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60 girls, 15 teams and five schools took part in the third Soroptimist International STEM Challenge which began last October and ended with the Finals and Prize-giving Evening on 4 July 2019 at Royal Holloway University of London in Egham.\u00a0 The challenge taken up by the teams was to create a workable solution to reduce one of the causes of world poverty.<\/header>\n
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Since last October, the teams of girls from Ashcombe School (Dorking), Guildford County School, Hoe Valley School (Woking), Thamesmead School (Shepperton) and Tomlinscote School (Frimley) had devoted extra time regularly each week to developing their innovative ideas, which ranged from water purification, cooking and cooling devices through shelters to personal clothing and protection.<\/p>\n

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During the Finals, the girls presented their projects to the ten judges and to presiding VIPs, Helen Bowcock PhD OBE, Chair of Air Ambulance Kent, Surrey and Sussex and Professor Stewart Boogert, Physics Head of Department at Royal Holloway..The girls\u2019 enthusiasm and engagement with the STEM Challenge was clear from their responses to the questions.\u00a0 Excitement was in the air as the two panels of judges (for Year 8 and Year 9 teams) withdrew to deliberate.<\/p>\n

As they announced the winners to the girls, their parents and teachers, the Judging Panel Heads emphasised how difficult it had been to come to a decision.\u00a0 Alexis Neville (Year 9 Panel) praised the students for their impressive work and for being willing to make mistakes and learn from them.\u00a0 Rhiannon Evans (Year 8 Panel) said: \u201cWe want to congratulate every team for their originality and real scientific research.\u00a0 You are all scientists in the making.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The winners were: Year 8: Neve Howson, Robyn Newenham, Anna McKinney and Abigail Veldsman of Guildford County School, for their evaporation fridge.\u00a0 Year 8 runners-up: Isabelle Hyne, Chloe Cox, Freya Bridge and Rose Godfrey of Guildford County school for their GO Green project.\u00a0 Honourable mention: Rebecca Weeden, Tehreem Hassan, Eve Clark and Morgan Schrivener of Hoe Valley School (Woking) for their solar cooker.\u00a0 Year 9: Lara Hodgson, Millie Roberts and Eva Mair of Tomlinscote School for their Vacci-cool.\u00a0 Runners-up: Abigail Stark, Ambika Bhandan, Maya Chauhan, Eleri Hopkins and Alice Munro of Tomlinscote School for their Snoozewear.<\/p>\n

The girls in the winning team each received \u00a330 and their school was given \u00a3250.\u00a0 The runners-up each received \u00a320 and their school was given \u00a3100.\u00a0 SI Woking, SI Weybridge and SI Surrey Hills gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of the prizes by Southern Co-operative and the Ken and Marjorie Robertson Trust.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the three Soroptimist International Clubs organising the STEM Challenge, Elaine Evans thanked the teachers, parents and Royal Holloway University of London for their tremendous commitment: \u201cSo many people helped to make this a fantastic event. Anna Christodoulou, Director of Admissions and Outreach at Royal Holloway, was so supportive throughout the preparations for the Finals and Awards Ceremony. On the night, the Royal Holloway Student Ambassadors were really courteous and helpful \u2013 we discovered that not only are they familiar with the finer points of nuclear energy, they are good at putting up pop-up banners as well!\u201d<\/p>\n

Anna Christodoulou, Director of Admissions and Outreach at Royal Holloway said: \u201cThis is my favourite event of the year.\u00a0 It is always a big pleasure to work with the Soroptimists, who lead the way with their innovation and enthusiasm.\u00a0 And I love seeing the work of the students.\u00a0 Reading the project descriptions and hearing them talk about their ideas is so inspiring.\u00a0 I can\u2019t wait for next year!\u201d<\/p>\n

In her address, Helen Bowcock PhD OBE said that the evening had been really inspiring. She congratulated the Surrey Hills, Weybridge and Woking Soroptimists for running a competition that was about encouraging interest in STEM subjects, but also about the potential of girls to go on and achieve great things. To the girls, she said that the standard of work was incredibly high and that she had been struck by their enthusiasm and social awareness \u2013 evidence of a generation of young people motivated to help other people, and motivated to collaborate to solve problems together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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