As our final event to celebrate National Science Week we were pleased to welcome Charlotte Joyce who gave a talk and workshop
presentation to Year 7 on the ‘Theory of Flight’.

Charlotte is a former winner
of the Institute  of Engineering and Technology Young Woman Engineer of the Year
who began her career as an engineer in the Armed Forces. She is now a lecturer
in aeronautical engineering and she gave a fascinating talk to Year 7 explaining
the forces involved in flight and giving them the opportunity to build models
ans test their designs.

Some of the comments from the girls:

• ‘It was amazing!
  It was full of information which I never knew. I guess I can now call myself a
  mini junior engineer. I enjoyed it so much. She made it really fun and
  enjoyable. I would like to do something like it again’. (Ella)
• ‘I enjoyed
  making aeroplanes and changing them around to make them fly better’ (Chloe)
• 
  ‘I enjoyed learning about her life. I loved learning about the forces needed to
  be able to fly and what was needed to stay in the air’ (Alina)
• ‘I think she
  was an inspirational woman and she was friendly and exciting’ (Hannah)