Heathrow Stixx Challenge

On Monday 19^th and Tuesday 20^th February, Year 6 took part in the Stixx challenge. The Challenge was linked to our topic of Ancient Greece and our Design and Technology skills. The workshop was first established to inspire young people to consider the career opportunities that will be available in the future at Heathrow airport. The session developed the children’s enterprise skills; as well as extending their social, communication and personal skills. It incorporated lots of teamwork and provided a stimulating challenge for our pupils. The constructions they built were large enough for the whole team to get into at the same time.

During the workshop, pupils designed and made artefacts based on our Ancient Greek topic. Each team built a construction using newspaper rolled in the STIXX machine, which helped to produce a Parthenon as a team effort across two classes at a time. It was a lot of fun and at the same time the children learnt a lot about construction. Thank you to Mr King for such a thoroughly enjoyable and educational workshop!