Year 6 Transition Project 2024-25 Speed
This academic year, our transition team are carrying out a project with pupils from primary schools within our cluster. Our project ‘SPEED’ aims to develop skills in the areas of:
Language, Literacy and Communication
Numeracy and Mathematics
Science and Technology
Expressive Arts
In the summer term, we will hosting a Grand Prix event. Our year 6 pupils will come together and race the cars that they’ve designed and constructed throughout the project. They will also get the opportunity to showcase the other aspects of work that they have completed.
Speed
Activities and Curriculum Links
Click on the link below to find out more about our transition project ‘Speed’.
In September ‘24 we worked with Motorsport UK and Swansea University to introduce the girls to Motorsport and the world of work. ‘‘Girls on Track UK’, is an initiative managed by Motorsport UK, whose main aim is to inspire, connect and showcase females in motorsport as well as in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM) subjects.
Girls on Track
F1 Car Design
The main ‘drive’ of the project! The pupils are studying the science behind why an F1 car is shaped the way it is before designing their very own car to race the other schools involved in the project. The pupils have had to consider air resistance and the need to make their cars aerodynamic, to give themselves a chance of being on top of the podium at the end of the project.
F1 Commentary Competition
To develop their oracy skills, our Year 6 pupils are taking part in an F1 commentary competition. The pupils have to create their own commentaries to the title deciding lap between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.
F1 Uniform & Bag Design
In this aspect of the project, the pupils are competing against one another, to design a F1 uniform and bag to carry their F1 cars. The finalists from each school were invited to Dylan Thomas, to use our equipment, in order to bring their designs to life. An overall winner will be decided from all schools, at our Grand prix event.
Gendros Primary School Finalists
