Today approximately 40 Y10 pupils took part in the green tech challenge hosted by ‘Ahead Partnership’.

The session began with an introduction to green tech and what it means. The students discussed what they knew about green tech and shared their ideas out loud. There were some excellent answers and contribution from all pupils and the volunteers were impressed.

The pupils then had an opportunity to see statistics of some of the greatest problems we face daily when it comes to the environment and they listed many ways in which the school affects the environment and potential ways to mitigate or reduce these problems. 

Some of the key findings in relation to the school were:

• Food waste
• Paper usage and waste
• Electricity usage 

Proceeding from this the pupils had an opportunity to combine both business and computer science knowledge to develop and design a mobile application which can help the school and the wider community handle some of the aforementioned issues.

The session concluded with each group presenting their ideas in front of a panel of industry professionals in both business and digital industries.

Each student had fantastic ideas and made some excellent contributions out loud in front of the audience. They presented in a very professional manner with excellent team work and followed some of the coop values such as:

• Succeeding together
• Do what matters most
• Being themselves always

I am extremely impressed with the behaviour demonstrated by this group and how aware they are of current issues surrounding digital technologies and the environment. They have all worked and engaged extremely well with the session and it’s very nice to see.

One of the volunteers during the session