No Adults Allowed
No Adults Allowed is Siren FM’s show made by young people for young people. The show is made for listeners in primary school all the way up to sixth form.
This afternoon on Siren FM, Anthony Cafferkey meets, Peter Moore the IT specialist who was captured in Iraq in 2007 and released 2 years later. You can hear Peter’s story and his reflections on the news that Alan McMenemy’s (one of Peter’s body guards) body may be returned to the UK.
Join Antony and the team from 3pm this afternoon. You won’t be disappointed!
Heya Peeps George here with a link back to Tuesdays show since it was one of the best I’ve done.
So here it is, hope you like it: Listen to No Adults Allowed Tuesday and Friday 3-5pm on Siren 107.3 FM or online atwww.sirenonline.co.uk
Part one:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46914546/no%20adults%203_1_12%20pt1%201.mp3
Part 2:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46914546/no%20adults%203%3A1%3A12%20pt2.mp3
WARNING: These links will not work on Internet Explorer, but any other browser should be fine 
The Academy have been taking a break over the past few weeks but they are back with another installment of the Siren FM Takeover. This is the first of only four shows left in this academic year so make sure you tune in to join our presenters Sydnie and Laura as they bring an hour’s worth of entertainment and great tunes.
In today’s show they will be talking about reality television (or as they call it ‘Trash TV’) and they will be asking if 3D television matches all the hype. In addition, they’ll be taking to Ben from Branston Community Academy about his experience in London interviewing I’d Do Anything runner up Jessie Buckley. Finally the girls wrap up this weeks show with a run down of the latest top 20 chart.
If you want to find out more about the Young Journalist Academy just head to their website at www.youngjournalistacademy.co.uk.
This week’s No Adults Allowed Takeover saw the return of some of the students from Priory LSST; Hayley, Elizabeth and Harriet came in to produce a show all about music. In the show they had a discussion about the way music is changing, both for the consumer and the musician, and they revealed their own top 8 chart.
Before the show they challenged some of their fellow students at the school to their own music quiz, the winners were revealed in the programme.
Hayley and Elizabeth also spoke to Cathy Thompson before she took part in the Midnight Moonwalk in London on Saturday. The walk is a huge fundraising event which involved 15,000 women walking a total of 26 miles through the city to raise money for breast cancer, you can find out more about the charity here.
While the girls were busy producing the show fellow Academy member Ellen was producing a video documenting their expereince at Siren FM which you can watch below.
Due to some technical difficulties this weeks edition of the No Adults Allowed YJA Takeover is brought to you a little later in the week and will be broadcast on Wednesday at 4pm. We had a mixed team in the studio from both Walton Girls’ High School and the North Keseteven School.
In the studio this week our presenter, Amy, discusses career paths and Earth Hour with Eleanor and Harriet, the shows Broadcast Assistant and Producer respectively.
Meanwhile, Matt from the Carre’s Grammar School newsroom has been down to London to find out about the United Nations Water Day. At the same time as this another one of journalists from the Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School newsroom, Millie, was also in London having a tour of the Guardian newspaper offices. When she was there she took the opportunity to interview Jane Dundan who is the editor of their Public Leaders Network website.
Closer to home Ellen from the Priory LSST newsroom interviewed some of the winners at the Young Enterprise Awards 2011 which took place at the University of Lincoln. Make sure you tune in for all the above and more at 4pm tomorrow.
For more information about the Young Journalist Academy you can check out the website at www.youngjournalistacademy.co.uk.
The Young Journalist Academy Takeover is back to normal this week, all the news rooms have had a well deserved week off for half term and are recharged ready to bring you more shows for the rest of the term. This weekend it was the turn of the Robert Pattinson newsroom, along with honorary member Guy from William Farr, to take over the studio to produce another hour of entertainment and great music.
In the first part of the show the team discuss the Royal Wedding and what they plan to do with their extra day off. We also hear from Kyle in the Trent Valley Academy newsroom as he brings us his thoughts on the newly announced iPad 2.
Meanwhile Georgia from the Priory LSST newsroom went to the British Library in London to speak to Tilly Legros about her experiences as a volunteer in the museum and gallery sector. Tilly was keynote speaker at the Museums and Young People Conference where a big emphasis was made on volunteering as the government announced in January that they want to expand work experience opportunities for young people.
Finally back in the studio the team talked about making their GCSE choices, our entertainment correspondent Luke reviews the latest films and Guy gives a run down of this weeks notable sporting fixtures.
Make sure you tune in for all that and more and 4pm this afternoon!
Make sure you tune in at 4 o’clock this afternoon to hear the second No Adults Allowed YJA Takeover of the year. This week pupils from the North Kesteven School newsroom came in to the Siren studios to produce another hour of entertainment and great tunes for your listening pleasure.
In other newsrooms from the Academy the Carres Grammar School went to The Collection last week for the Holocaust Memorial Day. While they were there they spoke to Holocaust survivor Hanneke Dye and you can hear her memories in today’s show, you can also see a video of the interview here.
Meanwhile students from Priory LSST also went to The Collection to interview internationally renowned ceramic artist Pete Moss. The artist has just finished exhibiting a large collection of his work at the Hub in Sleaford, as well as the interview on today’s show you can also check out an article with a link to his work on the YJA website here.
Back in the studio today’s presenters Abi and Gaby discuss a variety of issues including their take on the latest series on Dancing on Ice.
You can see how the show is put together by watching the short behind the scenes video below.
Make sure you tune in to Siren FM today at 4pm to catch the first YJA Takeover of the new year. This week Siren welcomed young journalists from the newsroom in Boston High School. In this episode you’ll be able to listen to an interview from the Carres Grammar School newsroom about the internet and how we’re running out of addresses on it.
Meanwhile the Cherry Willingham newsroom have been interviewing a former teacher about his love of vinyl records, he loves them so much he has over 10,000 in his collection! Back in the studio this weeks presenters, Tilly and Caitlin, discuss a variety of topics including a story about a crocodile in a zoo who swallowed a mobile phone after it was accidentally dropped into their enclosure.
You can find out what the guys thought of their day at Siren by watching the behind the scenes video below. And once you’ve done that you can find out what else the Academy is up to logging onto www.youngjournalistacademy.co.uk.
Liam Juniper
Make sure you tune into Siren FM tomorrow afternoon at 4pm. Liam Juniper is presenting a special edition of No Adults Allowed and he will be joined by some special guests from the Grantham Youth Centre. For the past couple of months Siren have been working with the children from the centre and the Shooting Fish Theatre Company to produce a special radio play called No Ball Games. This show is a celebration of all the hard work the group have put in and the drama is described below.
“Ever wondered what it was like to try those things you know you shouldn’t? “No Ball Games” tells the story of Paige, a teenager, who is bored of living in a town with nothing exciting to do and what happens to her when she tries to make life a little more interesting… “
The drama has been written, directed and performed by the children from the Grantham Youth Centre and they’ll be talking to Liam about what it was like to make the drama. The project has been funded by Mediabox which is administered by the Department for Education. You can find out more about Siren’s previous Mediabox project by going to our projects page and you find out more about the Mediabox scheme by logging onto their website.
Due to commitments elsewhere in the academy there will be no Young Journalist Academy Takeover for the next two weeks. Students from the Boston High School newsroom will be producing the next show which airs on the 6th December in the usual time between 4pm and 5pm.
Until then you can check out what all the newsrooms are up to by visiting the YJA website at www.youngjournalistacademy.co.uk.
