F1 in Primary Schools - The Jaguar Primary School Challenge
F1 in Schools - Jaguar Primary School Challenge engages with Primary Schools Students and Teachers across the UK in the same way as the Secondary School Challenge. The challenge is open to students aged 6-11 years old (key stage 1 & 2) and involves designing and manufacturing the fastest car possible in ether the 2D or 3D challenge, emulating the design and engineering processes employed by real engineering companies, such as Jaguar Cars.
The Jaguar Primary School Challenge is sponsored and supported by Jaguar Cars who have been a supporter of F1 in Schools since it’s launch in 2000. Jaguar understand the need to encourage and motivate young people to develop key skills needed for companies such as Jaguar to be successful in producing award winning vehicles.
The Jaguar Primary School Challenge has two entry classes, the 2D Challenge and the 3D Challenge. Both challenges has its own rules and regulations but the judging process for the two challenges is the same. The Rules and Regulations for both the 2D and 3D Challenge are available to download on the right hand side.
2D Challenge- Students are challenged to form a team of 4 pupils and design a race car out of card complete with wheels, body and even a mini driver. They will design your car using template software before printing off their designs onto card and then making your car ready to race.
Downloads
Techsoft 2D
Master Robo V5.1
Silhouette Studio
3D Challenge – Teams are challenged to design, manufacture, test and race the fastest car possible driven by compact compressed air. Teams will use SolidWorks CAD software to design their car before manufacturing it out of a solid block of balsa wood on a Denford CNC Router. In order to enter the championship, teams consist of between 3 & 6 students and allocate each team member a job role within the group.
Results from the the 2010-11 F1 in Primary Schools National Final, held at The Big Bang Fair, ICC London ExCeL, 11th & 12th March
UK Champions - Team X-Dream, Ysgol y Talwryn, Llangefni
Runners Up and Best Engineered Car Award - Need 4 Speed, Ysgol Cae Top, Llangefni
3rd place - Team Dynamite, West Park Primary School, Port Talbot
Best Team Identity Award - Chad’s Tigers, St. Chad’s Primary School, Brighouse
Fastest Car Award and Best Sponsorship and Marketing Award - Team Brent, West Winds Primary School, Newtownards, N Ireland
Innovative Thinking Award - United Paradise, Richmond Park Primary School, Carmarthen
The main F1 in Schools programme has been running for a decade and has now been piloted in primary schools for the last two years. On Thursday 10th March 2011 12 teams who won through to the UK National Final from a series of regional events competed head-to-head for the accolade of Primary F1 in Schools UK Champions, for the second time that this competition had taken place on a national level.
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