Robot Wars!

Originally posted on Prince Edward Headteacher's Blog:
Some of our Y5 and Y6 pupils competed in this year’s inter-school Robot Wars competition. Every year we invite the Robot Wars expert in to show us how to make our own robots, to embark on challenges and navigate obstacles. We always invite pupils from other schools…

Robotics Day!

Last week, Prince Edward was lucky enough to take part in a Robotics Day with two other primary schools in Sheffield. There were four Year 5s from our school and four Year 6s, and we had to build robotic cars that would compete with each other. We used K’Nex, a construction-toy system. Our Year 5s…

Engineering Imagination

Do you remember the trip we took to the Diamond Building at the University of Sheffield? How about the workshops, one on bridge-building and one on rockets, run by university’s Women in Engineering group? Well, to celebrate National Women in Engineering Day next month, you can head over to the Winter Garden to take part…

It Really IS Rocket Science!

The Women in Engineering group from the University of Sheffield was back today to teach some lucky Year 5s a bit about rockets. (Last time the engineers were here, if you remember, we participated in a bridge-building challenge.) Here we are finding out about what an aerospace engineer does. Do you know what force a…

Bridge-Building Challenge

Today, with the University of Sheffield’s Women in Engineering group, we had an after-school workshop where we competed against each other to see who could build the strongest bridge. We had to use lots of different types of skills: maths, teamwork, communication, reasoning and problem-solving. Obviously, we also had to employ some engineering skills: Which…

Engineering

Year 5 visited the University of Sheffield today to work with the university’s Women in Engineering group. First we had a go at a virtual-reality game based on a book by Women in Engineering and the university. Afterward, we headed over to the university’s Diamond building to learn more about Engineering and explore the labs….

Star of the Week

Our Star of the Week is a Maths whiz, an engineering marvel and an all around nice guy. Well done and thank you for your hard work this week! Save