On Friday, a team of LVI pupils led a ‘Rockets and Robots Workshop’ at St. Vincent’s RC Primary School.

The team of five is involved in a project called CanSat, which entails building a mini-satellite that fits inside a can and launching it on an ESA rocket. This year’s team is creating a CanSat designed to measure anomalies in magnetic field strength, which impact birds’ migration patterns. Their project is titled Measuring Anomalous Geomagnetic Path Impacts, or MAG-PI.

As part of the program, the team must promote STEM in the community. Following the success of last year’s Team CORUL, team MAG-PI held a STEM workshop at St. Vincent’s RC Primary School in Marylebone. Year Six pupils enjoyed designing and launching rockets and working with line-following robots. Once again, Mr. Bossé facilitated the largest range rocket competition. The students from FHRP were outstanding ambassadors for STEM and our school. Most importantly, all involved had a lot of fun!

Here is what Polina had to say about the experience:

“Last Friday, the CanSat team went along to St Vincent’s primary school as a part of our outreach program. Although the aim of this visit was to ‘give back’ to our community, I personally think that we gained an incredible amount from this trip ourselves. It was exceptionally inspiring, seeing how all of the younger children lit up at the prospect of STEM. Getting a glimpse of how interested the children were really motivated us for our upcoming project. We hope that we have motivated them to be more open to the possibility of STEM through this interactive experience, as it has certainly shown us the importance of promoting our work.”

Thank you, St Vincent’s, and great job, Bea, Niamh, Polina, Dori, and Emily!

Dr MacTavish
Head of Physics