SATRO Second for Caterham Problem Solvers

On Monday evening 6 members of the Fourth Year ventured around the M25 to Charters School near Ascot to compete in the final of the SATRO problem solving competition. Having won the previous round hopes were high and the team of Andrew O, Isabelle H, Ryan C, Anneka C, Joshua K and Melissa T were well prepared. The theme of the competition was sustainability and the challenge for the final involved moving hazardous waste across a chasm (the gap between two tables). There was a 90-minute time limit in which the teams had to submit a design as well as build and test a working model. At the end of the time each team had one minute to move as much waste as possible. It was tense awaiting the results but we were overjoyed to be awarded second place! This is a great achievement as over 30 teams entered the competition. The team demonstrated creative thinking, resilience and teamwork throughout the competition and were rightly pleased with the final result.