🏎️ Calling All Parent Pit Crews! Support Our STEM F1 Racing Team!

Your children are revving up for the F1 in Schools Primary Class competition, an exciting, cross-curricular STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) challenge!

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🏁 The Challenge: Design, Build, Race, and Brand

The Primary Class competition is designed for students aged 9–11  working in small teams. They don't just build a fast car; they learn how a real-life F1 team operates!

What the Children Will Do:

• Design and Make: Working from a standard chassis, the teams must design and create a miniature F1-style racing car body and wings using materials like card, focusing on aerodynamics to achieve the fastest speed.

• Race: The cars are powered by a compressed air or CO2 cartridge and launched down a specialised track, where their speed is timed.

• Team Identity & Presentation: They must act as a complete racing team, which involves:

  • Creating a professional team identity, including a name, logo, and uniforms.

  • Securing sponsorship and managing a budget.

  • Developing a Pit Display to showcase their work and brand.

  • Giving a formal verbal presentation to a panel of judges on their design, manufacturing process, and project management.

This challenge is a fantastic way to develop key skills like teamwork, problem-solving, marketing, and presentation.

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🤝 How You Can Help Us Achieve Podium Success!

To make our team look and feel professional—and give them the best chance to impress the judges—we need your help in transforming them from a class project into a genuine racing enterprise!

We are seeking sponsorship or in-kind donations from local businesses or individuals with relevant expertise and resources.

Sponsorship & Resources Needed:

Area	Examples of Support
Financial Sponsorship	Any monetary contribution to cover registration, materials, and competition costs.
Design & Branding	Expertise in online logo designs, creating team branding, and clothes designing for uniforms.
Manufacturing	Access to or expertise in 3D printing support for mock-ups or components (if rules allow), or technical guidance on car construction.
Printing & Display	Help with banner printing, t-shirt printing, or general printing of portfolios and display materials.
Digital & Media	Support with setting up a basic team website (web designs) or managing social media (if applicable) for the team's professional profile.
Engineering & Technical	Engineering knowledge or mentoring to help students understand car design, aerodynamics, and testing.

If you, your employer, or a local business you know can provide any level of support—whether it's £20 towards materials, 30 minutes of design advice, or a contact for printing—it would be hugely appreciated and will go a long way in inspiring our young engineers.

Please contact Mrs Kerfoot-Robson or Mrs Subacchi at Kerfoot-Robsonj5@hwbcymru.net if you can offer any assistance or have a business you think would be a great partner!

Let's get our young team on the fast track to success!