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DREAM AWAY...<br />
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On Wednesday 17th October we launched the<br />
Toyota Dream Car Competition with our Year 8<br />
students. This involved a whole year assembly<br />
where past examples were exhibited and the rules<br />
of the competition elucidated. This was followed by<br />
a viewing, at the front of the school, of the Toyota<br />
C-HR crossover hybrid and the flagship Lexus LC<br />
coupe. Very generously these were provided by<br />
our business partners Jemca Toyota Croydon. Our<br />
students were enthusiastic in their response to<br />
seeing these pristine models and had the chance to<br />
explore the design features and to sit in the driver’s<br />
seat.<br />
Last year the Art Department authored a scheme of work based on the competition nationally. This<br />
enabled our students to produce work in lessons where the focus was on the features of automotive<br />
design and to consider the future of vehicle production given issues of sustainability. Toyota have an<br />
ambitious plan for reducing environmental impact and as part of their initiative have committed,<br />
To go beyond zero environmental impact and achieve a net positive impact, Toyota has set itself six<br />
challenges. All these challenges, whether in climate change or resource and water recycling, are beset<br />
with difficulties, however we are committed to continuing toward the year 2050 with steady initiatives<br />
in order to realize sustainable development together with society.<br />
https://www.toyota-global.com/sustainability/environment/challenge2050/<br />
This year we are focusing on ‘mobility and sustainability’ and introducing Year 8 to the rapid changes<br />
in technology which will mean that travel may look significantly different in the future. Our students<br />
have engaged enthusiastically and generated interesting ideas such as vehicles that charge via plates<br />
under the road surface (apparently this is being tested as we go to press!). We have also given a<br />
focus to the ‘narrative’ within their final compositions and these will have to be referenced in their<br />
application forms.<br />
Before being sent off to the national<br />
competition all work will be judged<br />
internally as part of our local Jemca<br />
Toyota award and winners will be<br />
selected for each of our school houses<br />
and overall school first, second and<br />
third. In the new year we will be<br />
holding the exhibition of finalists and<br />
winners and dates and times will be<br />
announced nearer the time.<br />
Mr. R McKenzie<br />
Head of Art<br />
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