Room 12B's first Gold award!

Congratulations to Connor who has earned the very first Gold award in Room 12B. It's very exciting to see the Golds coming out now!

HNI Year 7 Technology Challenge

Here we have Imaan & Siobhan and Joel & Ben representing Room 12B in the Year 7 Technology Challenge. They had to fly a red paper flag as high as possible using only paper and sellotape. The boys' tower was taller than every other groups' but unfortunately it was too wobbly and couldn't stand unassisted. The girls on the other hand were able to get theirs to stand steady and won third place!

Well done to both teams.

Sheppard Technology Challenge

Last week the whole of Sheppard house got stuck into a technology challenge. The challenge was to build a contraption that could hold a ping pong ball, and when dropped from a height, would take as long as possible to reach the ground. In pairs, we had to build this contraption using only six A4 sheets of paper, 1m of celotape, some straws, and a pair of scissors! After our planning and building time, we all went out to the fitness course, dropped it off the highest point and timed how long it took to hit the ground. Some designs successfully defied gravity for a little while, others seemed to get swept up in wind and a few plonked straight to the ground in under a second! We had a great afternoon using our creative brains!