The Jersey de Putron Challenge has taken place at The Royal Jersey Showground.
It was the second challenge undertaken this month, with the Guernsey challenge taking place last week.
The de Putron Challenge aims to showcase the brightest young minds in Guernsey and Jersey. The Challenge brings together year six and year eight pupils to test their general knowledge, maths and creative thinking skills.
Plat Douet School emerged victorious in the year six competition with 28 points. St George’s School came in second place, only 2 points behind.
The other schools that made it to the final were Helvetia House School, St Martin’s School, Beaulieu Convent School and Bel Royal School.
The Channel Island Group of Professional Engineers ran the STEM round which was the first task both year groups undertook. The round saw teams create a ‘balloon car’ made out of cardboard, straws and various other materials which they then had to race.
After closely contested rounds in the two year eight heats, St Martin’s School, Jersey College for Girls, Le Rocquier School and Les Quennevias School came out on top. In the final, it was a close round with St Michael’s School winning with 14 points and Les Quennevias School coming second with 12 points.
Every student that took part received a book voucher, and the teams that came first and second place took home money for their schools. Plat Douet School and St Michael’s School will be going on to compete against the winning Guernsey teams Vauvert Primary School and Elizabeth College at the inter-island final which will be held in Guernsey at Les Cotils on Thursday 23 March, with the winning Jersey schools travelling over.
Hayley de Putron, a trustee of the Ana Leaf Foundation and founder of the de Putron Challenge, said: “Congratulations to Plat Douet School and St Michael’s School for winning the challenges in their respective year groups. Year after year I am very impressed with the cleverness our young islanders hold. All of the teams tried their best, and I hope that the peers who came to support, as well as the teams, expanded their knowledge and learnt something from the experience.”
Pictured: From Plat Doet School, Joy Jefferson, Zain Hadjam and Lara de Sousa
