Sandhurst School

 Since Sandhurst’s Introduction of the SYNERGY radio station in 2007, the school have made fantastic progress with it’s expansion and integration, throughout the school.   The Modern Foreign Languages department use SYNERGY to create learning resources, interview one another and create radio shows in other languages, broadening the students vocabulary and confidence when speaking, not to mention their interest and engagement when learning!

 On a regular basis, local services; fire, police, student-council, health services feature on the schools programs. The radio station has given the school NEW opportunities to develop and nurture relationships within the local community and achieved giving pupils ownership and responsibility for aschool wide project.

“It is really important to us that our pupils take  ownership of the project to nurture and develop it”
Mark Lovejoy - Sandhust School

 “We wanted to give the students a more relaxed atmosphere during break and lunch times, but it also gives the students an opportunity to share the day’s news and opportunities to work together with their friends outside of the classroom”

Holly goes on to say “We don’t just use the radio for music.  We also use it to promote various school events and advertise various things going on such as new food promotions in the canteen and school productions.  We can use the SYNERGY radio station to give out important notices and it’s a really good way to share student’s opinions and responses to what’s going on in the school”
Holly Huxley