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Go4SET successfully launches in the West Midlands in 2009
150 pupils from across the Birmingham area began the 10-week Go4SET challenge on Tuesday 13th January at the RAF Cosford Museum.
The Go4SET project was announced at the launch event and teams of six 13 and 14-year-olds from local schools will work with a teacher and a mentor from a company to investigate water usage at their school and put forward proposals to increase recycling and reduce water bills. The team’s projects will be showcased on 26th March 2009 at a Celebration and Assessment Day at RAF Cosford.
The West Midlands is a new area for Go4SET and this launch is a significant step to having all EDT schemes in the region. Estelle Rowe, EDT regional director for Midlands and Wales, said: "The launch was the first time that the pupils, teachers and their volunteer mentors all met together to work as a team
"We had more than 150 pupils, which was a tremendous response. We introduced the project and gave the students a seminar on project management skills. "The pupils and their mentors also took part in a team building exercise with limited resources - only paper and Sellotape - and had to build a helicopter landing pad that would support a certain weight. "Judging by the sound coming from the room the pupils had lots of fun doing that and also gained useful skills such as how to work in a team, listen to each other's ideas, plan a project and achieve a result in a short time frame.
"The launch of Go4SET for pupils in the West Midlands is a very exciting new project for EDT. "Based on other Go4SET experiences around the country I am sure we can expect some excellent investigations and I look forward to seeing the results."
List of participating schools High Arcal School Sedgley King Charles 1 School Kidderminster Kingswinford School Kingswinford Q3 Academy Great Barr St Peters Collegiate Wolverhampton Wood Green Wednesbury Shire Oak School Walsall Wednesfield High Wednesbury Wodensborough School Wednesbury The Go4SET Mentors are from Kennametal, Wedge Galvanising, Goodrich, SEAs and University of Birmingham.
For more information please contact Estelle Rowe on 0121 414 8116 or e.rowe@yini.org.uk