These pupils had taken part in a national competition, run by educational not-for-profit Primary Engineer, where they answered the question “If you were an engineer, what would you do?”. Pupils interview an engineer, learn how to think like an Engineer and are tasked with identifying a problem in the world around them and coming up with a creative solution to that problem.
Entries were then graded by local industry professionals before going to a regional judging panel where they picked two winners and two highly commended for each year group.
The highly commended and winning pupils were awarded trophies and framed certificates of their ideas, with 33 pupils from schools in the Town being celebrated.
Congratulations to all the pupils, including Year 5 pupil Hanan from The Olive School, Small Heath, whose idea “Handy Pack” stood out for the judges and won the special ‘Judges Award’.
The pupils were given a tour around the University’s engineer faciality by Patricia Ashman, Associate Head of School of Engineering at Coventry University.
“If you were an Engineer, what would you do” is an annual, national competition free to enter for all 3-19 school pupils. Entries are open now for 2025-2026 and schools can register now at www.leadersaward.com
Primary Engineer Public Exhibitions and Award Ceremonies continue all over the UK through to July, with thousands of pupil's engineering ideas being displayed for all to see. Find out more: https://leadersaward.com/exhibitions-and-events/
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