Education

King Henry VIII School in Abergavenny took third place at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Faraday Challenge Final on Thursday 11 March.

The final was held at the Big Bang Fair which is billed as the UK's largest single celebration of science and engineering.

This was the culmination of 35 events across the UK which has seen 210 schools go head-to-head. Each school was challenged to design and make a prototype device that would allow homeowners to remove water out of their house during periods of flooding.

‘Poppy, patience is a virtue.' May 2008: I am waiting, doggedly impatient. It could be for anything. A train, a birthday, a phone call. This happens a lot, to my family's frustration. Little did I know that this time would be one of the last, for although I hate to use the cliché of a ‘journey' this is essentially what the next 12 months would be.