Two soldiers visited school on Friday, February 3, as part of the Army Science Challenge and visited two classes Year 8 and 9 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) Science classes.

Josh from The Signals Regiment and Kieran from REME (The Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) spoke to students and gave them a challenge based on a humanitarian mission scenario. 

They were tasked with designing a helmet made from a composite material. This all formed part of their chemistry investigations as they looked at the properties of polymers and composite materials. The activities were expertly designed and developed in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and the Institute of Naval Medicine.

The boys got to try on different  types of helmets before using their reasoning skills to design a helmet suitable for a given scenario and then present their ideas at the end.

It was lots of fun for the students and the soldiers gave them lots of information and made the lesson very enjoyable.

Science Lead Practitioner, Mrs Racon, organised the day and added: “The boys came up with some great ideas and asked lots of questions  I think it was a lesson they will never forget.”