VEX Robotics 2024
It was great to see our new team of robotics students enter their first tournament on Saturday 27th January. As a rookie team, it was always going to be a big challenge competing...
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It was great to see our new team of robotics students enter their first tournament on Saturday 27th January. As a rookie team, it was always going to be a big challenge competing...
Posted by David Chalkley
A new season is underway for the Vex Robots and a new team has been working hard to make their robot meet the requirements for the new game. This season it is called “over...
Posted by David Chalkley
All the D&T teachers were so impressed with the enthusiasm and skill that year 8 displayed on enrichment day last week. The challenge of designing and making a model...
Posted by David Chalkley
Six of our best kart drivers travelled to Greenwich for the regional finals of the British Schools Karting Championship. With a bigger track and faster karts, their driving skills...
Posted by David Chalkley
It was a real honour to see Team Spectrum at the national finals of the VEX Robotics competition. Their ambition and determination to be the best had led them to a major rebuild...
Posted by David Chalkley
The Vex Robotics competition is much more than just an engineering challenge. It can also be an emotional rollercoaster where team members experience stressful situations and must...
Posted by David Chalkley
Team Spectrum have gone from strength to strength during this seasons tournaments. On Saturday, we had the long trek to Canterbury for the latest tournament, to take on schools...
Posted by David Chalkley
The students were challenged with the task of designing and making a small scale wind turbine capable of powering a small light. Kyal approached this task with his usual high...
Posted by David Chalkley
Team Spectrum have continued their tour of the south east of England with a trip to Stowe School in Buckinghamshire. Over the past few weeks, the boys had once again used their...
Posted by David Chalkley
After months of development in school and out, team SPECTRUM were ready to test their new robot against other schools in the county. This year’s competition involved collecting...
Posted by David Chalkley
It was great to see our new team of robotics students enter their first tournament on Saturday 27th January. As a rookie team, it was always going to be a big challenge competing against older and more experienced students, but their robot ‘Mech-e’ stood up to the challenge well, scoring vital points and surviving the punishing treatment dished out by other robots.
The Year 9 cohort have been so lucky this term gaining experience in every specialism of technology. In food the students have been taking a culinary trip around the world making...
At the end of a school day, the local roads and pavements near any large secondary school can be rather busy and overcrowded. We continue to encourage all our students to show...