SCIENCE boffins from Lainesmead Primary School walked away with the spoils after becoming the first Swindon School to win a regional final of national competition.
A group of students from Year Eight at the school travelled to Thornbury near Bristol to take part in the South West final of the National Science Competition.
For the competition, which was hosted by television presenter Jenny Hull, who starred in the show How Do they Do That, the pupils had to complete an experiment, make a presentation and answer questions in a quiz.
Science teacher Roger Gibbs said: All the children had a really good time.
The first group did an investigation into time, using clocks and measuring times for things. The next group made a presentation to the other groups and then there was the quiz.
The children did really well and the trophy is now on display at the school.
The pupils also won £200 of science equipment for the school.
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