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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday <strong>June</strong> 5 <strong>2018</strong> 9 Engineering challenge for pupils SCHOOLS • By Sophie Cornish COBHAM Intermediate pupils have proved themselves to be budding engineers. Two teams of pupils qualified for the Canterbury semi finals of the Epro8 Challenge, an engineering and problem-solving race competition. During the three hour event, each team of four is based at a workstation containing an assortment of easy to use parts and equipment. It begins with a tutorial on the equipment, then teams are given a booklet containing a number of challenges, most of which are of an entertaining and physical nature. Teams then choose which challenges they wish to undertake, the harder the challenge, the more points it is worth. At the heats, the Cobham group were required to make a bed for a construction worker as well as a solar-powered clock that shines and lights up when the sun rises. The clock had to have a 10 second delay, while the breakfast is automatically brought to the bed from a minimum distance from two metres away. BUDDING ENGINEERS: One of two teams from Cobham Intermediate who are advancing to the Canterbury semifinals for the Epro8 engineering and problem-solving competition. The two teams called ‘The Overchargers’ and ‘Dark Thunder’ consisted of Max Wallace, Nethidu Perea, Jessica French, Kyle Sander, Alan Vines, Benjamin Leighs, Misha Pavlov and Victoria Ding. Teacher Tony Lane said while the challenges were difficult, “the teams nailed it.” “I’m really proud of both teams. The determination and skills shown were inspiring,” he said. Audience ‘wowed’ by Burnside High stage performances MICHAEL Jackson, technology v nature and the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown were all topics in Burnside High School’s own take on Stage Challenge – Compass Wars. After being informed in January that Stage Challenge could no longer go ahead due to a lack of funding, the school created its own competition which saw the pupils split into four divisions – senior, north, south, and west. Since then, Minister of Education Chris Hipkins has offered a one-off grant of $800,000 to RockQuest Promotions Ltd so it can put on a national event similar to Stage Challenge this year. Mr Hipkins said the ministry is also working on a longer term funding model to keep the event running. Burnside High’s south division won with a “thought-provoking” performance based on the 1980s and the Chernobyl meltdown. The senior pupils “wowed” the crowd with the life of Michael Jackson; west put on a fairy tale journey of a modern-day Cinderella; and north, which came second, had a futuristic performance on technology v nature. Each division had a colour and decade it had to represent through dance, drama, music, props, costume and visual enhancement. School spokeswoman Bernadette Shaw said there was an intensive term of planning and rehearsals which led up to the performances being revealed at The Aurora Centre, The centre was filled to capacity for the show. Three people judged the performances – two ex-students, Erin Wells and Sara Tsai, and Lana Paniflow, an experienced dancer and teacher. PERFORM: Year 13 student Eden Warner shows off her Michael Jackson moves during the senior division performance. Best Motorbuys TM ANYTHING WITH A MOTOR! The South Island’s leading motoring publication FREE every Friday at hundreds of locations around the South Island, and it’s available online! www.bestmotorbuys.co.nz For advertising enquiries, ph Lea Godfrey 021 277 3086