Children from St John’s Catholic School are working with mentors to gain a valuable insight into the engineering world thanks to funding from Durham County Council’s Area Action Partnerships.
Spennymoor, Bishop Auckland and Shildon, 4 Together and Great Aycliffe and Middridge partnerships have each donated £3,000 to the Schools Engineering Challenge.
The project will see 64 year nine students from five local secondary schools work alongside South Durham companies as part of after school classes, focusing on engineering as a future career. The industry represents a significant contributor to the local economy- providing local jobs.
South Durham Engineering and Manufacturing Forum are behind the challenge where students undertake a competitive challenge to design and manufacture electric cars and mechanical bridges.
Schools taking part are Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College, Woodham Community Technology College, St John
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