Framlinghamian 2023 - Flipbook - Page 13
SPIRIT OF INQUIRY
The CREST Awards support six levels from
Foundation in Aldeburgh. The activity
Star (typically for 5-7-year-olds) to Gold
was run by Ian Botwright, former primary
(usually undertaken by students aged 16+),
school teacher and member of Crackers
with the amount and complexity of work
‘n’ Smash, which competed with its own
required to gain an award increasing at
robots on Robot Wars.
each level. CREST projects generally fall
under one of the following four types:
Split into small groups, our pupils were
practical investigation, design & make,
tasked with creating their own remote-
research, and communication.
control robots to compete in various
challenges such as skittles and football,
The successful Prep School pupils had to
encouraging ingenuity, increasing
spend over 10 hours of investigation time
knowledge of design technology and
each to contribute to their group work
applicable scienti昀椀c concepts, and
and complete their ‘How to make roller
promoting teamwork.
coasters go faster’ project.
For our older Computer Science pupils,
Prep School pupils’ engineering skills were
their immersive learning experiences
also put to the test early in the Autumn
included a visit to the EGX exhibition at
Term when Year 5 and 6 pupils enjoyed
the ExCel exhibition centre in London. The
a Robotics Day at the Britten Pears
Year 12 and 13 pupils had the opportunity
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