READ: Your essential guide to the Junior Doctors strikes
Junior doctors working in the NHS are continuing to strike due to the government’s preposition to change their working hours and wages. The most recent strike began yesterday at 8am and will continue for 48 hours until Friday morning. This is the third strike to take place, and...
WATCH: Your local area – EU Referendum
BBC news report: EU referendum Hi I am Harrison and im reporting for the BBC schools news report. I am joined by John and Lewis Today we have interviewed both students and teachers with a lot of differing views over the state of the European union. We started off with...
Pressures on teenagers at school and home – VIDEO REPORT
Hannah and Poppy report on the pressures facing teenagers today. We interviewed a range of students and teachers to find out their views....
RADIO REPORT – Reading vs. Arsenal – FA Cup Semi Final showdown
Listen to our preview of the upcoming Reading vs. Arsenal FA Cup semi final, featuring John Madejski, Ade Williams and students at The Willink School. Sophie, James, Beth....
Women Role Models? Surely Not…
In 2015, women supposedly have the same rights as men. So why was Dr Louise Selby refused access to a female gym locker room just because her card said Dr? The gym in question says “she will have to drop her title to get access to our changing rooms.” This was...
The Solar Eclipse Explained!
Tomorrow in the UK there will be a partial solar eclipse in the morning at around 8;30 am and we will be in normal brightness by around 11;30.Here is Megan and George reporting on the story....
1000 Mile Walk with the Wounded
Today we have been researching Prince Harry’s charity, Walking With The Wounded, and their latest endeavor; to walk 1000 miles across Britain. We interviewed teachers from all over The Willink school to get their views on the event, the charity and the impact it has on the lives of...
Should Sixteen-Year-Olds have the vote?
By Millie and Kyle In 1946 Britain made a great change to its laws of voting by reducing it to age 18 or over. There were many debates as to whether this was the sensible choice. However nowadays, 18-year-olds have been getting involved...
Frantic Friday!
Friday’s Media Teams have once more been out and about all over the school’s campus capturing the tumult of undertakings happening in 2014’s Activity Week. Different teams of roving reporters have been capturing the action all week in various groups and adding them to this blog. With today being a mixture...
Cricket Time
On the 17th of June Year 9 took to the fields for the cricket and rounders match of the century. Year 9 boys in Barcelona won the cricket interhouse championships this year, with London coming second and Sydney coming third. Year 9 girls Milan won the rounders interhouse championships, with Paris coming...