All students who took part in our CET Innovate Competition, were recently awarded Headteacher Recognition Awards from Mr Bedford, including our team of finalists – Jordan, Riley, Laney and Millie from Year 7.
We have recently held our annual CET Innovate competition, which saw six teams of Year 7, 8 and 9 students put their inventiveness, creativity and teamwork to the test for the Cumbria Education Trust ‘Innovate Challenge’. Whereby they have challenged Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 pupils to show outstanding teamwork to create a world changing idea – focused around helping the environment. Their task was to Generate, Design, Advertise and Present their world changing idea to a panel of judges.
Students at Workington Academy generated, designed and made a prototype of their idea then pitched this to our School Judges or ‘Dragons’ – Mr Bedford, Mrs McAllister and Mrs Kinrade.
The standard of the competition was incredibly high, with all teams generating and presenting excellent ideas and products with great confidence and clarity, all of which could certainly be moved forward to help and support the environment.
Based on the Competition Criteria – the teams were judged on the following;
· Concept – what makes their project innovative, interesting or different from similar projects?
· Purpose – how well will the product solve the problem identified?
· Creativity – shown in the project design, model and logo.
· Teamwork – shown throughout all stages of the project.
· Pitch Quality – presentation skills, enthusiasm, clarity and connection with audience.
The results were as follows;
Third Place:
|
Team Name |
Product |
Group Members |
|
Filteration Friends |
Slow the Flow – product to go into rivers to remove litter and plastic bottles from rivers and also help to prevent flooding. Products caught in the net, will be recycled. |
Connie Rollason – Y9 Ella Harrison – Y9 Kweeva-Grace Wylie – Y8 Iestyn Smith – Y8 |
Second Place;
|
Team Name |
Product |
Group Members |
|
Enthusiastic Plastic |
The Ocean Shark – to clean and remove plastic from the ocean. Powered by wave energy. |
Jessica Meckin – Y7 Travis Carine – Y7 George Marshall – Y7 Isabella Johnston – Y7 |
First Place;
|
Team Name |
Product |
Group Members |
|
Fire Enquirers |
Fire Finders – Reduce Wildfires. Box fitted to trees – powered by solar panels, link directly to Fire department. |
Laney Peel – Y7 Riley Pearson – Y7 Millie Wood – Y7 Jordan – Y7 |
We are delighted to say that the Fire Enquirers went on to represent Workington Academy at the CET Innovate Final, where they went up against the school winners from Cumbria Education Trust’s other 12 schools. We are delighted to say that they performed exceptionally well, at what was a fantastic event, pitching their idea to a panel of external judges, all from industry. Unfortunately, they were narrowly beaten to the trophy by William Howard School’s ‘Glyco Fuel’.
Highlights Video from the Final can be watched here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EckIzWRtrdE
Well done to all involved on such a fantastic event and display of creative talent and ingenuity!
We cannot wait for next year’s competition already!
Full List of All Workington Academy Innovate Competitors:
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Team Name |
Product |
Group Members |
|
Enthusiastic Plastic |
The Ocean Shark – to clean and remove plastic from the ocean. Powered by wave energy. |
Jessica Meckin – Y7 Travis Carine – Y7 George Marshall – Y7 Isabella Johnston – Y7 |
|
Green Guardians |
The Pollution Purifier – converts harmful greenhouse gases into water. |
Harry Pomfret – Y9 Niamh McNicholas – Y9 Aisha Sanderson – Y9 Reece Sowerby – Y9 |
|
Fire Enquirers |
Fire Finders – Reduce Wildfires. Box fitted to trees – powered by solar panels, link directly to Fire department. |
Laney Peel – Y7 Riley Pearson – Y7 Millie Wood – Y7 Jordan – Y7 |
|
Hedgehog Houses |
Hedgehog Houses – provide food, water, shelter and warmth to hedgehogs – made out of plastic bottles / recyclable materials. |
Katie Hall – Y9 Peter Ardron – Y9 Keiron DF – Y9 |
|
Small but smart |
Micro-nets – remove micro plastics from water – goes on taps. |
Katie O’Leary – Y8 Octavia Smith – Y8 Joe Wordsworth – Y8 |
|
Filtration Friends |
Slow the Flow – product to go into rivers to remove litter and plastic bottles from rivers and also help to prevent flooding. Products caught in the net, will be recycled.
|
Connie Rollason – Y9 Ella Harrison – Y9 Kweeva-Grace Wylie – Y8 Iestyn Smith – Y8 |
