Competition win is the Cherry on Top for pupils
THE pupils at Cherrywood Primary School in Farnborough are roaring with pride after their team won the national ROAR 2023 Competition run by Lions Clubs nationwide and the Education Tech Company 8 Billion Ideas.
Farnborough Lions Club sponsored their entry into the competition which encourages primary & junior School pupils to innovate and ‘think big’ creating ‘world changing ideas’ that will be of lasting benefit to us all.
The competition process teaches the children to work together as a team to create a concept, make a prototype, an advertising poster, a radio jingle and then give a presentation to a panel of judges ‘Dragons Den’ style.
A video of their presentation is then submitted to 8 Billion Ideas to be judged alongside all the schools taking part throughout the United Kingdom.
Team ‘Cherry on Top’ won through their school heats to take part in the national final broadcast to over 20,000 primary and junior school pupils in hundreds of schools nationwide via Zoom in early December. Their concept created an app for mobile phones so customised ice cream deliveries can be made straight to customers home addresses.
The judges at the national final liked this idea so much they voted it to be the best entry in central southern England. Seven other District winners were announced in the same Zoom broadcast.
Cherrywood School has taken part in the last 3 Lions ROAR Competitions and Farnborough Lions
Club is proud to have sponsored their competition entry alongside 4 other Farnborough schools who entered this year - Manor Junior School, St Peter’s Junior School, South Farnborough Junior School and Tower Hill Primary School.
Richard Keeley, secretary of Farnborough Lions Club said: “The benefits gained by all the pupils taking part in this competition are immeasurable. The ROAR Competition is a unique initiative and fun learning programme to increase children’s confidence and self worth giving them future proofing skills and imaginative ideas in line with the national curriculum”.