A group of Friary students have won a prestigious engineering award.
The school’s EDT Gold Programme team won the Innovation Award as part of the King Charles Industrial Cadet scheme. The programme’s awards were held at the University of Birmingham last night.
The EDT programme is part of the King Charles Industrial Cadet scheme, which has been assisting schools around the UK since 1984. The programme encourages students to collaborate with engineering companies, producing prototypes to solve real-life challenges in actual workplaces.
The winning team consisted of Isabelle W, Bosco C, Henry B, Katie S, Jack B and Nicola W. They were supported by school staff in the form of Mrs Stubbs and Mr Hutton.
The team produced a design for a ‘jig’ to hold an Earth cable in place so that it could be soldered.
The Friary was very pleased to be working again with Paul J. Arthur, of EATONs Electrical Supplies in Aldridge, as our school’s industry partner.
Last year’s Friary team earned a Gold Award and came 2nd overall out of over 30 teams in the West Midlands. For this year’s team to go one better, and claim the top prize, is phenomenal achievement.
Our school lead, Mrs Stubbs, was the scheme’s reigning ‘Teacher of the Year’. Mrs Stubbs was singled her out for “her passion and commitment to her students and industrial cadets.”
We are very grateful for generous funding from The Lichfield Conduit Trust which enables the school’s EDT Gold Programme team to run.
More information about the Engineering Development Trust can be found here: Who We Are
