Island 2000 Trust Blog

Last Saturday the Edcom Team spent the day at Newport Primary School with 70 of the Island’s brightest young people for the Gifted and Talented Engineering day.  Individual schools around the Island selected promising pupils to attend the full day session which was being run by Danny and Kev.  The challenge for the day was to design and build a bridge across the Medina to replace the floating bridge.  The children had to take into consideration passing ship traffic, tidal levels and the load placed on the bridge.

Danny and Kev were very impressed by the innovation and creativity demonstrated throughout the day, and are looking forward taking part in future Gifted and Talented workshops.

The Edcom team have been busy recently running workshops in schools as part of the Medina Rediscovered project.  The giant landmark art is one of our most popular activities.  Getting a class of children into the hall and spreading out around a drawing of the River Medina to draw in all its associated landmarks is an absorbing way to spend an afternoon.