ON THURSDAY, April 14, Max Pruce, Jacob McSheehy, Jacob Thompson, Kai Ludvigsen, Noah McCarthy and Oliver Coborn went to Cardiff University to represent Barry Comprehensive in the annual Faraday Challenge.
Faraday Challenge Days give pupils the opportunity to research, design and make prototype solutions to genuinely tough problems. This year the challenge focused on computer coding a BBC Micro:Bit.
The Barry Comprehensive team focused on travel, and developed two prototypes using the Micro:Bit. The first allowed drivers to be informed when they were exceeding the speed limit, and the second informed drivers when they needed to take a break from driving to avoid tiredness.
The challenge required the pupils to work closely together as a team, to take on marketing, accountancy and programming roles.
The final presentation went really well, and Barry Comprehensive were judged to be the winners of the competition. The judging panel commented on their exceptional teamwork, the excellent, detailed documentation of their design work, and excellent coding that created innovative final products.
Project manager Max Pruce commented, “We have had a great experience, I am very proud of the team, and it is very exciting for the school to win.”
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here