Pupils at a school in Croxley Green got to experience a special F1-themed days thanks to a visit from Red Bull Racing.<\/p>\n
Year 5 students at Yorke Mead Primary School welcomed Oracle Red Bull Racing, in partnership with STEMX, for two days of workshops.<\/p>\n
The school hall was transformed with a custom-built racetrack where children designed, built and raced their own miniature cars, while also exploring aerodynamics and car design.<\/p>\n
Children were able to take part in a number of STEM activities.(Image: Yorke Mead Primary School)<\/p>\n
There was also a media studio set up which allowed pupils to take on the roles of presenters, interviewing classmates after their races using professional video equipment<\/p>\n
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen even made an appearance in the form of a life-sized cut out, while career talks allowed children to learn about the exciting career pathways in motorsport.<\/p>\n
Pupils were able to take part in media events.(Image: Yorke Mead Primary School)<\/p>\n
A Year 5 pupil described it as “one of the best experiences I’ve ever had”, while headteacher Lucille Pollard was keen to thank Red Bull Racing for its visit.<\/p>\n
“We are incredibly grateful to Oracle Red Bull Racing and STEMX for bringing this opportunity to our pupils,” she said.<\/p>\n
“Experiences like this light a spark that can shape future ambitions.”<\/p>\n
Pupils celebrate their race wins.(Image: Yorke Mead Primary School)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pupils at a school in Croxley Green got to experience a special F1-themed days thanks to a visit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[89991,1687,372,6537,3006,371,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-208929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-days-thanks","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-max-verstappen","tag-red-bull-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}