Faraday Challenge Day – February 21st 2024

Last week, all Year 8 students were involved in a fantastic STEM day, taking part in the IET Faraday Engineering Challenge. The challenge gave the students the opportunity to create a solution for a real-world challenge, based this year on designing an attraction for a UK theme park. The students worked in teams of 5 or 6 and each person in the group had a specific role, such as a project manager and an accountant, as well as a visual designer and a manufacturing engineer.  They had to include electronics in their designs and even had to do an engineering apprenticeship in order to complete the day. All students participated really well, and the outcomes were very impressive. Year 8 can be credited on their positive attitudes and great behaviour on the day; there are definitely some potential engineers within the year group and it will be exciting to see where it takes them in the future.

Mrs M Moss

Curriculum Coordinator of Design & Technology

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