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Power packed day from npower
Year 9 pupils at Greendown were put through their paces in mid-March
by an education team sponsored by Swindon based combined energy
company npower.
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Anne Snelgrove MP, right, and Sarah Hannis of npower watch
Connor Wood and Ben Prescott expend energy
The aim of the ‘Enthuse’ day was making a ‘dragon’s den’ presenta-
to demonstrate how engineering is tion on its merits, and discovering
part of every aspect of life and that how much physical energy is
a career in the field has potential for required on a rowing machine. In
the youngsters beyond secondary between they were quizzed about
school. what they had experienced to sus-
Throughout the day pupils took tain the learning.
part in practical workshops, such as Anne Snelgrove MP, said, “Green-
building a catapult and measuring down’s partnership with npower is
the energy required to send a projec- excellent. Promoting engineering
tile across the classroom, designing as a career to young people is so
a piece of equipment in a team and important.”

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