00:00Firebaker Wood in Maidstone is up for the best school in the entire world.
00:05They're in the innovation category and while the announcement event is, as you can see,
00:09now closed voting has opened up, so you have the chance to make sure that dream can become a reality.
00:15Let's take a look at the moment where the students found out the good news.
00:19We are the only school in the UK that has been shortlisted for innovation.
00:31So the shortlisting has happened today and the global embargo has been released today.
00:36The announcement will be made in November and there are five main categories that an expert panel of judges choose
00:43who will win.
00:44And then there is a sixth category for the community choice.
00:48And we're really hoping that between now and the end of October, people will get behind us and vote for
00:53the community choice award.
00:54And there'll be details on our website and all our socials around how to do that.
00:58Of course, it's been an absolutely brilliant day. It is hot, but it's been a lovely day.
01:03Of course, I've been singing in the choir today. Of course, we've just released our new album, The Climb.
01:10And of course, that's incredible. Of course, that's another achievement.
01:13But it's just really fun to be at this school.
01:18The shortlisting means the SEND school will face off against nine others from countries around the world, including Brazil, India,
01:26Spain, South Korea, Canada, Chile, Argentina and the USA.
01:30So for the global announcement, some of Kent's most important figures were in attendance.
01:34Now, we all know there's a World Cup going on for football at the moment. We want England to do
01:41really, really well in that. We want England to win that World Cup.
01:45I want England, I want this country to win this World Cup for schools, guys.
01:49And some from further afield as well.
01:52Hello, everybody at Five Acre Wood School. I just want to say a massive congratulations. I'm reading here shortlisted for
02:00the top ten world's best schools for innovation. That is so, so incredible. And you should be so, so proud.
02:06For a school that's hit the iTunes charts, has a working cafe made from an old train and a library
02:12built inside a plane, the fact that they've hit new heights with the shortlisting shows that for them and their
02:17students, it's not just the sky that's the limit, it's the world.
02:21Finn McDermid for KMTV in Luz.
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