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P6 Robotics BTEC Engineering Trip Year 10

The department’s annual Robotic Year 13 and 14 Btec Engineering In March pupils from Year 10 at-
road show is always oversub- students visited the local NRC tended the annual Technology

scribed. With four sessions taking Engineering department to dis- Challenge held by the Rotary Club.
place over two days allowing al- cover how different materials are
most 200 pupils to benefit from tested to aid in the completion
an introduction to programming. of their vocational assignment.

The pupils were tasked with pro-
gramming a robot so that it would Through teamwork and discus-
Tensile test being carried out on a
follow a predetermined route . sion, the pupils designed and
piece of glass fibre nylon.
manufactured a structure con-
Izod / charpy testing machine structed from wooden dowels ,
string and the glue gun that had
to act a sling shot to propel a ball
to hit a target. One of the teams
managed to secure second place
resulting in £100 cheque for the
school.

The visiting pupils were guided by

mentors who were Year 11
students from the Technology
department.

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