F1 Regional Finals Day
After weeks of preparation, the big day was here. The members of F1 Club made their way to Sprowston Community academy for this year’s F1 in School Primary Class Regional Finals. The last few weeks have seen the children design and build their very own paper racing car, work alongside some amazing volunteers, raise almost £175, produce a design and development portfolio and rehearse for the verbal presentation. Yesterday, they were looking to make all the hard work count as they battled it out with teams from other local schools for a place at the National Finals in March.
The four teams (Wheel Sparkz, Virtual Falcons, Screaming Chameleons and the Lightning Divas) arrived and set up their pit display. Once the organisers had introduced the event, it was competition time. Throughout the day the teams were judged on four main categories: car design, racing the car along a track, a verbal presentation followed by a Q&A and an interview about the design portfolio. It was a pretty intense, but incredibly enjoyable, day for everyone.
Once all four parts of the competition were done and dusted it was results time. With only three places at Nationals up for grabs the tension was palpable.
This is the third year that F1 Club has entered the competition and it is the year with most awards across all four teams – well done F1 Clubbers!
Here are the final results:
Best verbal presentation: Lightning Divas
Best portfolio: Wheel Sparkz
Best research and design: Wheel Sparkz
Best team identity: Screaming Chameleons
2nd place overall (and qualifying for Nationals!): Virtual Falcons
A huge well done to all the F1 Club members this year. The teams are:
Lightning Divas: Amber, Ada, Gioia, Liv, Isla, Poppy.
Screaming Chameleons: Ethan, Jasper, Millie, Bertie
Wheel Sparkz: Bia, Zariya, Grace, Florence
Virtual Falcons: Xheison, Kacper, Horace, Wilfred
Here’s what some of them thought of the competition:
“We had to give a presentation about our car design to three judges. I felt very nervous but enjoyed it. The whole day great.” Wilfred
“I enjoyed looking at everyone’s pit displays and I really enjoyed watching the teams race their cars.” Amber
“I really enjoyed racing our car as I got to push the button. I loved setting up our pit display and giving out the stickers.” Liv
“It was hard work, but really enjoyable. The best thing was getting to race the cars.” Ethan
“I really enjoyed setting up the pit display. Making the track was tricky, but it looked great when it was finished.” Jasper
“I really enjoyed the verbal presentation. I was nervous at first but doing it with all my friends made it easier.” Isla
“I loved all the freebies – the stickers, badges, sweets and of course cakes!” Millie
“I really enjoyed the fundraiser. Being hit in the face by wet sponges was great fun and the fact we raised so much money was amazing!” Bertie
“The Regionals were less scary than last year. The team did really well and we’re really excited about going to Nationals again.” Xheison
A massive thank you to Graham and Tom who have come in to help Lightning Divas. Thanks as well to Jacob who came in to help Wheel Sparkz. Thanks to Mrs Bryant for all her help in making the cars and the badges (a big hit yesterday!) and last but not least thanks to the F1 Club parents/carers for all your support over the last few weeks.
