Year 3/4 students have taken part in the challenge each year in the push cart competition.
But now with a human powered vehicle (HVP) in their arsenal, Year 5/6 students have also travelled to Maryborough to compete in the HVP section.
The school took delivery of the HVP in June this year which made them a late entry into the competition compared to other schools.
But teacher in charge Rachel Phillis-Campbell said the students have been working very hard to prepare the best they can.
“If we won’t be beaten by COVID, the flu, injuries, torrential rain and anything else life has thrown at us, we won’t be beaten at all,” she said.
Eleven of the school’s Year 5/6 students are competing in the HVP section, which started yesterday and continues through to Saturday.
There are 22 Year 3/4 students participating in the Pushcart Challenge, which started Wednesday and was continuing as the Pastoral Times went to print yesterday.
In this challenge, which has been running since 1991, students, teachers, parents and local industry work together to design and construct a vehicle, a machine or innovation in technology that will represent an ‘energy breakthrough’.
The program is unique in that all teams must compete across three areas of assessment: Design and construction, display and presentation and trials.
School groups work throughout the year to design, build and test machines within detailed specifications, which are then put to the test at the November challenge.
The North school students in both competitions have been practising on the basketball courts and in the hall as the oval is too wet.
They do beep-tests and trial runs in order to be fit for the challenge.
Fine tuning their creations has included softening seats and new seatbelts that don’t jam.
More on the results next week.
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