Lego League Success

On Friday 4 February the KSHS team, Legoless, competed in the regional heats of Lego league. Despite technical issues on the day, Legoless achieved incredible points across the board to fend off the challenge from 8 other teams to be crowned regional champions! The national finals now await, in Harrogate, on 26 February. This is where the top teams throughout the UK compete with the ultimate aim of representing the UK on the international stage.

FIRST® LEGO® league is an international robotics competition, where students have to design, build and programme a robot to autonomously complete a series of missions linked to that year’s theme. This season’s competition is called Cargo Connect and is all about making the transportation of goods more efficient and environmentally friendly. Teams are also tasked with an innovation project - designing a solution linked to the annual theme.

Lego league is open to all years groups, 7-11, and we have students participating currently from years 7, 9 and 10. It’s great to see such a wide range of ages competing alongside each other and learning new skills together. If this sounds like something your child may be interested in, then look out for the start of the new tournament in September – new members are always welcome!

Mr S Norris

STEM Leader    

Rotary Young Chef competition

Lucie Cairns and Alice Davey, both Year 9 students, represented the school in the regional heats of the Rotary Young Chef competition in Stamford on Saturday.

They were the youngest entries and both really enjoyed the experience.

Lucie was placed 3rd out 14 contestants.

Congratulations to you both!

Mrs J Pankhurst

Head of Design and Technology

Duke of Edinburgh

On Sunday 30 January 63 Year 9 students attended the DofE training day. We had a great day and they covered all elements required for a DofE expedition and consolidated practically the theory training, including; Rucksacks, Kit, Packing, Cooking, Stove Safety, Menu Planning, Tents, Map Reading, Route Planning, Route Cards & Tracings, and First Aid including CPR and the Defibrilator.

Thank you to the 8 volunteer staff who attended in support of myself, the DofE Co-ordinator.

I was impressed by the diligence shown throughout the day and enjoyed getting the 2022 season of to a great start.

Roll on the expeditions; Well done everyone!

Mrs M Walker

Duke of Edinburgh Co-ordinator