Brian's Test Blog

On 1st of February the Arthur Terry BBC School Report team were lucky enough to get the chance to interview Sir Christopher Stone, the Executive Head teacher at the school. The main line of questioning was about his recent Knighthood; however the team also took the opportunity to ask several questions about how he managed to reach such a unique and outstanding point in his career and what had motivated him to do so. His open and honest responses and positivity were engaging throughout. Sir Christopher started by sharing how he views schools, based on his experience as a child and an adult, he likened schools to families, big extended families where people, keep people safe and are nice to one another, getting the best out of them. His wisdom and optimism was compelling and in response to a question about determination and confidence he talked about self believe, courage, and doing the right thing for the right reasons. "Not being remembered" is something that is feared by man...

On the 12th December, Adrian Chiles took a break from his busy schedule to come and talk to BBC school reporters, Lauren, Josh, Sophia and Amy, at the Arthur Terry School. From speaking to him, students found that he ‘fell into journalism/broadcasting' as a result of his footballing accident that led to his leg being severely broken in two places. At this time, there were two significant events occurring, one of them being the Gulf War, the other being the resignation of the then Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, with the news endlessly broadcasting it suddenly seemed like a potential career choice. When asked if broadcasting had changed him, he indicated that it has not changed him as a person, but the fame had affected his life in a way that had led to him being mobbed by the public in everyday life situations. When asked about the Leveson Inquiry he said ‘the press took advantage of their freedom of speech and abused the privacy of others'. Regarding questions upon the care...