Five schools across the District competed in the new and exciting competition. Below you can see two of the entries. The brief was to design and make a model of a sustainable house using recycled materials. Within the design they had to incorporate at least three sustainable energies. The schools had 10 weeks to design and make their model, and had advice sessions from students from the University of Bradford and staff from Rex Procter & Partners. Some schools had help from parents and extended families too.
Click on the images below to take a closer look at two of the models.
As part of the competition the young people gave presentations about their model and their rationales behind their designs and chosen materials. For example, Oakworth Primary School used Weetabix to represent straw bails to construct their house. All the presentations gave in depth thinking behind the sustainable energies they had chosen, illustrating what the young people had learnt. It was fantastic to see our youth having such enthusiasm and keenness to learn about important topical issues.
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All five schools received prizes and certificates. Lister Primary won £100 for best pre-planning, Grove House won £100 for 2nd best model, and Greengates won £200 for best model. Their prizes were donated by Brian Verity from Skipton Properties. Jo Procter from Oakworth Primary and Lily McTaggart from Grove House were named the students who had contributed the most to their team, and won £50 each and a goodie bag donated by Rhys Taylor from the Association of Building Engineers. Oakworth were the overall winners of the Primary section winning £250, and Grange Technology College won the Secondary section also winning £250 for their school. Their cash prizes were donated by Rex Procter & Partners.