The FHNT team from left: Noah Webb (11), Thiemo Hanne (9), Finn Robinson (10), and Harry Webb (9).
The FHNT team from left: Noah Webb (11), Thiemo Hanne (9), Finn Robinson (10), and Harry Webb (9).
It's a double win for St Joseph's School Stratford, after two of their teams took out top place in their sections at the Epro8 semifinals.
The FHNT team of Noah Webb (11), Thiemo Hanne (9), Finn Robinson (10), and Harry Webb (9) were awarded first place in the Years 5 and 6 challenge, while the Mechanic Masters team Max Simmons (12), Saphire Brady (12), Sean Robinson (13), and Mitchell Walsh (12) came first in the Years 7 and 8 event.
The EPro8 Challenge is an inter-school science and engineering competition.
Teams of four take part in a series of competitions and events designed to promote science and engineering, competing for the title of their region's EPro8 Challenge Champion.
Epro8 event manager Andrew Thiele says to get to the semifinals, the teams had to send in a video submission completing one of the challenges using EPro8 school equipment.
"Qualifying teams then go on to the event series, with the top four teams from the semi-finals events moving on to the final series."
The teams had 2-1/2 hours to complete one of the four challenges available using the EPro8 challenge school kit, he says.
"The teams had to think strategically about what challenge worked best for them. There are a number of tasks in each challenge and once they finish a task they receive points. The harder the task is, the more points they receive."
The Mechanic Masters from left: Max Simmons (12), Saphire Brady (12), Sean Robinson (13), and Mitchell Walsh (12)
The event is sponsored by Elemental Group.
"Without their support this wouldn't be possible," Andrew says.
In their age category, FHNT team members Finn, Harry, Noah and Thiemo worked together to build a structure that could paint walls using a motorised paintbrush.
Finn liked building the structure.
"I'm happy that we won and I can't wait for the finals."
Harry thought the challenge was fun.
"I liked doing the electronic side of things."
Max Simmons (12), Saphire Brady (12), Sean Robinson (13) and Mitchell Walsh (12) were tasked with stopping thieves in their tracks.
"We had to build a structure that would protect a painting with security systems," says Saphire.