Head's Newsletter 21 June 2019

The finals, at the Science Museum, had a stand, a presentation and a prototype of their idea. They spent hours honing their presentation and practised every lunchtime in front of teachers and students for a week before the trip. Using the help of the DT department’s Technician, Mr Samuel, they created a slick and polished prototype of the new landfills. Together they were extremely confident. When we reached the finals it was evident that all the groups had worked hard to get there and there were some amazing ideas. SAS (Serious about Science) were first to present, which was followed by an interview with the judges where they asked questions, and the boys showed how much preparation they had done on the subject. The students’ parents had made the trip up to watch and we all agreed just how proud we were of the effort and time they put in. Unfortunately, SAS did not win the overall competition but received goody bags and CREST awards for their efforts.

This year we joined thousands of students taking part in the BP challenge with the title of Re-Imagine . Students had to find an everyday problem and create a new and better solution. Some of our students tackled credit cards and wallets while others looked at battery power and traveling. One group went all out and decided to tackle the problem of Landfills and Recycling. We sent away four projects in total, 20-slide presentations on the ideas and solutions the teams had come up with. Of these four, one team made it to the finals. Armaan Khan, Sion Hwang and Sayanen Sawmynaden, known as SAS (Serious about Science) come up with the idea to link several new forms of technology and create a new way of mining old landfills and building new ones that are more efficient. This would reduce the landfill in this country by two thirds.