It has been a great start to Term 2 for Year 11 and last weekend they took part in an Overpopulation Challenge during the international day celebrations. Year 11 students worked in small groups along with year 10 students to create a product or concept that would help to reduce the world population. They had to research their ideas and put together a ‘Dragon’s Den” style pitch presentation and present their ideas to Ms Bishop, Ms Hall and Mr Palmer. This drew out four great finalist groups who then had to present their plan in a final assembly to the rest of KS4 and KS3 students. Ms Middlebrook and the rest of the staff who watched the students present, were very impressed with the confidence the four groups showed and Ms Middlebrook was especially impressed with how well their plans were researched and their presentations were put together.
The four groups that presented in assembly were:
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Vertical farming (pyramid housing and insect agriculture – Philip, Gethin, Mahad & Sorachika
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Education for everyone using derelict housing – Zainab, Nora, Prapti & Amber
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The ‘Need for Seeds’, seed bombs in India & creating edible green spaces – Anoushka, Rajeshri & Amitayush
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Bio Mark – plant based resources to make sustainable clothing for everyone – Devanshi & Soniva
The judges voted for the the first and second place and those awards went to the following groups:
1st place: Bio Mark – plant based resources to make sustainable clothing for everyone – Devanshi & Soniva!
2nd place : Education for everyone using derelict housing – Zainab, Nora, Prapti & Amber!
And there was a final award; The people’s choice voted by students and teachers that went to the Vertical farming (pyramid housing and insect agriculture – Philip, Gethin, Mahad & Sorachika!
A massive congratulations to these groups and all the students that took part. It was a great event and they really embraced the challenges set during the day.
It was also great to see all the students dressed in their traditional dress and representing their countries for the international day parade!
