ENTERPRISE

Continuing with our Enterprise focus on Skills for work, the pupils were very fortunate to have a representative from a company called Construction Skills visit them this week. They were further developing their knowledge of the construction industry as well as developing their team work and communication skills. The pupils used wooden dowells and elastic bands to construct a giant tetrahedron measuring 4 metres wide by 4 metres tall. The children were taught how to construct a small tetrahedron to begin with and in total they had to make 64 of them. The tetrahedrons were then put together to make a larger structure before they were finally joined to make the giant tetrahedron. The pupils were just amazed at what they managed to construct. They had such fun completing the challenge and worked very effectively together. Many children commented on how nervous they felt as the last part was attached as some repair jobs needed done. But working together as a Quality Team they succeeded. The children all felt very proud of their efforts.