob added spice to what was a
serious and intelligent debate made all the more so by the thoughtful questions and
comments made by pupils and parents from the large audience that attended. Ms
Preedy’s excellent chairing of the debate made many of us think that David Dimbleby’s
job might be under threat if the BBC judges in the audience were looking for a
replacement! As one audience member commented, it was “an excellent show … good
enough to have been broadcast on Midlands TV”.
The girls will hear by the end of term if they have been selected as one of four schools
( from 16 being judged) to win the contest. Two students from each of the final 4
schools will spend three days in London in July producing the actual show with David
Dimbleby. Win or lose we are very proud of the highly professional show they produced.
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