Epro8 Challenge Competition

The Epro8 Challenge (Engineer, Problem Solve, Innovate) was held at Monrad Intermediate on March 30th and 31st.  Two teams entered the Year 7/8 competition.  The Whakarongo #Hashtags came in 6th place with their outstanding electronic Mars Rover and the Whakarongo Brainwaves showed innovation and good old Kiwi ingenuity to drive their swing-rover-crane into 2nd place.  The Brainwaves will compete at Roslyn School in the semifinals in Week 11.

The Whakarongo #Hashtags - Ethan Riley, Flynn Harris, Forbes Kennedy and Ayden Armstrong

The Whakarongo Brainwaves - Sophie Collis, Callum Whitley, Trent Shailer and Ryan Morgan

Wednesday morning, March 31st saw the Whakarongo Einsteins compete in the Year 5/6 event, also at Monrad.  They pitted their skills against ten other teams, attempting a variety of challenges and designing a load bearing crane, a manual mars rover and set of airport scales.  They ended the round in 2nd equal place and also move through to the semifinals at Roslyn School in Week 11.

                                                       

 The Whakarongo Einsteins - Caleb Woisin, Kaija Fouhy, Zac Bradford and Axis Simon

Congratulations to all our participating teams - its was a fantastic effort at a fun new event.  Good Luck to the Brainwaves and the Einsteins for their upcoming semifinal!