F1 in Schools Jaguar Primary School Challenge National Finals
Regional Centres play a major role in the National Finals. Becoming a judge for the day rather than a competitor was real eye opener.
Having hosted our first regional final in April I was invited to Coventry as a judge and I accepted the invitation so that I could learn more about how students tackled the challenge nationally.
For more information see the latest issue of Engineering Focus here.
Having hosted our first regional final in April I was invited to Coventry as a judge and I accepted the invitation so that I could learn more about how students tackled the challenge nationally.
For more information see the latest issue of Engineering Focus here.
Jaguar F1 in Schools comes to Wilmington
Thrilling, Exciting, Challenging!
F1 in Schools Jaguar Primary Challenge Regional Finals
Eight highly successful teams of year 5 students brought their cars, portfolios and presentations to the first Kent regional final for the F1 in Schools Jaguar Primary School Challenge.
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, whose senior teams include the current F1 in School Bloodhound SSC Class speed record holders and national champions for the last two years as well as being one of two schools to represent the UK at the international finals last November, were chosen to host this amazing event giving students from The Brent Primary School a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate their creative engineering skills.
Teams competing in the finals had worked on designing and manufacturing a car using 2D CAD software and a CAM cutter before assembling the final product to test it on the day. Duties were allocated within the teams to ensure that, as well as producing the car, teams contacted companies for sponsorship, produced a portfolio to demonstrate their planning and progression throughout the project and prepared a verbal presentation to demonstrate how they had worked together, developing a wide range of personal skills as well as their competition car.
Judging took place throughout the day with STEM Ambassadors from Delphi Diesel Systems, KBR Power, Costain and Bloodhound SSC being thoroughly impressed by the students detailed understanding of the work they had carried out.
CO2 cartridges were used to fire the cars down a 20m long track through timing gates that measure to 1000ths of a second. The fastest car covering the distance in less than 1.3 seconds was travelling at approximately 30 MPH.
Prizes were awarded by the judges for best portfolio, best verbal presentation, best additional challenge, best engineered and fastest car with the awards going to four different teams.
Gareth Johnson, MP for Dartford and special guest for the afternoon, presented the awards for 2nd and 3rd place overall. He then congratulated the overall winners – The Achievers – as he presented them with their Jaguar trophy and golden invitation to the national finals being held in Coventry in June.
When congratulating all of the teams for their excellent work he said “We need all of the engineers we can get and there has been a wonderful opportunity here today for you to find something out about how engineers work.”
F1 in Schools Jaguar Primary Challenge Regional Finals
Eight highly successful teams of year 5 students brought their cars, portfolios and presentations to the first Kent regional final for the F1 in Schools Jaguar Primary School Challenge.
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys, whose senior teams include the current F1 in School Bloodhound SSC Class speed record holders and national champions for the last two years as well as being one of two schools to represent the UK at the international finals last November, were chosen to host this amazing event giving students from The Brent Primary School a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate their creative engineering skills.
Teams competing in the finals had worked on designing and manufacturing a car using 2D CAD software and a CAM cutter before assembling the final product to test it on the day. Duties were allocated within the teams to ensure that, as well as producing the car, teams contacted companies for sponsorship, produced a portfolio to demonstrate their planning and progression throughout the project and prepared a verbal presentation to demonstrate how they had worked together, developing a wide range of personal skills as well as their competition car.
Judging took place throughout the day with STEM Ambassadors from Delphi Diesel Systems, KBR Power, Costain and Bloodhound SSC being thoroughly impressed by the students detailed understanding of the work they had carried out.
CO2 cartridges were used to fire the cars down a 20m long track through timing gates that measure to 1000ths of a second. The fastest car covering the distance in less than 1.3 seconds was travelling at approximately 30 MPH.
Prizes were awarded by the judges for best portfolio, best verbal presentation, best additional challenge, best engineered and fastest car with the awards going to four different teams.
Gareth Johnson, MP for Dartford and special guest for the afternoon, presented the awards for 2nd and 3rd place overall. He then congratulated the overall winners – The Achievers – as he presented them with their Jaguar trophy and golden invitation to the national finals being held in Coventry in June.
When congratulating all of the teams for their excellent work he said “We need all of the engineers we can get and there has been a wonderful opportunity here today for you to find something out about how engineers work.”
The Racing
The Judging
The Racing
F1 in Primary
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys has become synonymous with success in the national and international world of F1 in schools.
Our teams include the current Bloodhound SSC champions, the Bloodhound SSC class speed record holders and at the older F1 level Red Shift represented the UK at the International finals in Austin, Texas. We have seen the huge benefits of this challenge for our students and wanted to extend this opportunity to other schools. As a result of this we have become the South East Regions hub school for the F1 in schools 2D Primary challenge.
In this challenge students form a team of 4 and design a race car out of 160g/m² card complete with wheels, body and even a mini driver. They design and manufacture a body shell to fit a standard chassis using template software before printing/cutting their designs onto card and then making their car ready to race.
To make this possible Wilmington Grammar School for Boys has provided The Brent Primary School with the CAM machine needed so that their students can take up the challenge. Adam Nicholls, DT Coordinator for The Brent School received training on the Silhouette software and Cameo cutter, this session was hosted by Wilmington Grammar school for Boys and run by David Barnard, JPSC Coordinator and creator of the F1 in Schools Primary challenge event.
The challenge requires students to design and build the fastest car and support this work with a portfolio of evidence showing how their design has evolved. They are interviewed by a team of judges who look at their pit display and discuss the challenges they have faced and the decisions they have made when working towards their final design.
The regional finals are being held in April and the top team will go on to the National finals in June.
Wilmington Grammar School for Boys has become synonymous with success in the national and international world of F1 in schools.
Our teams include the current Bloodhound SSC champions, the Bloodhound SSC class speed record holders and at the older F1 level Red Shift represented the UK at the International finals in Austin, Texas. We have seen the huge benefits of this challenge for our students and wanted to extend this opportunity to other schools. As a result of this we have become the South East Regions hub school for the F1 in schools 2D Primary challenge.
In this challenge students form a team of 4 and design a race car out of 160g/m² card complete with wheels, body and even a mini driver. They design and manufacture a body shell to fit a standard chassis using template software before printing/cutting their designs onto card and then making their car ready to race.
To make this possible Wilmington Grammar School for Boys has provided The Brent Primary School with the CAM machine needed so that their students can take up the challenge. Adam Nicholls, DT Coordinator for The Brent School received training on the Silhouette software and Cameo cutter, this session was hosted by Wilmington Grammar school for Boys and run by David Barnard, JPSC Coordinator and creator of the F1 in Schools Primary challenge event.
The challenge requires students to design and build the fastest car and support this work with a portfolio of evidence showing how their design has evolved. They are interviewed by a team of judges who look at their pit display and discuss the challenges they have faced and the decisions they have made when working towards their final design.
The regional finals are being held in April and the top team will go on to the National finals in June.