The teams are now coding a buggy to drive a course. Tomorrow they compete against each other.
Day 3 pm part 1……..Mars Rover Challenge
The challenge is to build a robotic rock collector that will work on Mars. Tomorrow is testing!
Day 3…….a visit to the rocket park
The huge Saturn 5 rocket used to take astronauts to the Moon was most impressive.
Day 3…..launching our 2 stage rockets
The launch crew
The observers with clinometer altimeter measuring instruments. The rockets also carried electronic altimeters.
Blast off………sorry I’m unable to upload the video but look carefully and you might spot the rocket motor working.
Day 3……an 8am start with a presentation.
The presentation this morning was from Andrzej Stewart, an engineer who spent some time living in a space environment on Earth. He was isolated on one of his two missions for 1 year which was quite challenging.
History First World War Battlefields Trip
The History department has returned home from another successful and very enjoyable First World War battlefields trip. Everyone had a great time and valued the opportunity to visit sites such as the Thiepval Memorial, Vimy Ridge, Langemark German cemetery and the Flanders Field museum in Ypres.
Art Trip to Rome
The Art trip group made it back safely from Rome despite the airport fire delaying their departure by 8 hours! Who knew a day in an airport car park could be such fun?
The students were a total joy as ever and the trip was wonderful from start to finish.
Ms Payne & Miss Taylor
…..and again
At the dive training pool………….
Winner of the spiro challenge – the students will explain!!!
Day 2 ….more photos
