On Thursday this week we were very lucky to be able to visit Sky Academy Studios in Livingston.

The children were amazing and did Busby Primary proud in creating a wonderful News Report.

“When I walked in and saw the professional cameras, I was so amazed and thankful that I got the chance to use one of these cool cameras. I’ve had experience with other cameras so I know how to zoom in and out and it was so fun using this huge real TV camera. When I saw the big blue whale and heard that the amount of plastic it took to make it was the amount of plastic bottles used every second that are not recycled, I was shocked.”   Alfie 

 

We arrived on the bus and had lunch straight away. Then we went into a room that was like a cinema where we watched a film about Sky and all that they do.

“We then went into our groups and into our own studios. We all had a job to do. My job was the reporter and I had to talk in front of the camera, talking about plastic pollution in our oceans. I had to get changed into a suit and looked very smart to play the part. Behind me was a green screen which they put a beach with lots of plastic in the background. We researched more facts and spoke about them for the camera and the news report. My favourite bit of all was seeing the whole film put together by all the groups at the very end, We created an amazing news report. It was really fun!” Craig

” I was really surprised when I saw the Blue Whale outside that I later found out that it was called Polly and then after that, I found out that Polly has a brother called Plasticus in London!

So when we came in, we had our lunch immediately and then we all went outside for some fresh air.  My favourite bit of all was when we had to make the decision between two of our videos. We chose the second one because the first one, a member of our team someone got a bit muddled with their words but the second one was better. It was a great day!” Caleb

Fabulous opportunity for the children and they all rose to the challenge! Watch out for some young and up and coming journalists and reporters!!