A TEAM of six year-10 pupils from Whitmore High School in Barry has won the Cardiff and Vale College Schools Aero Challenge 2025.
Now in its 13th year, the Aero Challenge sees year-10 pupils from schools across south Wales compete in a series of activities, which this year included piloting a drone, a flight simulator, building an electronics circuit using parallel circuits, an egg-drop challenge and jacking up a Bulldog plane.
The competition is based at CAVC’s International Centre for Aerospace Training (ICAT) at Cardiff Airport and is designed to raise awareness of training in the Aerospace industry and of STEM subjects.
This year, 22 teams from 13 schools competed and it was Whitmore High who emerged victorious. The team win a trophy and £250 of vouchers towards STEM equipment for their school.
The Whitmore High School head of Design Technology Allen Fitzpatrick said: “Having taken part in the event for several years it is fantastic to finally win the overall school category. A massive thank you to all at CAVC and ICAT for organising such a fantastic event. Students get a real taste of the type of activities they could go on to do should they choose this area of engineering.”
Whitmore pupil Olivia said: ” Personally, my favourite activity was the flight simulator, being tasked with landing the plane safely. I am truly grateful to have been given this opportunity to take part.”
Fellow pupil Oniya said: “I didn’t expect it to be nearly as educational and intriguing as it turned out to be. I had a rare chance to talk with staff about what courses you can take and what qualifications you could study at the college and it’s fair to say that I enjoyed the day thoroughly and would do it again if I was asked.”
Cardiff and Vale College Principal Sharon James-Evans said: “At CAVC we are strong believers in in the value of skills-based competitions and the talents they help develop. It is especially important that we encourage young people, especially young girls, into careers in Aerospace and STEM and fun competitions such as this Challenge do a great deal to help with that.”
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