Students reach record speeds at regional rocket car finals

by Educate Magazine March 29, 2017 · All News / Gallery / Primary School News / Secondary School News

Calday Grange Grammar School hosted the regional finals of the Bloodhound SSC Microbit Model Rocket Car Competition this week.

Primary, secondary and college students went head to head with their rocket creations to see which could go the fastest.

Schools competing included Our Lady of Pity (Greasby), Huntington Community Primary School (Chester) St Albans Catholic Primary School (Wallasey), Hugh Baird College and Calday Grange Grammar.

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: The children designed each rocket within certain guidelines

: It was a fun event at Calday Grammar

: Calday Grammar

: Calday Grammar had the fastest rocket in the secondary competition

: Each school could race up to five rockets

: Our Lady of Pity School in Greasby

: Local primary and secondary schools took part in the competition

: Our Lady of Pity School in Greasby

: It was a stunning day to race rockets!

: Calday Grammar pupils finally got in on the action

: Alls does before the button is pressed

: The launch procedure is explained

Hailed as a ‘excellent initiative’ by Skills Minister Nick Boles, the Bloodhound SSC is a global engineering adventure using a 1,000mph world land speed record attempt to inspire the next generation about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

The army were on hand to insert rockets in to the foam cars and to supervise, as the rockets reached speeds of over 50mph!

And the winners are…

In the primary school competition, Wallasey’s St Albans Catholic Primary School won with a top speed of 53.64 mph while Chester’s Huntington Community Primary School placed second with a speed of 46.7 mph.

Calday Grange Grammar School triumphed in the secondary competition, reaching top speeds of 42.77 mph and 42.45 mph respectively.