Students Jingle All The Way

The winners of a jingle competition around a new Government policy to help promote a brighter future for young people have been announced.

Viking FM, in association with East Riding of Yorkshire Council, gave students the opportunity to create a genuine radio jingle to promote the RPA (Raising the Participation Age) campaign, >move on | aim high>.

Students competed with teams from schools right across the region and the winner has been invited to record their jingle in the famous Viking FM studios. This jingle will then be broadcast on-air as part of the subsequent campaign on Viking FM raising awareness the various options available to young people after compulsory schooling, as well as highlighting the >log on | move on> website which provides information and guidance about the post-16 opportunities open to young people living in the East Riding and Hull.

Today, Viking FM Drive presenter Liam Smedley attended an assembly at Beverley High School to present the prize of a framed winner’s certificate, iPod Shuffle and tickets to The Deep to Key Stage 3 winner, Gina Woodmancy. He said:

“It’s great to see how passionate young people have been about this competition. The standard of entries has been excellent. We loved Gina’s entry, she’s shown a real talent for jingle writing.”

Jane Fisher, 14-19 lead officer at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “RPA will affect every young person in Year 11 and below.

“This competition gave us the opportunity to raise the awareness of RPA and I would like to thank the teachers and young people who took part.”

The lucky, overall winner was Key Stage 4 winner Brad Abbott from Headlands School in Bridlington, whose jingle will be recorded at the Viking FM studio and broadcast on-air.

Year 10 students, Beth Edeson, Teigan Gardham, Chloe Broadbent, Daisy Taylor, picked up the Group Award and Wolfreton School’s Zara Good took the prizes for runner-up.