Royal Navy visits Year 7

Year 7 have enjoyed spending time with the Royal Navy

The sessions are a variety of realistic scenarios, in which the teams are given challenges to design, build, and utilise a range of models relating to a humanitarian aid incident. These sessions aim to develop students’ ability to work together as a group; to adapt, improvise, and communicate to ensure their final designs are as effective as possible.

Students were given the following scenario in which the aim was to build an emergency flare.

'The Royal Navy is involved globally with humanitarian support, both on land and at sea. If a ship gets into difficulty at sea, it will send out a distress signal called a ‘Mayday' signal. This notifies other vessels in the area that they require emergency assistance. Once they have sent their distress signal, they will then fire a flare into the air to illuminate the area for any passing aircraft or ships to help locate them. The higher and brighter the flare, the greater the chance the crew has of being rescued. Students will make and fire a flare (paper rocket) outside'.

As you can see from the pictures, the students worked incredibly well together. The aim was to get the paper rocket higher than the school building. Lots of teamwork took place with some great designs being delivered by students.