ePro8 Semi-finals

After the triumph of making the Regional Semi-finals CSNS Lads and CSNS Trial & Error had a 3 hour training session on the last Sunday of the holidays. We started off by doing some collaboration team building challenges, including the Human Knot and Pass the Hula Hoop. These were a lot of fun and forced us to work together, we even held hands!

Then we had two and half hours of challenges, which simulated the EPro8 Challenge. The challenges were hard but both teams managed to complete at least one task. 

Ryan and Saem during a Sunday practice challenge session.

William, Blake and Caleb hard at work building.

 As we entered the PNINS Hall we were all excited! The hall was set up with 16 stations and all the other schools were looking through the stations to see what they could use to solve the challenges. After Kelvin gave the instructions we were off. Both teams managed to rack some points by completing some of the challenges.

With 20 minutes to go CSNS Trial & Error were leading and CSNS Lads were in 6th place. All of the stations were hectic with teams trying to complete their last tasks. In the end we had to wait until prize-giving to hear the final placings.

CSNS Trial & Error came 3rd overall and qualified for the Regional Finals. CSNS Lads came 7th place and were 20 points off making the top 5!

CSNS Lads in action during the Semi-finals.

CSNS Trial & Error flat out building.

THE LADS!

Third Place - CSNS Trial & Error!

EPRO 8 - Regional Heats

Regional Heats:

On Wednesday of Week 6 a few lucky Colab kids got to compete in the ePro 8 Challenge against other schools.

There were four CSNS teams;

CSNS Trial and Error: Holly, Nina, Ryan and Saem

CSNS Lads William, Caleb, Tom and Blake

CSNS Geek Squad Fran, Eilidh, Hudson and Lachie

CSNS Think Tank (Kate Caroline, Tommy and Teo

Epro 8 is an engineering challenge that puts teams of 4 against each other. It is about working together to complete challenges you have been set. You get a station with tools and materials like metal rods, wheels, cogs, rope etc. You have to use them to create something that solves a problem. When you have finished a challenge you press a big red button which blasts out a really loud song and the Kelvin (who invented and runs ePro8) checks your creation. If you have solved the problem you get the designated points.

In the end two of our teams got through to the semi finals. CSNS Lads who came 3rd and CSNS Trial And Error who came 4th!

By Nina And Kate