Page 4 Year 1 Trip to St. Fagans
We were fortunate to have a dry day for our Year 1 trip to explore the old homes and buildings from around Wales. The children time travelled between the Celts in their roundhouses to the more modern 1980s miner’s cottages. We especially enjoyed the miller demonstrating the complicated machinery involved in producing flour from grain. We even had a lesson sitting at desks in a Victorian school. The teachers were a little strict though!
Flying Start Finals Clifton High School came third in the schools’ competition at the Flying Start Finals held just before the end of the spring term. The finals took place at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton and the best glider teams of year 9 students were able to attend.
This competition is organized and sponsored by numerous aeroengineering companies and Airbus provided all the mentors for our teams. Thank you! The day included some engineering exercises including the “Egg Drop Challenge” and the “Bridge Building Challenge” (which the teachers also took part in!) There was a quiz, which encouraged the students to take a good look around the museum including inspecting Concorde and taking part in an aircraft carrier simulation. The fly-off was held under Concorde’s belly and the best Clifton High glider performed admirably with Sebastian SerrudoGossner launching it.
Although no individual team prizes were won, Clifton High School won £100 for coming 3rd overall. This depended on every Clifton High team present on the day – a true team effort! Well done all.
Issue 13
4th May 2012