Michael Gove MP is proud to announce that Becky Dale from Tomlinscote School and Sophie Fader from Collingwood School are the winning pupils from Surrey Heath in the local round of the We Made It! competition, a national competition aimed at getting young people thinking about careers in manufacturing.
Hundreds of young people across the country have been busy designing gadgets and gizmos as part of an exciting competition which will see two lucky winners turn their idea into a real-life prototype.
We Made It!” invited 13 – 16 year olds throughout the UK to let their imagination run wild and design a brand new product, whether it be a gadget to help with homework or a piece of sports equipment to make PE more fun.
The idea behind the competition is that the children get to see that manufacturing is about design and creativity as well as hands-on making of the products. From fashion and video game consoles to cars and airplanes, there are many varied industries with manufacturing at their heart and in which exciting career opportunities exist.
Commenting on the competition, Michael Gove said:
“I am astonished at the creativity and imagination displayed by all the entrants and it was extremely difficult to pick the winners.”
The winning entry will also be put before a panel of manufacturing experts later in November, who will whittle the shortlist down to six national entries and select two overall finalists, with the chance to help prototype their designs at the UK’s first Fab Lab, a digital fabrication laboratory based in Manchester.