Encouraging creative technology talent
Imagine having to design, build and test a moon rocket with only wooden dowel, card, square-sectioned wood, rubber bands, modelling material and Sellotape to work with. And you have only fours hours in which to complete the job.
That’s the sort of task facing more than 120 students from Harpenden and St Albans secondary schools taking part in a Rotary Technology Tournament held each November. We run this event in association with the two St Albans Rotary clubs, with sponsorship from local businesses.
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Rotary Classics shine again
Harpenden townsfolk, along with many others from afar, spilled on to Harpenden Common last month for the 32nd annual Rotary in Harpenden Classics on the Common.
Their prize: the opportunity to marvel at the 800 sparkling classic cars, motorbikes and scooters, ranged across the common.
‘We all absolutely loved doing it,’ said the Dragons
That comment summed up how everyone felt at this year’s Dragons’ Den at High Beeches Primary School. The winning team had created handmade customised jewellery which the Dragons felt would really attract buyers at the school’s Summer Fair.
