4 Friday, July 3, 2009
Girls get
to meet
pop band
WHEN writing about
their weekend in school
BY JOHN EDDEN
on Monday morning, two
would perform as presenters on
city primary school stu-
the flagship show Heart
dents had a tale like
Breakfast, being judged the best
nobody else’s. out all the entries.
For eight-year-olds Faye The lucky duo were also given
Boncales and Lauryn Halstead- the chance to visit the Heart stu-
Smith spent their Saturday back dios based in Birmingham to
stage at Wolverhampton Civic meet presenters Ed James and
Hall meeting one of the biggest Rachel New, and used the sta-
girl groups of the moment. tion’s facilities to exclusively
The students, from St Peters interview The Saturdays as
Roman Catholic Primary School entertainment reporters!
in Bartley Green won a competi- Rachel Murray, teacher for St
tion hosted by local radio station Peters Roman Catholic Primary
Heart FM to watch the School, said: “The girls had a fan-
Saturdays perform live in the tastic time with The Saturdays
Midlands and interview them backstage and they absolutely
backstage after the show. loved the concert. This has been a
They beat off stiff competition real treat and we thank Heart
from over 50 other schools, their and the Radio in Schools initia-
podcast demonstrating how they tive for making this happen.”
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