Runners up in Year 2 Technology Challenge
On Monday morning Mrs Stokes took 4 very excited children, Barney, Laila, Isabella and Will down to the Congress Theatre to take part in the ‘Wind Power’ Challenge as part of the Eastbourne Primary Schools Year 2 Technology Challenge.
The children were met by a team of engineers from several local engineering companies and were set the task of making a boat with sails and to move it along a carefully constructed canal using wind power. They had to design and make their own pump and a set of bellows to create enough force to push the boat forward.
The children were given a wide selection of materials to create their designs and had to work together as a team. We were competing against 10 local primary schools and came second overall with marks given for the children’s ability to work together, the quality of their ideas, their level of perseverance and the speed at which their boat travelled from one end of the canal to the other. Well done and congratulations to them all for doing so well.
