Leeds children star on Channel 5’s Animal Care Club
Young students from Stagecoach Performing Arts Garforth and Wetherby have appeared in the latest series of Channel 5’s Animal Care Club, filmed at locations across Yorkshire.
The children were selected to take part after submitting headshots and self-tapes, and went on to help care for pets, farm animals, wildlife and zoo animals alongside Milkshake! presenter Kiera Nicole-Brennan.
To be selected Stagecoach helped the students put together head shots and self-tapes to submit, sending through videos of themselves talking about their favourite animals.
Student’s Leo, aged 8 from Micklefield, Johnny, aged 7 from Rothwell, Annie, aged 9 from Methley, Amelia, aged 8 from Wetherby, Zara, aged 8 from Wetherby and Bella, aged 8 from Wetherby where the successful few to make it onto this fun and educational show.
Presenter Kiera Nicole-Brennan was also very inspiring for the students. As Channel 5’s Milkshake’s youngest presenter, she really showed the young performers that dreams really can come true!
Principal Simon Austin was so pleased for his students: "We were delighted when so many of our students were selected to take part in this series.
"In the past, some of our students filmed with this team so we knew they were in good hands. Students and parents were all thrilled when they heard the good news!’
One of the successful students, Bella, has dreamed of becoming a vet ever since she was in Nursery, with a specific interest in working with dogs.
She was over the moon when she found out she would be helping not just one dog but two in her episode of the show at Parkhill Vets in Wetherby.
Embracing her new role, Bella got to remove and re-apply a bandage to a sick dog’s leg and her second case involved some maths as she had to weigh a dog to see how much it could hold on its poorly leg.
Bella really enjoyed learning from the vets and loved having the chance to care for the dogs.
She said: "I was really excited to be part of the show. It was exciting telling my friends and family that I was going to do it. It really inspired me, I think I would like to be a vet or present Animal Care Club when I'm older."
With a network of over 60,000 students and more than 3,000 extra-curricular Performing Arts Schools worldwide, Stagecoach aims to make a difference in its students’ lives by teaching Creative Courage for Life and many children have gone on to study and work in Performing Arts from blockbuster films to countless roles in local theatre productions.