On Wednesday 28 February 2018, two small groups of Year 10 pupils from Cirencester Deer Park and Kingshill schools took part in an E4 Challenge, with students from the Royal Agricultural University acting as mentors. 

During this Apprentice-style challenge, hosted at the RAU, the young people worked in vertical teams of pupils and students from each institution to come up with a creative and imaginative response to a challenge.  The task was to create a new way of charging a mobile and it was impressive to see the range of different ideas and concepts that the young people came up with,  many of which were completely original. 

Teams had to present their ideas to a panel of external judges from local businesses and answer questions from the panel. Our pupils conducted themselves with passion and enthusiasm.  They showed excellent team work and communication skills. One participant commented, “This afternoon was fun. I enjoyed being part of a different team. I was worried about presenting, especially as it was in the lecture theatre, but it went better than I thought.”