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St Thomas Of Canterbury Catholic Primary Wins Noel Turner Science Festival Competition

Left to right: Alexia Guerrini, Ruby Burnett, Maxson Fuster and Ashton Robertson.

Year 5 children at St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School in Carisbrooke have received a prestigious accolade.

Pupils were delighted to be named winners of the Noel Turner Science Festival competition, as part of the Science Festival held at Cowes Enterprise College in June.

Prior to the event, all the Primary Schools attending were invited by Johnson Electric to design a balloon powered car that can move the furthest distance, using a range of recycled materials and a balloon to make it move.

The Year 5 children at St Thomas of Canterbury were the overall winners with two designs entitled the “Cringer” and “Chicken Nugget mobile.”

The prize of a laptop and a class set of pens, colouring pencils and technical drawing pencils, were kindly donated and presented by the competition sponsor, Johnson Electric, just before the Summer Holidays.

A spokesperson for Johnson Electric said:

“We were so thrilled to hear the children were so engaged with the activity at school and we are so pleased the prize will support the children’s education further.”

Head of School Kate Bakewell added:

“We were absolutely delighted as a school our Year 5 children won the overall prize.

"These STEM based activities are a great project for the children to participate in, and can teach real scientific principles in a fun, hands-on way.

"I would also like to thank Johnson Electric personally for the generous prize for our school.”

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