Last Thursday, KS2 got together in their Houses to complete
a STEM challenge.
They were arranged into small groups and were tasked with
building a tower out of 80 straws. They were given a roll of tape and a pair of
scissors and given an objective: to build the tallest tower possible. The tower
needed to be free- standing and they had to think about the relationship
between base and height, etc. It was interesting to see the different ideas-
some children constructed cubes, others used triangles and some used a
combination.
The children enjoyed working in mixed groups and the tallest
towers from each house were put together and judged.
A team from Bulstrode were
victorious this year, well done! Houses were also awarded points which will
count towards the weekly House Cup.
The staff were extremely impressed by the
team work exhibited by all the children.
A big thank you to Mr. Beddow (from BT Adastral Park) for
joining us to judge the entries.
