Foundation Magazine 2021-2022 | Mount Kelly

ACADEMICS
STEM - TECHNOLOGY
EDT STEM FINAL
On Wednesday 29 June, two teams
of Year 9 pupils attended the National
Industrial Cadet Awards Final at Bath
University, where they secured two top
awards! Team 1 won the award for Best
Teamwork and Team 2 won Best Overall
Project. Over the previous two terms,
Adejola Adekoya, Grace Cazzoli, Sienna
Critchley, Oliver Jordan, Jago Nicholas,
Matilda Purnell, Charlotte Lee, Caitlin
Dolby, Freya Sarkar, Gracie Simons, India
Washer and Dilys Williams have worked
tirelessly on their Bronze Industrial Cadet
Award with Schneider Electric engineers.
They produced reports, designs and
models for two unique products aimed at
improving sustainability and car security.
Their success represents Mount Kelly’s
best ever result at an EDT STEM event
and all pupils are to be congratulated for
their indefatigable effort.
ROUTES INTO STEM
Over half term, DT scholars, Freya
Sarkar and Dilys Williams took part in the
virtual, ‘Engineering and Development
Trust’ Routes into STEM course. Both
pupils completed an eye opening 20
hour course, attending online seminars
listening to experts in the STEM field and
completed a virtual project. They have
now graduated as an Industrial Cadet at
Bronze Level.
ACADEMICS
SMALLPEICE TRUST STEM DAY
Sixty Year 9 and 10 pupils took part in
the Smart Building Challenge STEM
Day run by the Smallpeice Trust.
Pupils worked in groups to build a
complex working rainwater collection,
filtration, and containment tank with an
automatic electronic water pump, to
pump water around a new-build, smart
home. The challenge involved pupils
applying knowledge from all STEM
subjects (Science, Design Technology,
Engineering, English and Maths), and
they each took on different roles in project
management, marketing, finance, design
and construction, culminating in practical
group presentations. Pupils also listened
to two young graduate engineers talk
about careers in South West Water and
how the company treats, contains and
conserves water in harmony with the
natural environment. Congratulations to
all teams for designing and making some
fantastic working prototypes and for
excellent, well-rehearsed presentations.
We are very grateful to South West Water
and the Pennon Group, who sponsored
this year’s challenge.
Gold medals: Gabrielle Idle-Beavers,
Elizabeth Dudman, Connie Logan,
Roman Mokhovik, Harry Pearse and
Maya Pokotylo.
Silver medals: Sienna Critchley, Caitlin
Dolby, Charlotte Lee, Gracie Simons,
India Washer and Dilys Williams.
Bronze medals: Louisa Hess, Kiera
Semple, Kika Ebie, Nina Raunkjaer,
Panos Angelakis and Jack Marston.
IET FARADAY CHALLENGE
On Thursday 12 May, 36 Year 8 pupils
took part in a one-day STEM (Institute of
Engineering and Technology) ‘Faraday
Challenge’, for Alder Hay Children’s
Hospital.
Working in teams, pupils designed and
built electrical and mechanical prototypes
using electrical and mechanical
components to improve a child and
parent stay in a hospital room.
Pupils in each team, took on a variety of
roles, from project and accounts managers
to designers and manufacturers, and
worked to a tight budget using ‘Faraday
currency’. Pupils were marked for their
ability to plan, develop ideas, work to
budgets and make a working prototype.
At the end of the day, teams produced a
5-minute presentation and demonstrated
their working prototypes to Dr Keira
Sewell, the IET judge.
All Year 8 pupils received a certificate from
the Institute of Engineering & Technology,
a British Science Association ‘Discovery
Crest Award’ and also an ‘Industrial
Cadet Award’ (inspired by HRH Prince
Charles).
Congratulations go to all participating
pupils, but in particular to the winning
team on the day:
(Cameron Gee, Alfie Varco, Jonah Bridle,
Victoria Bourges, Anissa Chung and
Liv Kalb), who each won £10 vouchers
and a prestigious IET trophy for their
‘automated, robotic, medicine nursing
assistant’.
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