CIRENCESTER Kingshill School pupils won a county STEM competition after making a working car and a catapult that could fling a projectile the furthest.

30 Year 9 pupils took part in an engineering workshop on June 29 where they worked together in small groups to design a robot and a tower. The robot had to be able to travel to the tower, raise a flag and flash a signal in Morse code.

One team was selected to advance to the final; Jordan Wyndow, Peter Tipping, Ted Williams, Joe Horn-Barrell and Jake Wallis.

The final was held in the Technozone at RAF Fairford during the Royal International Air Tattoo on Saturday, July 15.

Peter Tipping, a pupil and member of the winning team said “The day was really enjoyable and we had a lot of different resources to use in the competition.

“Our catapult fired over 8m, beating everyone else.”

David Lloyd, science teacher at Kingshill said: “I am really impressed with our pupils and how well they did. They performed excellently and should be proud of themselves.”

The pupils won a trophy for the school and a Lockheed Martin hat, a model F35 plane and £25 of Amazon vouchers each.

The event was led by Simon Kettle of “STEM works” and sponsored by Lockheed Martin. It had the support of Michael McEllin a STEM Ambassador.