The Wyvern Issue 13
@DSMS_Wyvern
2012
Wyvern Shines Darlington School of Maths and Science
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For the last few months the Wyvern team has been looking forward to visiting London for the final of the Shine Media Awards. So on the 24th June 2012 editor of the Wyvern Liam Pape, Sports Correspondent Sam Hutchinson, Secretary Katie Appleyard, Head Journalist Rebecca Parkinson, Librarian Mrs Surtees and Head teacher Mr Kipling got on a train to Kings Cross Station in hope that the next day they would be making an acceptance speech. Before that though, they decided to have a look around London. Their hotel was less than 500 meters away from the London Eye and their closest tube station was next to Westminster. The evening before their big day they had tea at the Hard Rock Cafe where many of them
almost exploded. Rebecca Parkinson quotes “The atmosphere in the Hard Rock cafe was immense and the music was so loud it was like being on the front row of a concert.” Liam and Sam had the legendary 10oz burger and they said it definitely lived up to its name. The next morning everyone was up early to get breakfast; Later they caught multiple tubes and finally arrived at Stationers Hall near St. Pauls Cathedral. They went in and received loads of freebies from different sponsors. The freebies varied from HP Beach Towels to BBC Top Gear magasines. On that morning the Wyvern team attended publishing related presentations.
At around 12:15 all the schools helped themselves to a buffet lunch and then it was finally time for the award ceremony. Nervously, the Wyvern team sat at the back waiting for their categories. The first category they were mentioned in was ‘The Best Overall Content’ and amazingly they were in the top 4! Next time they were mentioned, it was for ‘The Most Outstanding Pupil’ where Liam Pape had been nominated and surprisingly he won! He received a plaque and newspaper publishing software for the school. Mr Kipling quoted “I’m really proud of Liam for winning the shine award”