On 26 January BloodhoundSSC held its first ever Ambassador Conference at the Coventry Transport Museum. Over 70 Ambassadors and the full Bloodhound Education Team braved the icy conditions to support the event.
The Conference was an opportunity for the Ambassadors to meet members of the Education Team, network with each other and to get new ideas on how to best engage with our young audiences.
Following a successful two day event at Bridgwater College, the Bloodhound Education Experience moved to the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton to deliver a series of schools workshops, family learning sessions, business breakfast and to support, Sponsors, All World Freight celebrating their 25th Anniversary.
School pupils are set to develop their thirst for knowledge by participating in an exciting education challenge.
The BLOODHOUND SSC initiative targets schools up and down the country and a new education project was launched locally at South Cheshire College this week.
High-flying pupils from high schools in the area will work in teams and go full throttle to create a vehicle which runs on four wheels and moves unaided for 15 metres without the use of fuel.
This Tuesday, over 50 pupils from Broughton Manor Preparatory School and Milton Keynes Preparatory School came to Northampton High School to take part in a Design & Technoloy and Science enrichment day.
The Years 5 and 6 spent some time in each department learning about various aspects of the subjects and were also given the opportunity to make some products to take home with them including a desk tidy, jacket potato mouse and a cushion.
One of the most popular aspects of the day was the Bloodhound SSC (Supersonic Car) workshop.
Our Science Day was kicked off with a bang thanks to Roger Hoyle and Robin Hines two of the Bloodhound Ambassadors. With the theme of ‘Move It’ and the suggestion of involving Bloodhound from one of our Year 5 pupils, Adam, it was set to be a brilliant day.
Bloodhound Ambassador Roger Hoyle has sent us this report about his first hand experience of Bloodhound exciting young people.
When Dave Rowley asked me to get in touch with Louise Sinclair last autumn it was a jump in the dark, and I didn’t know what to expect. I thought I might be helping some students to build balloon cars, but little did I know that a few months later I would be presenting certificates and giving a talk as Guest of Honour at a school assembly!
By Chris Vance, Cisco Bloodhound Corporate Ambassador
Picture above: Pupils from Portslade Aldridge Community Academy with CISCO competition prize winner, Kate Willets to the right of Bloodhound Education Animator Jo Finch
Ambassador Nick Naylor has been to Copley Junior School in Doncaster and has received this report back from Rob White. Pictures reproduced with permission from the Headteacher.
THE LAND SPEED record could be under threat in 2013 with a new car looking to break the 1000 miles an hour barrier, students learned today.
Pupils at Copley Junior School in Sprotbrough were treated to an interactive presentation from the Bloodhound Project detailing their new supersonic car’s impressive statistics.
When the Bloodhound Education Programme in Northamptonshire was announced, local schools came to see what it was all about ... and had a really great day!
Northampton Businesses visit the BLOODHOUND SSC exhibition
