PUPILS at Grittleton House School were tasked with becoming inventors for the schools science week workshops.

Terry Rhys-Price, head of science at Grittleton House, led two days of science based workshops, with groups of mixed ages working together to create an invention.

Monday’s experiments saw pupils from years eight, nine and ten creating a hydroelectric generator, designed to work in the Amazon. On Tuesday the pupils from Years five, six and seven were tasked with creating a device to protect eggs from being smashed.

Mrs Rhys-Price said: “It was brilliant, the pupils loved their science days and they really threw themselves into it. The feedback from the pupils has been very positive indeed. The science days were off curriculum and very different from what they usually do. All of the teams had to plan, build and design their inventions using bamboo sticks, wooden spoons and other affordable materials meaning they really had to think outside the box.”

The inventions created by the pupils were later judged with the winning teams receiving a prize.

Mrs Rhys-Price added: “The inventions were judged on a mix of criteria which included a mix of design, aesthetics and cost. All of the materials were priced. The hydroelectric generators were also judged on how much electricity they could conduct and the second invention by how much eggs went undamaged after being rolled down a board."

The activities the pupils took part in were STEM organised, and aimed to educate them on a science and engineering.

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is an education grouping used in schools worldwide.