A group of our Year 7 students have met engineers from a leading world-wide supplier of automation technology.

In total 15 students visited Festo’s base in Northampton to talk to its staff and learn about the technology it uses.

The students also had the opportunity to take part in practical workshops.

Vice Principal Linda Arnold said: “Our students saw a demonstration of some of Festo’s products and they did some work with pneumatics and made pneumatic circuits.

“The visit also gave our students the chance to see what engineering is all about.

“All of our students came away from the visit with a good understanding of the range of applications that engineering can be used for and the variety of job opportunities which are available in the field.”

Year 7 student Kieran said: “I enjoyed looking at the demo robots and doing a practical exercise with air pistons and fluid muscles.

“I would definitely like to visit Festo again.”

To see more pictures from the visit click here